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 ]
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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 ]
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 ]
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
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]