Reagan, Lincoln and Atomic Age items lead the charge at University Archives Jan. 10

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WILTON, Conn. – Three hand-written documents by President Ronald Reagan, a lock of President Abraham Lincoln’s hair taken by his embalmer post-mortem, and signed models of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the crews of those missions were all top performers at University Archives January 10. Complete results are available at LiveAuctioneers.

Reagan’s White House secretary Helene von Damm (b. 1938-) continues to empty her collection of hand-written and -annotated Reagan artifacts and send them to auction. Reagan’s “Win One for the Gipper” speech from 1981 hammered for an astounding $50,000 ($64,000 with buyer’s premium) against estimates of $15,000-$24,000. His “Welcome Home” speech delivered to returned State Department employees held hostage in Iran brought $20,000 ($25,600 with buyer’s premium), nearly doubling the high estimate. And a draft of letters to Frank Sinatra and financier Felix G. Rohatyn also nearly doubled its top estimate, hammering for $11,000 ($14,080 with buyer’s premium).

This lock of President Abraham Lincoln’s hair, collected after his death by his embalmer Harry Pratt Cattell, along with Lincoln’s clipped signature, were placed in a red velvet case specially designed for the artifacts. Included is an 1869 letter from Cattell establishing the authenticity of the hair. Estimated at $10,000-$15,000, the lot hammered for $25,000 ($32,000 with buyer’s premium).

Two scale models of the atomic bombs dropped on Imperial Japan to end the fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II both sold well above estimate. Each model was autographed by the crew of each aircraft. Fat Man, the bomb dropped by the Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress Bockscar on Nagasaki, sold for $5,000 ($6,400 with buyer’s premium). Little Boy was the name for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the USAAF’s B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay. Its signed scale model doubled its high estimate, hammering for $3,000 ($3,840 with buyer’s premium).

RMS Titanic artifacts are exceedingly rare due to the difficulty of reaching the final resting place of the ruined vessel. This scale model of the ill-fated ocean liner is accompanied by a lump of coal retrieved from the site of the wreck, along with three signatures of the youngest Titanic survivor, Millvina Dean (1912-2009). Just nine weeks old, Dean was lowered into Lifeboat 10 and sailed into history. The complete lot brought $2,200 ($2,816 with buyer’s premium) against a modest estimate of just $500-$600.
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Ronald Reagan’s ‘Win one for the Gipper’ commencement speech for the University of Notre Dame Class of 1981, which sold for $50,000 ($64,000 with buyer’s premium) at University Archives.
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Ronald Reagan’s first draft of the ‘Welcome Home’ speech given to greet freed Iranian hostages, which sold for $20,000 ($25,600 with buyer’s premium) at University Archives.
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Ronald Reagan ALS draft for a letter to Frank Sinatra after the president survived an assassination attempt, which sold for $11,000 ($14,080 with buyer’s premium) at University Archives.
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Lock of Lincoln’s hair and a Lincoln signature in a velvet case, which sold for $25,000 ($32,000 with buyer’s premium) at University Archives.
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Fat Man atomic bomb model signed by eight crewmen of the Bockscar, which sold for $5,000 ($6,400 with buyer’s premium) at University Archives.
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Little Boy atomic bomb model signed by nine crewmen of the Enola Gay, which sold for $3,000 ($3,840 with buyer’s premium) at University Archives.
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RMS Titanic limited edition scale model, offered with signatures from Titanic survivor Millvina Dean, which sold for $2,200 ($2,816 with buyer’s premium) at University Archives.
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Reagan’s ‘Gipper’ speech with handwritten notes targets the end zone at University Archives Jan. 10

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WILTON, Conn. – A draft of Ronald Reagan’s iconic 1981 Win One for the Gipper speech, with extensive handwritten notes, is one of the compelling lots in University Archives‘ online-only auction on Wednesday, January 10. The complete catalog is now open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

“We’re ushering in the New Year with an exciting auction featuring exceptional and desirable material from the U.S. Presidential, Science, Music, Literature & Military collecting categories,” said John Reznikoff, president and owner of University Archives.

President Reagan’s Win One for the Gipper speech, featuring eight pages of handwritten notes and additional manuscript revisions to typed pages, was delivered as the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on May 17, 1981, just weeks after he survived an assassination attempt by Jodie Foster-obsessed John Hinckley, Jr. In 1940, Reagan had portrayed George Gipp, Notre Dame’s beloved All American football player, in Knute Rockne, All American, where he uttered the immortal line on his character’s deathbed. Impeccable provenance is assured, as this item comes from the files of Helene von Damm (b. 1938-) Reagan’s longtime personal secretary. The draft carries an estimate of $15,000-$24,000.

Also up for bid is a mixed typed and handwritten draft of Reagan’s Welcome Home speech, signed by Reagan as ‘RR’ and annotated with nearly 350 words in his hand. Reagan delivered the final draft of the speech in January 1981 at the White House, one week after Iran released 55 American hostages kidnapped from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 after the fall of the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The draft is estimated at $10,000-$12,000.

A Revolutionary War-dated letter from 1780 signed by George Washington regarding a prisoner exchange illustrates a compassionate side of his military decision-making. Washington gives instructions to Col. James Wood, commander of the Convention Army, concerning the release of two German officers attached to British Gen. John Burgoyne, who had surrendered at the Battle of Saratoga three years earlier. The lot’s estimate is $18,000-$20,000.

A lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair with his clipped signature as ‘A. Lincoln,’ displayed in a custom red velvet case, is an unusual item in the sale. The relic comes with rock-solid provenance from several former custodians, including Henry Pratt Cattell, who embalmed Lincoln’s body, and Justus Chollar, an official who guarded Lincoln’s body during the autopsy and embalming. The display carries a $10,000-$15,000 estimate.

A miniature engraving of John Quincy Adams, boldly signed by him at top, is probably one of the earliest examples of a signed presidential image. The portrait comes with an early gilt frame with a Detroit backstamp, and an enameled portrait pin of a woman greatly resembling Adams’s mother, Abigail. The engraving is estimated at $5,000-$7,000.
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Ronald Reagan’s Win one for the Gipper speech with handwritten notes, estimated at $15,000-$24,000 at University Archives.
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Ronald Reagan’s first draft of his Welcome Home speech, which marked the arrival in the U.S. of freed Iranian hostages, estimated at $10,000-$12,000 at University Archives.
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Lock of Lincoln’s hair, plus a Lincoln signature, estimated at $10,000-$15,000 at University Archives.
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George Washington prisoner exchange letter, estimated at $18,000-$20,000 at University Archives.
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John Quincy Adams-signed portrait, estimated at $5,000-$7,000 at University Archives.
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Historic American and foreign militaria leads the charge at CNY’s Dec. 9 sale

Flag flown on the USS El Dorado in World War II, $3,000-$5,000 at CNY Militaria.

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JAMESVILLE, N.Y. — Worldwide demand for historic military artifacts continues to grow as established collections and estates are liquidated and return to the market. CNY Militaria & Collectibles is a leading house specializing in the category, and its 583-lot sale slated for Saturday, December 9 illustrates the dizzying array of collectibles from the U.S. and foreign armed forces available today. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

Two key lots from the sale are military-themed but are actually screen-worn props from American films. This outfit worn by John Wayne in John Ford’s 1950 classic She Wore A Yellow Ribbon comes with direct provenance from Western Costume Company and has been photo-matched. It includes a tag showing alterations performed for Wayne to allow him to fit (he was a big man for his day). The outfit is estimated at $2,500-$4,000.

Next up is a photo-matched pair of German Luftwaffe caps worn by future President Ronald Reagan in the 1942 war movie Desperate Journey. In it, Reagan and co-star Errol Flynn are members of a British bomber team downed behind enemy lines. The German insignia on the caps are from their daring escape while dressed as German regulars. One cap features a baby-pinned tag reading “Ronald Regan” (sic) and labels from United Costumers of Hollywood. The pair of caps is estimated at $750-$1,500.

A battle-flown flag from the USS El Dorado, the command ship that oversaw the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, comes with direct provenance from the former International War Flag Museum, operated by World War I veteran Dr. Clarence Rungee. All the flags in his museum were fully documented, and he had a preference for flags flown in battle. Representing an opportunity to own a battle-flown flag from World War II’s Pacific theater, the lot is estimated at $3,000-$5,000.
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Screen-worn uniform by John Wayne from ‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,’ estimated at $2,500-$4,000 at CNY Militaria.
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Screen-worn caps by Ronald Reagan from ‘Desperate Journey,’ estimated at $750-$1,500 at CNY Militaria.
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Flag flown on the USS El Dorado in World War II, estimated at $3,000-$5,000 at CNY Militaria.
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Dinah Shore’s World War II USO Tour Women’s Army Corps cap, estimated at $300-$500 at CNY Militaria.
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Tuskegee Army Flying School yearbook, estimated at $350-$500 at CNY Militaria.
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Kubrick’s notes to Nicholson from ‘The Shining’ star at JG Autographs, April 25

Stanley Kubrick’s autographed hand-written production notes inscribed to Jack Nicholson during the filming of ‘The Shining,’ estimated at $4,000-$5,000
Stanley Kubrick’s autographed hand-written production notes inscribed to Jack Nicholson during the filming of ‘The Shining,’ estimated at $4,000-$5,000
Stanley Kubrick’s autographed hand-written production notes inscribed to Jack Nicholson during the filming of ‘The Shining,’ estimated at $4,000-$5,000

DANVERS, Mass. – Two exceptionally rare items relating to the iconic actor Jack Nicholson, and another pertaining to George Walker, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, will headline JG Autograph’s online-only History & Culture timed auction, closing Tuesday, April 25. The sale features 850 lots. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.

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Hake’s to auction fresh pop culture collections, prototypes, other rarities, Mar. 21-22

Marvel ‘Fantastic Four’ #1 comic book, Nov. 1961, CGC 5.0 VG/Fine. Features origin and first appearance of the Fantastic Four. Stan Lee story/Jack Kirby cover and art. Estimate $20,000-$35,000; and Marvel ‘The X-Men’ #1 comic book, Sept. 1963, CGC 7.0 Fine/VF. Origin and first appearance of The X-Men and Magneto. Stan Lee story/Jack Kirby cover and art. Estimate $20,000-$35,000

YORK, Pa. – Hake’s Auctions, America’s foremost source of rare and expertly authenticated pop-culture and historical memorabilia, will launch into the 2023 auction season with a March 21-22 offering of more than 1,900 choice lots from 200+ collector categories. From Star Wars to sports, vintage toys to rock ‘n’ roll, there’s plenty to discover in the online catalog.

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JG.Limited assembles out-of-this-world lineup for Oct. 18 sale

First day postal cover from September 9, 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon mission, signed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, estimated at $2,500-$3,000
First day postal cover from September 9, 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon mission, signed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, estimated at $2,500-$3,000
First day postal cover from September 9, 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon mission, signed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, estimated at $2,500-$3,000

DANVERS, Mass. – Bidders will look to the skies during JG.Limited’s online-only Frontiers of Flight auction, ending on Tuesday, October 18. Subtitled “Celebrating Over 100 Years of Space & Aviation History,” the sale contains 400 lots representing many of the most famous names in air travel, from Neil Armstrong to the Wright Brothers. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.

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