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Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) Autograph Letter Signed, Undated.
Lot: 1
Sold for: $2,337$1,900
Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) Autograph Letter Signed, Undated. Single bifolium inscribed on four pages. To Mrs. Anne Rebecca Adams (1809-1882) sending autographs (not present),asking after her more ...
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American Signed Documents, Mostly 17th and 18th Century, Massachusetts Governors.
Lot: 2
Sold for: $6,150$5,000
American Signed Documents, Mostly 17th and 18th Century, Massachusetts Governors. Approximately twenty-seven various signed documents including receipts, letters, clipped signatures and other more ...
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Anderson, Sherwood (1876-1941) Four Letters: Two Autograph Signed and Two Typed Signed.
Lot: 3
Sold for: $123$100
Anderson, Sherwood (1876-1941) Four Letters: Two Autograph Signed and Two Typed Signed. The two typed letters on Anderson's Ripshin Farm letterhead, 1939 and 1940; the two autograph letters on more ...
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Autograph Book, mid-1920s, Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and Others.
Lot: 4
Sold for: $2,829$2,300
Autograph Book, mid-1920s, Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and Others. Commercially produced folio-format scrapbook, with a variety of material mounted on the more ...
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Autographs, Approximately 100.
Lot: 5
Sold for: $923$750
Autographs, Approximately 100. A large group of miscellaneous signed letters, documents, notes, clipped signatures and other autographed material, mostly 19th century. more ...
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Bartok, Bela (1881-1945) Signature with Musical Phrase.
Lot: 6
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Bartok, Bela (1881-1945) Signature with Musical Phrase. Card signed in pencil beneath the opening theme of the composer's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, matted and framed with a portrait, the more ...
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Browning, Robert (1812-1889) Autograph Letter Signed, 8 March 1864.
Lot: 7
Sold for: $923$750
Browning, Robert (1812-1889) Autograph Letter Signed, 8 March 1864. Folding laid letter paper with blind-stamped emblematic shield, watermarked 1863; inscribed on two pages. To Abigail Brooks more ...
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Burgoyne, John (1722-1792) Secretarial Letter Signed, 26 March 1778.
Lot: 8
Sold for: $1,169$950
Burgoyne, John (1722-1792) Secretarial Letter Signed, 26 March 1778. Folded laid paper bifolium, pale blue, with self-envelope; inscribed on two pages. To William Heath (1737-1814) concerning the more ...
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Callas, Maria (1923-1977) Signed Photo, 1973.
Lot: 9
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Callas, Maria (1923-1977) Signed Photo, 1973. Black-and-white photo, with Callas's dated signature in blank margin at the foot, signature slightly faint, with light smearing, 4 1/2 x 7 in. more ...
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Capote, Truman (1924-1964) Autograph Unsigned Poem: A Pussy Cat's Adventures , (c. 1935-1936)
Lot: 10
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Capote, Truman (1924-1964) Autograph Unsigned Poem: A Pussy Cat's Adventures, (c. 1935-1936) Single piece of lined paper inscribed on both sides in blue ink. The text is the same as a manuscript more ...
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Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Photographic Portrait.
Lot: 11
Sold for: $246$200
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Photographic Portrait. Black-and-white photograph of Cassatt taken on the Bearskin Neck, Rockport, Massachusetts, no date; seated on the edge of a boat with a small more ...
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Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Four Signed Photographs.
Lot: 12
Sold for: $1,476$1,200
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Four Signed Photographs. Black-and-white photographs, signed and inscribed, circa 1966-1971, including a photograph of Chagall in front of The Sources of Music, one of more ...
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Chaplin, Charles (1889-1977) Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed.
Lot: 14
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Chaplin, Charles (1889-1977) Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed. Black-and-white profile portrait of a suited Chaplin with hands clasped, signed across the chest, 7 x 5 in.; [and] single more ...
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Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) Fragmentary Typed Letter Signed, 7 December 1918.
Lot: 15
Sold for: $923$750
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) Fragmentary Typed Letter Signed, 7 December 1918. Top portion of the sheet only, on Ministry of Munitions of War letterhead, with date, greeting, and the first part more ...
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Collection of American Executive Cabinet Member Autographs, Letters, and other Signed Items.
Lot: 16
Sold for: $615$500
Collection of American Executive Cabinet Member Autographs, Letters, and other Signed Items. A variety of signed material from approximately thirty cabinet members from the Abraham Lincoln, more ...
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Cummings, Edward Estlin (1894-1962) Signed Unpublished Manuscript Poem within a Ship's Guest Book, 24 August 1916.
Lot: 17
Sold for: $5,535$4,500
Cummings, Edward Estlin (1894-1962) Signed Unpublished Manuscript Poem within a Ship's Guest Book, 24 August 1916. Guest book owned by Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr. (1894-1982) and his wife more ...
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Davy, Sir Humphry (1778-1829) Autograph Letter Signed, [c. 1804].
Lot: 18
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Davy, Sir Humphry (1778-1829) Autograph Letter Signed, [c. 1804]. Wove paper bifolium inscribed on three pages, with holograph addressed self-envelope. To fellow English chemist William Clayfield more ...
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Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) Signature, 24 February 1864.
Lot: 19
Sold for: $861$700
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) Signature, 24 February 1864. Folded laid bifolium of Gad's Hill Place letter paper, inscribed briefly at the top of the outer bifolium. Unaddressed, with the dated more ...
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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt (1868-1963) Typed Letter Signed, 19 June 1915.
Lot: 20
Sold for: $308$250
Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt (1868-1963) Typed Letter Signed, 19 June 1915. Single page letter typed on folding letterhead of the editorial rooms of The Crisis, New York City. To Joseph Lund more ...
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Eakins, Thomas (1844-1916) Autograph Letter Signed, 17 February 1914.
Lot: 21
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Eakins, Thomas (1844-1916) Autograph Letter Signed, 17 February 1914. Single page, inscribed on one side. To Weda Cook (1867-1937) declining her request for his portrait of her, The Concert more ...
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Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) Signed Banquet Program, 28 October 1932.
Lot: 22
Sold for: $738$600
Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) Signed Banquet Program, 28 October 1932. Printed program for an honorary banquet held by the Clubs of Business and Professional Women of Milwaukee at the Hotel Astor, more ...
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) Autograph Letter Signed, Concord, 2 June 1852.
Lot: 23
Sold for: $1,845$1,500
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) Autograph Letter Signed, Concord, 2 June 1852. Single sheet of laid paper, inscribed on both sides. To Robert Carter, apologizing for not correcting some errors in more ...
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Faulkner, William (1897-1962) Typed Letter Signed, 23 April 1957.
Lot: 24
Sold for: $1,845$1,500
Faulkner, William (1897-1962) Typed Letter Signed, 23 April 1957. Single page typed on one side with hand-addressed holograph envelope. To Alexander Rives, arranging for the purchase of a house in more ...
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940) Typed Letter Signed, 25 November 1940.
Lot: 25
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940) Typed Letter Signed, 25 November 1940. Single page typed on one side, signed in pencil. To his secretary Isabel Owens, recalling that Charles "Bill" Warren owes more ...
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Flights: Unforgettable Exploits of the Air , Seven Prints, by Frank Lemon (1890-1943) Five Signed by Aviators.
Lot: 26
Sold for: $1,230$1,000
Flights: Unforgettable Exploits of the Air, Seven Prints, by Frank Lemon (1890-1943) Five Signed by Aviators. [No place]: Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1928. Seven lithographs commemorating more ...
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French Manuscript Material, Letters and Signatures, Approximately Twenty Pieces.
Lot: 27
Sold for: $492$400
French Manuscript Material, Letters and Signatures, Approximately Twenty Pieces. A varied group that includes autograph letters, notes, signature cards, dated sentiments, and other material more ...
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Garfield, James Abraham (1831-1881) Archive Containing Presidential Signed Items and Autographs of his Presidential Cabinet.
Lot: 28
Sold for: $800$650
Garfield, James Abraham (1831-1881) Archive Containing Presidential Signed Items and Autographs of his Presidential Cabinet. One free frank and three clipped signatures of Garfield along with a more ...
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Gershwin, George (1898-1937) Signed and Inscribed Photograph.
Lot: 29
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Gershwin, George (1898-1937) Signed and Inscribed Photograph. Black-and-white photograph of Gershwin in profile, seated at the piano. Inscribed in the blank margin at the bottom to Mrs. N.B. more ...
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Gottschalk, Louis M. (1829-1869) Autograph Letter Signed.
Lot: 30
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Gottschalk, Louis M. (1829-1869) Autograph Letter Signed. Undated letter on a single lined sheet, inscribed on one page. To an unnamed doctor and friend, attempting to arrange a meeting of the more ...
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Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) Archive Containing Presidential Signed Items and Autographs of his Presidential Cabinet.
Lot: 31
Sold for: $1,476$1,200
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) Archive Containing Presidential Signed Items and Autographs of his Presidential Cabinet. Three items signed by Grant: an appointment document, 29 December 1869; more ...
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