11-13-201111-13-2011
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November 13, 2011 11:00 AMCalender

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  • Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959)

    Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959)

    Lot: 151
    Sold for: $2,205$1,800

    Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959),Autograph note signed, one page, September 16, 1924, to Mr. Martin, on Taliesin notepaper, a cryptic note about the survival of The Tokyo Hotel after an earthquake more ...

  • Wright, Orville (1871-1948) and Others

    Wright, Orville (1871-1948) and Others

    Lot: 152
    Sold for: $948$800

    Wright, Orville (1871-1948) and Others, Collection of early aviation ephemera including a Wright signed license issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale for John Irwin, 1927; Irwin's more ...

  • (Writers)

    (Writers)

    Lot: 152A
    Sold for: $415$350

    (Writers),Eleven articles; including, Longfellow, Henry W., autograph letter signed, June 11, 1872, to J.E. Montgomery; a portrait engraving; a signed document, one page, 1868, power of attorney more ...

  • Anne, Queen of England (1665-1714)

    Anne, Queen of England (1665-1714)

    Lot: 153
    Sold for: $948$800

    Anne, Queen of England (1665-1714),Signed document, one page, May 25th, 1702, payment order given to and countersigned by Sidney Lord Godolphin, High Treasurer, for Henry Killegrew to be paid one more ...

  • Baker, Josephine (1906-1975)

    Baker, Josephine (1906-1975)

    Lot: 154
    Sold for: $521$425

    Baker, Josephine (1906-1975),Signed and inscribed photograph, undated, depicting the dancer in a feathered costume from "La Revue des Reve", titled in the image and published by Superfilm S.A. more ...

  • Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902)

    Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902)

    Lot: 154A
    Sold for: $119$100

    Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902),Signed sentiment slip, dated New York, January 24, 1892, framed with a bookplate engraving of the artist's work titled "Chimney Rock, Ogalillah," matted, slip sight more ...

  • Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)

    Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)

    Lot: 154B
    Sold for: $3,553$2,900

    Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897),Autograph musical quotation, signed, dated 10 July 1896, with name Herr Lud. Kramer, two lines, comprising eleven bars, 7 x 3 1/8 in., unframed, (light edge chipping, more ...

  • (Broadsides, English)

    (Broadsides, English)

    Lot: 154C
    Sold for: $385$325

    (Broadsides, English),Two articles; An Act Prohibiting the Importing of any Wines, Wooll [sic] or Silk from the Kingdon of France, London: Edward Husband and John Field, 1650, framed; and Die Lunae more ...

  • Burns, Robert (1759-1796)

    Burns, Robert (1759-1796)

    Lot: 155
    Sold for: $15,405$13,000

    Burns, Robert (1759-1796),Autograph letter with poem, signed, 2 July 1787, from Mossgiel, three pages, addressed "Dear Sirs,/the above is the Poem I promised you...", containing the text of a poem more ...

  • Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906)

    Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906)

    Lot: 157
    Sold for: $10,413$8,500

    Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906),Autograph letter signed, one page, March 1, 1899, to Mr. Godfroy, apologizing for his flippant manner in requesting a permission letter from the provincial minister, more ...

  • Charles I, King of England (1600-1649)

    Charles I, King of England (1600-1649)

    Lot: 158
    Sold for: $1,896$1,600

    Charles I, King of England (1600-1649),Signed document, one page, May 14th, 1628, land grant issued to Robert Bailey for lands located in Dummori, Ireland, countersigned and extensively docketed on more ...

  • Charles I, King of England (1600-1649)

    Charles I, King of England (1600-1649)

    Lot: 159
    Sold for: $5,513$4,500

    Charles I, King of England (1600-1649),Signed document, Oxford, September 11, 1644, one page, an order directing Sir Arthur Anston, Governor of Reading, to raise a regiment due to the forward more ...

  • Charles II, King of England (1630-1685)

    Charles II, King of England (1630-1685)

    Lot: 160
    Sold for: $919$750

    Charles II, King of England (1630-1685),Signature taken from a larger document, one page, with seal and separate clipped date "1669 in the 21st year of our Reigne," 5 x 3 in., framed with portrait, more ...

  • Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis (1738-1805)

    Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis (1738-1805)

    Lot: 161
    Sold for: $563$475

    Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis (1738-1805),Autograph letter signed, one page, Dublin, June 23rd, 1800, to the Right Honorable Henry Dundas, concerning the embarkation of two regiments more ...

  • Curie, Marie (1867-1934) & Curie, Pierre (1859-1906)

    Curie, Marie (1867-1934) & Curie, Pierre (1859-1906)

    Lot: 162
    Sold for: $15,925$13,000

    Curie, Marie (1867-1934) & Curie, Pierre (1859-1906),Two articles; Curie, Marie, autograph letter signed, one page, April 14th, 1930, to an unknown recipient, thanking them for the gift of a Goethe more ...

  • Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of England (1599-1658)

    Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of England (1599-1658)

    Lot: 163
    Sold for: $9,480$8,000

    Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of England (1599-1658),Signed document, one page, August 11th, 1657, on vellum, to foreign Lord Vizier Azem, a formal complaint levied by the merchants of the more ...

  • Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)

    Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)

    Lot: 164
    Sold for: $3,308$2,700

    Degas, Edgar (1834-1917),Autograph letter signed, one page, [undated, January], recipient unknown, wishing them a happy new year and stating that health problems prevented him from joining them more ...

  • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

    Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

    Lot: 165
    Sold for: $4,740$4,000

    Dickens, Charles (1812-1870),Autograph letter signed twice, with holograph envelope, one page, December 20th, 1869, third person letter to the School for the Indigent Blind, sending two copies of more ...

  • Drake, Sir Francis (1540-1596),Burghley, William Cecil (1520-1598) and Others

    Drake, Sir Francis (1540-1596),Burghley, William Cecil (1520-1598) and Others

    Lot: 166
    Sold for: $27,255$23,000

    Drake, Sir Francis (1540-1596),Burghley, William Cecil (1520-1598) and Others, Manuscript document signed, one page, October 1st, 1588, with City of Bristol in upper left corner, a statement of more ...

  • Edward VI, King of England (1547-1553)

    Edward VI, King of England (1547-1553)

    Lot: 167
    Sold for: $3,555$3,000

    Edward VI, King of England (1547-1553),Signed document with official royal stamp, one page, July 7, 1551, order issued to the County of Chester detailing revenues, countersigned by many members of more ...

  • (French Commercial and Naval Documents, 1801 U.S. Travel)

    (French Commercial and Naval Documents, 1801 U.S. Travel)

    Lot: 169
    Sold for: $2,252$1,900

    (French Commercial and Naval Documents, 1801 U.S. Travel),Group of French naval voyage and shipping related manuscript books, including an 1801 journal titled "Journal d'un voyage de Baltimore a la more ...

  • George III, King of England (1738-1820)

    George III, King of England (1738-1820)

    Lot: 170
    Sold for: $184$150

    George III, King of England (1738-1820),Signed document, one page, June 9th, 1804, on vellum, appointment of Duncan Emerson as Ensign in the seventh West India Regiment, with seal intact, folio, 9 more ...

  • Henri IV, King of France (1553-1619)

    Henri IV, King of France (1553-1619)

    Lot: 171
    Sold for: $184$150

    Henri IV, King of France (1553-1619),Signed document, one page, 1600, on vellum, in French, royal grant issued to Raymond, countersigned and docketed to verso, framed with portrait, 8 x 15 1/2 in., more ...

  • James I, King of England (1566-1625)

    James I, King of England (1566-1625)

    Lot: 173
    Sold for: $415$350

    James I, King of England (1566-1625),Clipped signature with title "Rex" and one partial sentence in another hand, 1 1/8 x 1 7/8 in., (pasted down to mat with some bleed through, smudged). more ...

  • Jenner, Edward (1749-1823)

    Jenner, Edward (1749-1823)

    Lot: 174
    Sold for: $119$100

    Jenner, Edward (1749-1823),Signature and closing on a slip of paper, undated, with fragments of handwriting on verso, matted with a photogravure of a statue of Jenner, 1/2 x 4 1/2 in., (soiled). more ...

  • Lamb, Charles (1775-1834)

    Lamb, Charles (1775-1834)

    Lot: 174A
    Sold for: $1,067$900

    Lamb, Charles (1775-1834),Letter signed, one page, [undated], to Charles Cowden Clarke, concerning music at the Abbey at Winchmore and the specifics of a concert, additionally signed by the more ...

  • Le Gallienne, Richard (1866-1947)

    Le Gallienne, Richard (1866-1947)

    Lot: 175
    Sold for: $356$300

    Le Gallienne, Richard (1866-1947),Autograph manuscript poem signed, one page, c. January 19, 1909, entitled "For the Birthday of Edgar Allen Poe", two stanzas, framed with portraits, sight 9 1/4 x more ...

  • Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774)

    Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774)

    Lot: 176
    Sold for: $326$275

    Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774),Signed document, dated April 9, 1769(4?),one page, granting passage to Switzerland, unframed, sheet size 13 x 9 in., (trimmed, folds, with central fold more ...

  • Manet, Edouard (1832-1883)

    Manet, Edouard (1832-1883)

    Lot: 178
    Sold for: $3,675$3,000

    Manet, Edouard (1832-1883),Autograph letter signed, one page, undated, to Mr. Martinet, mentioning a meeting with Marcel Proust and discussing a Friday meeting, and the hopes that he can get a more ...

  • Miro, Joan (1893-1983)

    Miro, Joan (1893-1983)

    Lot: 178A
    Sold for: $207$175

    Miro, Joan (1893-1983),Signed card, undated, large signature "Miro" on postcard for Miro's work "Soiree snob chez La Princesse," unframed, (good, with minor light soiling and age toning). more ...