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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Retained Secretarial Copy of Letter Signed, 1 May 1821.
Lot: 1Sold for: $900$750Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Retained Secretarial Copy of Letter Signed, 1 May 1821. Large sheet, inscribed on both sides. To Albert Gallatin, discussing discrepancies between various more ...
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Adams, John Quincy (1825-1829) Autograph Letter Signed, 10 January 1832.
Lot: 2Sold for: $660$550Adams, John Quincy (1825-1829) Autograph Letter Signed, 10 January 1832. Single page, inscribed on one side. To Zachariah Eddy of East Middleborough, Massachusetts, acknowledging the receipt of more ...
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Airships Ephemera Lot.
Lot: 3Sold for: $554$450Airships Ephemera Lot. A collection of photographs and ephemera related to zeppelins and their ilk, including approximately fifty 8 x 10 black-and-white photographs, mostly issued by the U.S. more ...
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Airships, Ephemera, From the Car of Andrews' Flying-Ship, a Souvenir of her Trial Trip
Lot: 4Sold for: $660$550Airships, Ephemera, From the Car of Andrews' Flying-Ship, a Souvenir of her Trial Trip, 25 May 1866. Advertising flyer, printed on mid-weight stock, with the slogan: Tempus Fugit. Tempore Fugit more ...
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Artists' Notes and Letters, France, 20th Century.
Lot: 5Sold for: $1,476$1,200Artists' Notes and Letters, France, 20th Century. Twenty-four documents, mostly letters, from the following artists: three from Jules Cheret (1836-1932); one from Maurice Denis (1870-1943); eleven more ...
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Autograph Collection, Twenty-five Frames:
Lot: 6Sold for: $4,613$3,750Autograph Collection, Twenty-five Frames: Extensive collection of signed documents, short letters, and clipped signatures, all framed, including material signed by Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, more ...
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Barbary Pirates, Letter, 13 January 1794.
Lot: 7Sold for: $900$750Barbary Pirates, Letter, 13 January 1794. Two-and-a-half page letter on laid paper. To Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), addressing the problem of piracy on the Barbary coast. A period copy of several more ...
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Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898) Autograph Postcard Signed and Program.
Lot: 8Sold for: $3,600$3,000Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898) Autograph Postcard Signed and Program. Postcard addressed to Otto Kylemann of 54 Doughty Street, London, postmarked 1893: "Dear Kylemann, I am all right again I am more ...
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Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) Autograph Letter Signed, 19 December 1834.
Lot: 9Sold for: $2,640$2,200Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) Autograph Letter Signed, 19 December 1834. Single page, with addressed self envelope. To Francesco Florimo (1800-1888), in Italian, introducing young Antoine Elwart more ...
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Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) Autograph Letter Signed, 18 August 1952.
Lot: 10Sold for: $240$200Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) Autograph Letter Signed, 18 August 1952. Single page. To Dr. Isadore Green of Boston, discussing how one might judge modern art, with reference to Dr. Green's more ...
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Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) Correspondence to Reneé Longy.
Lot: 11Sold for: $660$550Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) Correspondence to Reneé Longy. One autograph postcard signed, "Dear R., I fervently hope the minor operation is truly minor! What a shame you couldn't make it. In more ...
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Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Autograph Note Signed, undated.
Lot: 12Sold for: $738$600Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Autograph Note Signed, undated. Single page, perforated and torn all around. To Paul Gallimard (1850-1929) asking that he loan two Lautrecs from his office to Bonnard more ...
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Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) Letter Signed, 24 January 1807.
Lot: 13Sold for: $5,100$4,250Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) Letter Signed, 24 January 1807. Single page. To Acting Governor of the Mississippi Territory Cowles Mead (1776-1844), asking for a passport to protect his boats. The letter more ...
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Chester A. Arthur (1830-1886) and William McKinley (1844-1901) Signed Correspondence.
Lot: 14Sold for: $600$500Chester A. Arthur (1830-1886) and William McKinley (1844-1901) Signed Correspondence. Single page note signed by Arthur as Chairman of the Republican State Committee of New York, 2 September 1880, more ...
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Chinese Illustrated Manuscript on the Production of Tea, 19th Century.
Lot: 15Sold for: $1,560$1,300Chinese Illustrated Manuscript on the Production of Tea, 19th Century. Small-format twelve-leaf book with gouache paintings depicting twelve steps of tea production, single signature, paintings on more ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Archive of Correspondence with John W. French (1808-1871)
Lot: 16Sold for: $2,760$2,300Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Archive of Correspondence with John W. French (1808-1871) Four autograph letters signed by Jefferson Davis, written between 1856 and 1859; a document appointing French more ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) and Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826-1906) Archive of Correspondence
Lot: 17Sold for: $600$500Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) and Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826-1906) Archive of Correspondence. Three letters from Varina Davis, 1859-1861, addressed to John W. French, one written on the blank more ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Autograph Letter Signed, 24 December 1860.
Lot: 18Sold for: $6,600$5,500Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Autograph Letter Signed, 24 December 1860. Three pages, on a Carson's Congress stationery bifolium, with the original envelope. To John W. French, written from the more ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Autograph Letter Signed, 22 January 1861.
Lot: 19Sold for: $3,600$3,000Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Autograph Letter Signed, 22 January 1861. Two pages, on a lined folding stationery bifolium. To John French, expressing an inability to help with a problem a West more ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) and John W. French (1808-1871) Archive Related to their Association
Lot: 20Sold for: $840$700Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) and John W. French (1808-1871) Archive Related to their Association. A small group of documents revealing Reverend French's attempt to extricate himself from more ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Signed Military Commission, 1 July 1855.
Lot: 21Sold for: $450$375Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Signed Military Commission, 1 July 1855. Single page printed document on paper, completed by hand. Appointing the newly West Point-graduated Samuel Breck Jr. more ...
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Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Three Envelopes with Free Frank Signatures.
Lot: 22Sold for: $960$800Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Three Envelopes with Free Frank Signatures. All c. 1860, addressed to John W. French at West Point, all with tears, two affecting Davis's signature. (3) more ...
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Declaration of Independence.
Lot: 23Sold for: $22,800$19,000Declaration of Independence. Washington, D.C.: engraved by W.J. Stone, [1833]. Folio broadside, printed on rice paper, formerly folded and included in Peter Force's (1790-1868) American Archives, more ...
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Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) Autograph Note Signed, undated.
Lot: 24Sold for: $28,800$24,000Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) Autograph Note Signed, undated. Single leaf of notepaper with an allover grid pattern in the paper itself (as laid lines), the text written in pencil. The letter is more ...
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Eilshemius, Louis Michel (1864-1941) Autograph Notes Regarding Skeletal Anatomy.
Lot: 24ASold for: $240$200Eilshemius, Louis Michel (1864-1941) Autograph Notes Regarding Skeletal Anatomy. Seven leaves, versos blank, inscribed in pencil on buff-colored wove stock, octavo format, "The Radius of Man," more ...
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Escher, Maurits Cornelis (1898-1972) Signed Card with Photo, 1971.
Lot: 25Sold for: $10,200$8,500Escher, Maurits Cornelis (1898-1972) Signed Card with Photo, 1971. Drawing Hands card, with a inscription added to the image by Escher, in red ballpoint pen: voorspoed in nieuwe huis en 1971; and more ...
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Gage, Thomas (1720-1787) General Return of the Number of Rations and Provisions Issued to His Majestys Troops in North America under t
Lot: 26Sold for: $3,600$3,000Gage, Thomas (1720-1787) General Return of the Number of Rations and Provisions Issued to His Majesty's Troops in North America under the Command of His Excellency, the Honorable Major General more ...
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Hancock, John (1737-1793) Lottery Ticket, Signed, June 1765.
Lot: 27Sold for: $4,613$3,750Hancock, John (1737-1793) Lottery Ticket, Signed, June 1765. Ticket number 3787, Faneuil-Hall Lottery number five, marked with the letter G in the bottom corner, left of Hancock's signature, the more ...
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Hancock, John (1737-1793) Signed Military Commission to the Rank of Major, John May (1748-1812) 1 July 1781.
Lot: 28Sold for: $3,120$2,600Hancock, John (1737-1793) Signed Military Commission to the Rank of Major, John May (1748-1812) 1 July 1781. [and] Military Commission appointing May Adjutant of the Boston Regiment of Militia, 10 more ...
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Harding, Warren (1865-1923) Typed Letter, Signed, 9 April 1923.
Lot: 29Sold for: $308$250Harding, Warren (1865-1923) Typed Letter, Signed, 9 April 1923. Single page on White House stationery. To Postmaster General Harry Stewart New (1858-1937), mentioning Senator Wesley Jones's more ...