Price: $12,500 Apollo XI. Signed Photograph of the Apollo XI lunar astronauts crew posing in their space suits against a lunar background, Inscribed by Armstrong and Signed on the mount below, “Best Wishes To James E. Rogan / Neil Armstrong “. Also Signed by M. Collins and Buzz Aldrin. The color photograph measures 14 inches … [ Read More ]
Americana
Baden-Powell, Robert
Price: $1,500 Founder of the Boy Scouts. Autograph Letter Signed, three pages, large octavo, East London, [South Africa], February 19, 1927. On his imprinted stationery, to Lt. Col. Smedley Williams. “Just a line to thank you and congratulate you on the success of the Rally today. I was very pleased with all that I saw, … [ Read More ]
Baden-Powell, Robert
Price: $2,250 Founder of the Boy Scouts. Autograph Letter Signed, four pages, octavo, April 1, 1927. On imprinted stationery of the Union-Castle Line R•M•M•V “Carnarvon Castle,” to Lt. Col. Smedley Williams. Concerning the organization of the Boy Scouts movement in South Africa. Fine condition. “I sent Mansergh a final appeal yesterday to reconsider his view … [ Read More ]
Barnum, P T
Price: $1,250 American showman; creator of The Greatest Show on Earth. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 24, 1881. On lined paper, imprinted with the name, “Waldemere.” To “My dear Dr. Reid.” “I have just returned from the great show at St. Louis and found your letter. I hope Mr. Wildman has … [ Read More ]
Bates, Katharine Lee
Price: $7,500 American poet. Typewritten Manuscript Signed and Inscribed, “Katharine Lee Bates, With Friendly Greetings to Mr. and Mrs. Benson and Barbara,” one page, quarto, undated. The typewritten manuscript is of Bates’ patriotic hymn, America the Beautiful. “O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! … [ Read More ]
Bonnie and Clyde
Price: $475 A wanted poster issued for Bonnie and Clyde by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Division of Investigation, one page, quarto, May 21, 1934. The poster bears a photo of the pair in front of their car and gives their physical descriptions, names of relatives, and criminal records. The murderous duo is wanted for … [ Read More ]
California Gold Rush
Price: $975 Group of four illustrations on an oblong quarto sheet, entitled Sundry Amusements in the Mines. Lithographed and published by Britton & Rey, San Francisco. Each image measures 3 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches; the sheet measuring by 8 3/8 by10 3/4 inches. The first image, A Sunday’s Amusements, shows two miners washing their … [ Read More ]
California Gold Rush
Price: $750 A stock certificate for the Tuolumne Country Water Company, 6 ¼ by 9 ¾ inches, Columbia, [California], September 26, 1862. With a fine vignette of miners working a sluice and a cradle, typical of the California Gold Rush. The one-share certificate is signed by President P.J. Gibbs and Secretary Joseph Pownall. Water was … [ Read More ]
Capone, Al
Price: $32,500 Partly Printed Document Signed, “Alphonse Capone,” one page, 8 by 3 inches, November 18, 1926. Also signed by his mother Theresa Capone and his wife Mae Capone, and endorsed on the verso, “Alphonse Capone,” as well as by Theresa and Mae Capone. A loan from the Lawndale National Bank, “Due on the 18th … [ Read More ]
Clark, William
Price: $12,500 American explorer. Letter Signed, William Clark, two pages, quarto, Superintendency of Indian Affairs, St. Louis, September 27, 1832. To Col. Ira Cottle, regarding Cotle’s claim against the Fox Tribe for 30 cattle stolen in 1816. While the War Department had rejected Cottle’s claim, Clark writes: “Believing your claim to be strictly just, I … [ Read More ]
Cody, William F.
Price: $1,750 William Cody, aka Buffalo Bill. American showman; creator of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Double Signature, “W.F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill’, 1898” on a sheet of paper measuring 6 3/8 inches wide by 3 ¼ inches high.
Currier, Nathaniel
Price: $5,000 American lithographer; Currier and Ives. Autograph Document Signed, Nathl Currier, two lines on a sheet of paper measuring 8 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches high, New York, March 4, 1836. “Received New York March 4th 1836–from A.J. Davis…Twenty dollars…” This item is associated with these categories in our inventory: Americana Art
Custer, George Armstrong
Price: $12,500 Union general in the Civil War and Indian fighter; killed at the battle of Little Big Horn. Autograph Letter Signed, G.A. Custer, full page, quarto, West Point Barracks, [New York], September 20, 1857. As a cadet of the U.S. Military Academy, to Cha[rle]s C. Wil[l]son. “In my conversation with you on the cars … [ Read More ]
Custer, George Armstrong
Price: $17,500 Union general in the Civil War and Indian fighter; killed at the battle of Little Big Horn. Autograph Document Signed, G.A. Custer, one page, oblong octavo, Boonsboro, Maryland, July 10, 1863. In pencil. “Recd from William Miller (2) two tons of hay for the war of the United States.” Appointed Brigadier General on … [ Read More ]
Dillinger, John
Price: $35,000 American gangster and bank robber; known as “Public Enemy Number One,” killed by police as he was leaving Chicago’s Biograph Theater, subject of the blockbuster movie, “Public Enemies,” starring Johnny Depp. Extremely rare Autograph Letter Signed, “John Dillinger #14395,” one page, small oblong octavo, undated [circa 1929-1933]. Written while in the Indiana State … [ Read More ]
Disney, Walt
Price: $17,500 American producer of animated motion-picture cartoons. Typewritten Letter Signed, full page, quarto, Hollywood, California, March 21, 1940. On imprinted stationery of Walt Disney Productions, to Congressman Charles A. Plumley in Washington, D.C. The letterhead, printed in color, carries the bold headline Walt Disney’s Pinocchio and depicts Pinocchio’s head and Jiminy Crickett. “I address … [ Read More ]
Durant, Henry Fowle
Price: $350 Founder of Wellesley College. Autograph Letter Signed, three pages, small octavo, Wellesley, Massachusetts, August 15, 1887. “I want for immediate use at College about 200 feet in length glazed drain pipes. I can use 9, 10, or 12 caliber – I prefer 10 inch. Have you got it on hand so that I … [ Read More ]
First Presidential Inauguration
Price: $75,000 THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION THE ONLY KNOWN PRIVATELY OWNED COPY OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR INAUGURATING GEORGE WASHINGTON THE THIRD DOCUMENT PRINTED BY THE NEW UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Printed Broadside, The Committees of Both Houses of Congress, appointed to take order for conducting the ceremonial of the formal reception, & of the President of … [ Read More ]
Florida
Price: $6,750 American author Henry O’Reilly; prominent in early Rochester affairs, including the Anti-Masonic Excitement. Autograph Letter Signed Henry O’Reilly, one and a quarter pages, legal folio, [Rochester, New York], August 5, 1836. To Moses King in Attica, New York. Fine condition. …the plan adopted for our settlement in East Florida, is to have a … [ Read More ]
Garrett, Patrick Floyd
Price: $3,750 Frontier lawman; killed Billy the Kid. Partly printed Check Signed and filled in by him, in pencil, Las Cruces, New Mexico, March 8, 1900. Drawn on the account of George D. Bowman & Son, Bankers, and made payable to Henry [Haas] in the amount of $5. This item is associated with these categories … [ Read More ]
Garrett, Patrick Floyd
Price: $8,750 Frontier lawman; killed Billy the Kid. Arrest Warrant Signed, “Pat F Garrett / Sheriff of Lincoln County,” July 24, 1882, octavo. The warrant is for the arrest of Ed L. House who is accused of “willfully and maliciously” killing one Juan Chavis of Pino on July 20, 1882. The Warrant, written by Frank … [ Read More ]
Geronimo
Price: $17,500 American Apache chieftain; led sensational campaign against the whites in the southwest; captured by General Crook; later escaped. Signature, in bold pencil, on a sheet of paper measuring 3 1/2 inches wide by 2 inches high. Framed (with taupe outer and cream inner mats, in walnut and antiqued gold frame) dimensions 10 1/4 … [ Read More ]
Geronimo
Price: $37,500 American Apache chieftain; led sensational campaign against the whites in the southwest; captured by General Crook; later escaped. An extremely rare matte photograph taken by A.B. Canady of Altoona, Kansas, 1907, of the Indian and his wife, with his bold Signature across the top. Geronimo is pictured with his ninth wife, Azul, who … [ Read More ]
Gone With the Wind
Price: $7,500 A copy of the final mimeographed shooting script, dated on the front cover, January 24, 1939, and stamped copy number 137. Starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland. Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Produced by David O. Selznick. Directed by Victor Fleming. 273 pages. Folio. Enclosed in a full blue morocco … [ Read More ]
Greeley, Horace
Price: $1,750 American journalist and political leader. Autograph Quotation Signed, two lines from Milton on an octavo sheet, New York, December 15, 1863. “They also serve who only stand and wait.” This item is associated with these categories in our inventory: Civil War Literature – American Western Americana
Greeley, Horace
Price: $1,750 American journalist and political leader. Autograph Quotation Signed, one page, octavo, Rochester [New York], October 15, 1866. “There is no safety, no real peace, but in universal justice and Impartial Freedom” Fine condition. This item is associated with these categories in our inventory: Americana Western Americana
Hancock, John
Price: $12,500 Autograph Letter Signed, initials, one page legal folio, Council Chamber, Boston, February 18, 1783. As governor of Massachusetts, to the Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. “I am exceedingly Sorry that a Bill upon so important a matter as the Sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court of the … [ Read More ]
Hancock, John
Price: $15,000 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Autograph Letter Signed, J Hancock, as president of the Continental Congress, five lines on an oblong octavo sheet, [January 1776]. To Timothy Matlack, a Pennsylvania merchant, militia officer and assistant to Secretary Charles Thomson. Matlack had written to John Hancock on January 20, 1776, that he did … [ Read More ]
James, Frank
Price: $9,500 Desperado; robbed banks and trains together with his brother Jesse. Autograph Letter Signed, Ben, one half page, at the conclusion of a five and a half page letter from his friend, Mrs. Sam Gilkey, octavo, Gallatin, Missouri, July 7, [1883]. To his wife, Annie James. With original envelope. The name Ben was an … [ Read More ]
Lewis and Clark
Price: $27,500 American explorers who led the Expedition (“Voyage of Discovery”) of 1804. A portion of an Autograph Letter written by Meriwether Lewis, Signed in the text , Capt Lewis, circa 1801, and an Autograph Document Signed by William Clark, 1815, framed together as an ensemble. During the late 1790’s Meriwether Lewis was in the … [ Read More ]
Lindbergh, Charles A
Price: $27,500 American aviation pioneer. Manuscript Signed, one page, quarto, May 27, 1927. Six days after his historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic, Lucky Lindy signs a poem written in his honor, in French, by poet Anna de Noailles. This morning, seeing a bird flying in the sky,/ I said to myself, ‘how clumsy he … [ Read More ]
New York
Price: $3,750 Document, issued in the name of Queen Anne, of England, one page, folio, [15 by 17 1/2 inches], on vellum, May 15, 1703. A land grant in favor of William Lawrents for a small island containing about eight acres, sitting at the mouth of Little Spillgate, and between great and Little Agazzi Islands … [ Read More ]
Oregon
Price: $7,500 A VERY EARLY AND IMPORTANT EFFORT TO ATTRACT AND ENCOURAGE THE SETTLEMENT OF OREGON The American Society for Encouraging a Settlement of the Oregon Territory. Document Signed, by the president and secretary of the Society, two pages, oblong quarto, [1831], with the paper and wax seal of the Society. The document is headed … [ Read More ]
Oregon
Price: $7,500 A VERY EARLY AND IMPORTANT EFFORT TO ATTRACT AND ENCOURAGE THE SETTLEMENT OF OREGON The American Society for Encouraging the Settlement of Oregon Territory. Document Signed, by the president and secretary of the Society, two pages, large oblong quarto, with the paper and wax seal of the Society. The document is headed Oregon Settlement Stock, … [ Read More ]
Sutter, John A
Price: $17,500 Pioneer in California; founded colony on site of what is now Sacramento; gold was discovered on his property (1848), after which he became bankrupt, as his workmen deserted him, his sheep and cattle were stolen, and his land occupied by squatters. Document Signed, J.A. Sutter, three pages, quarto, June 1849. Sutter grants Archibald … [ Read More ]
Tapis, Father Esteban
Price: $8,750 Presidente of the missions in Alta California from 1803 to 1812. Autograph Letter Signed, one half page, small quarto, Mission of Santa Barbara, November 14, 1804. To Jose Dario Rouset. Father Tapis discusses new regulation which pertain to the use of Holy Oil in the Mass and requests that the mission be allowed … [ Read More ]
Tweed, William M
Price: $1,750 Boss Tweed. New York political leader; as head of the “Tweed Ring” robbed the city of millions of dollars. Partly printed Document Signed, W M Tweed, one page, quarto, New York, April 20, 1866. A payment authorization and receipt made out to Peter Hevey in the amount of $38.50 for repairing and fitting … [ Read More ]
Voyageurs
Price: $2,750 A Partly Printed Contract in which Louis Rocquebrune is engaged by the firm McTavish, McGillivray & Co. and their associates, John Ogilvy and Thomas Thain, “to make the journey both to and from Fort William on the River Kaministiguia; pass through Michilimakinac and go to the Rain Lake, if he is so required … [ Read More ]
Washington, George
Price: $67,500 President. Autograph Letter Signed, G:Washington, one page, square quarto, Mount Vernon, April 6, [1786]. To William Heth, treasurer of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati. “An honest confession of the truth, is the best apology I can make for my not acknowledging the receipt of your favor of the 24th of Decr. before … [ Read More ]
Wayne, John
Price: $2,500 American movie star. Excellent photograph Signed, “Buzzy / Be happy / John Wayne,” of the star in a three-quarters pose, leaning on a fence post, wearing a light colored western hat, shirt, belt and holster, with a skeptical look on his face as if about to spring into action. John Wayne was laconic … [ Read More ]
Wilkes, John
Price: $3,750 English political reformer; expelled from the House of Commons three times; become idol of the mob rioting for “Wilkes and liberty”; championed colonial rights during the American Revolution. Document Signed, “John Wilkes/Mayor”, one page, legal folio, Guildhall, London, July 18, 1775. With two embossed English revenue stamps in the top margin, and integral … [ Read More ]
Young, Brigham
Price: $8,750 American Mormon leader; directed and superintended the mass migration of the Mormons to Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah; first governor of the Territory of Utah. A partly printed fifty-cent Mormon currency note, issued to N.K. Whitney and Signed by Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Thomas Bullock. Measuring 3 * inches wide … [ Read More ]