Alphabetical Listing:
[A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U][V][W][X][Y][Z]
[A] |
| | Abbot, Charles Greeley (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
Notable astrophysicist, astronomer, Smithsonian Secretary 1928-44 |
| | Abruzzo, Ben; Anderson, Maxie; and Newman, Larry (Signed Cover) $115 Special Offer: $100
Double Eagle II--1st Transatlantic Balloon Flight
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| | Adams, Charles Francis (Letter) $125
Son of President J. Q. Adams, 1848 Free Soil VP candidate, Lincoln’s Minister to Great Britain |
| | Adams, John (Signature) $3250
Excellent frameable signature from ALS |
| | Adams, John Quincy (Letter) $1695
1839 ALS while Massachusetts Member of Congress assisting a constituent |
| | Adrian, Sir Edgar D. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $175
English physiologist, co-recipient of 1932 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for studies of brain and nerve electrical activity |
| | Aitken, Robert G. (Signature) $75
American astronomer, Lick Observatory director 1930-35, expert on double stars |
| | Alexanderson, Ernest F. W. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $85
Swedish-American engineer, developed Alexanderson alternator to make voice radio broadcasts possible, contributed to television development |
| | Alsop, Joseph (Letter) $25
Influential 30's - 70's foreign affairs correspondent & syndicated columnist |
| | Altman, Benjamin (Check) $125 Special Offer: $110
Check signed by the founder of B. Altman & Co. department stores, notable philanthropist
A "B. Altman" bargain! |
| | Alvary, Lorenzo (Photograph) $45
Portrait in costume from Orff’s “Die Kluge” |
| | Anderson, Maxwell (Document) $195
1945 license for radio broadcast of his play "Elizabeth the Queen" |
| | Angell, Sir (Ralph) Norman (Letter) $75
English 1933 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, believed European economic integration would make militarism obsolete |
| | Anthony, Susan B. (Letter) $2250
Excellent letter conveying a sentiment from the tireless advocate of women’s right to vote |
| | Argento, Dominick (photograph) $75
Signed photograph of the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer |
| | Arliss, George (Original Signed Sketch) $125
Original pencil sketch signed by artist and also by the 3rd Best Actor Oscar winner |
| | Arroyo, Martina (Photograph) $30
One of the first African-American opera stars |
| | Arthur, Chester A. (Letter) $750
1866 ALS as New York City lawyer |
| | Arthur, Chester A. (Letter) $1250
Rare ALS while Vice President! |
| | Arthur, Chester A. (Letter) $750
1862 letter as New York State Quartermaster General |
| | Asquith, Herbert Henry (Letter) $150
PM Asquith send a photograph to Columbia University president and 1931 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Butler |
| | Astor, William Waldorf, 2nd Viscount (Letter) $110
Astor thanks his sister for a souvenir riding crop for rambling at Cliveden |
[B] |
| | Babbitt, Milton (Photograph) $60
Pioneer in electronic music composition |
| | Bache, Alexander D. (Letter) $250
1838 ALS to trustee Joseph Hopkinson raising problems with Stephen Girard’s will to further aims of Girard College |
| | Baldwin, Stanley (Signed House of Commons Card) $75
3-time British Prime Minister, secured peaceful abdication of Edward VII |
| | Barber, Samuel (Letter) $650
The composer considers a commission for a work based on a Thomas Merton poem |
| | Barkley, Alben W. (Letter) $95
Senate Majority Leader Barkley assists a collector seeking an FDR autograph |
| | Barnard, Christian (Signature) $50
1st to perform human heart transplant |
| | Barrow, Edward G. (Check) $225
Hall of Fame New York Yankee executive, oversaw team’s 1920‘s–mid 40’s success |
| | Barton, Clara (Letter) $595
Barton thanks her “comrade friends” for expressions of support while ill |
| | Baruch, Bernard M. (Letter) $225
The Bible is the one book he would choose to have if he could only choose one! |
| | Bayard, Thomas F. (Letter) $40
Bayard seeks copy of a paper on Winfield Scott Hancock, his rival for 1880 Democratic presidential nomination 12 years before |
| | Bayard, Thomas F. (Letter) $110
Day after re-election loss, the Secretary of State declines New York Chamber of Commerce invitation |
| | Bayard, Thomas F. (Signature) $40
Clipped signed conclusion of 1888 DS as Cleveland’s Secretary of State |
| | Beatty, Sir David, 1st Earl (Letter) $75
British naval hero of WW I Battle of Jutland |
| | Beaverbrook, 1st Baron (Wm. Maxwell Aitken) (Document) $40
“First Baron of Fleet Street”, Canadian-British newspaper publisher, served in WW I & II War Cabinets |
| | Beecher, Henry Ward (Signature) $75
Signature of the prominent preacher – before his “fall”! |
| | Begin, Menachem (ON HOLD) (Signed Cover) $150
Signed Israeli philatelic cover commemorating Anwar Sadat’s historic 1977 visit to Israel signed while Prime Minister |
| | Bennett Jr., James Gordon (Letter) $195
Sportsman-publisher, sent Stanley to find Livingstone, financed Arctic expeditions, established trophies in yacht, aviation & automobile racing |
| | Benton, Thomas Hart (Letter) $375
Senator Benton attributes his successes to his handwriting, praising those who write well! |
| | Bergman, Ingrid (Signed Program) $175
In-person signature on 1972 Wilmington theater program |
| | Bernstein, Leonard (Photograph) $295
1st US-born conductor of New York Philharmonic, composed "West Side Story" , "Candide", etc. |
| | Beser, Jacob (Signature) $50
Radar specialist, only crew member on both Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bomb missions |
| | Biddle, Nicholas (Letter) $295
ALS written shortly after opening state-chartered The Bank of the United States in Pennsylvania |
| | Black, Alexander (Letter) $125
Inventor of the “picture play”, made President Grover Cleveland a “film star”! |
| | Black, Hugo (ON HOLD) (SCOTUS card) $75
Signed Court notecard by the Alabama constitutional scholar |
| | Black, Hugo L. (ON HOLD) (Signature) $75
1958 Court roster sheet with biographies, photos, & facsimile signatures signed by Senior Associate Justice Black |
| | Black, Hugo L. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $125
1955 TLS while Associate Justice on Court Chambers letterhead |
| | Blackett, Patrick M. S. (Signature) $95
British physicist, 1948 Nobel laureate, a discoverer of the positron, helped develop cloud chamber |
| | Blake, Bud (Original sketch) $75
Signed original sketch of comic strip characters "Tiger" and "Stripe" |
| | Bloch, Felix (Signature) $75
Co-recipient of 1952 physics Nobel Prize for research leading to development of the MRI |
| | Bluford Jr., Guion S. (Photograph) $50 Special Offer: $40
1st African-American astronaut to go into space
"blast off" a piece of the price! |
| | Booth, Florence E. (Letter) $95
Pioneered Salvation Army programs for destitute women, pioneered anti-prostitution campaign |
| | Born, Max (Signature) $175
German physicist, awarded 1954 Nobel Prize with Bethe for 1926 statistical description of Schrödinger’s wave functions |
| | Boutwell, George S. (Letter) $40
Former Treasury Secretary Boutwell notes his term in President Grant’s Cabinet |
| | Boyd, J. Erroll (FDC) $125
"The Canadian Lindbergh", 1st Canadian & 2nd British citizen to fly the Atlantic |
| | Brand, Vance D. (Photograph) $35
Flew on Apollo-Soyuz mission, commanded 3 space shuttle flights |
| | Brandeis, Louis D. (Letter) $495
Justice Brandeis cites a pioneer company’s attempt at workplace democracy |
| | Brandeis, Louis D. (Signature) $250
Frameable autograph album page signed by Court’s 1st Jewish Justice |
| | Brandeis, Louis D. (Letter) $495
On the day of his 69th birthday, Justice Brandeis expresses thanks a friend for his good wishes |
| | Brandon, Henry (Photograph) $50
Character actor noted for villainous roles |
| | Brandt, Willi (Commemorative Envelope) $35
Berlin Mayor, West German Chancellor, 1971 Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| | Brennan, William J. (ON HOLD) (First Day Cover) $75
Signed 1968 Holmes stamp FDC |
| | Brennan, William J., Jr. (Letter) $125
Letter to the 1981 Reagan Inaugural Committee from one of the Court’s last great liberals! |
| | Brewer, David J. (Letter) $225
Humourous 1891 TLS on Court letterhead returning a corrected transcript of an extemporaneous speech |
| | Bricker, John (Photograph) $30
1944 VP candidate on GOP ticket with Dewey |
| | Bricker, John W. (First Day Cover) $25
1950 First Day Cover signed by the 1944 GOP Vice Presidential candidate |
| | Brooks, Phillips (Signed Note) $125
Notable Boston Episcopal minister, wrote Christmas hymn “O Little Town of Bethlehem” |
| | Brown, A.Whitten & Scott, G. Herbert (Signatures) $250
Signatures of notable British aviation pioneers from 1930 limited edition book |
| | Brown, Benjamin Gratz (Letter) $195
Seeking 1872 Liberal Republican presidential nomination, smelling skullduggery & corruption! |
| | Brown, Henry B. (Letter) $250
Justice Brown hails address by Connecticut jurist & Yale Law professor Simeon Baldwin |
| | Brown, Herbert C. (Letter) $95
1978 TLS on marking 40th anniversary of the discovery for which he would receive the 1979 Nobel Prize for Chemistry |
| | Brownlow, William G. (Letter) $450
1863 ALS from “The Fighting Parson”, itching to return to East Tennessee and the newspaper business |
| | Bryan, William Jennings (Letter) $275
Secretary Bryan declares intention to nominate US Minister to Salvador as State Dept. Chief of Division of Latin American Affairs |
| | Brynner, Yul (Photograph) $150
Signed photograph as Prince Bounine in "Anastasia" |
| | Buchanan, James (Letter) $1500
1860 ALS while President two weeks before 1860 presidential election |
| | Buchanan, James (Letter) $1100
1847 ALS while Secretary of State regarding a (commercial) agency |
| | Buchanan, James (Document) $895
Buchanan Authorizes Secretary of State to affix US seal for accreditation of Minister to Guatemala |
| | Buchanan, James (Letter & Free Frank) $950
Senator Buchanan approves a recommendation for a presidential appointee |
| | Bumbry, Grace (Photograph) $30
Pioneer African-American mezzo & high soprano opera singer |
| | Bunche, Ralph J. (Letter) $80
TLS as United Nations Under Secretary |
| | Bunche, Ralph J. (Signature) $50
Signed 4 months after receiving 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace |
| | Bundy, McGeorge (ON HOLD) (Letter) $35
Dean Bundy asks Amb. Grew to support OSS-CIA official/Harvard professor’s golf club membership |
| | Burger, Warren E. (ON HOLD) (Note) $85
A witty sentiment from "The Chief"! |
| | Burgess, Thornton W. (AQS) $225
Children's author Thornton Burgess AQS from “Peter Rabbitt” |
| | Burnside, Ambrose E. (Signature) $150
Led Army of the Potomac 1862-1863, signature while new Rhode Island Senator |
| | Burnside, Ambrose E. (Signature) $195
Led Army of the Potomac 1862-1863, namesake of side whiskers – “sideburns” |
| | Burroughs, John (Photograph) $275 Special Offer: $250
Signed photograph of the naturalist and essayist, friend of Whitman, Theodore Roosevelt, Edison, Ford
A "natural" hero! |
| | Burton, Harold H. (Photograph) $150
Nice official portrait of Justice Burton |
| | Bush, Barbara (Letter) $125
Uncommon TLS as First Lady |
| | Bush, Vannevar (Signature) $110
Led WW II Office of Scientific Research & Development, created 1st analog computer |
| | Butler, Nicholas Murray (Letter) $55
President Butler’s methodology for securing wide readership for a Columbia colleague’s paper |
| | Byrnes, James F. (Letter) $50
Former Secretary of State Byrnes to former Under Secretary Grew on the Wriston Repoort |
[C] |
| | Callaghan, James (Photograph) $40
“Sunny Jim”, British Labour PM 1976-79 |
| | Calvin, Melvin (Letter) $95
American chemist, awardeded 1961 Nobel Prize |
| | Cambridge, Prince George, 2nd Duke of (Letter) $75
ALS of George III’s grandson while Commander-in-Chief of British Army |
| | Campbell, John A. (Signature) $425
Scarce signature as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. |
| | Campbell, John A. (AES) $495
1864 endorsement as Confederate Assistant Secretary of War |
| | Campbell, John A. (Letter) $1500
1865 letter of reference for his jailer from imprisoned former Justice & CSA official |
| | Caniff, Milt (Letter) $75
Caniff is pleased "Steve Canyon" panel on soil stablization was used by the "Chemical and Engineering News" |
| | Cardigan, 7th Earl of (James Thomas Brudenell) (Letter) $295
1859 ALS from the controversial commander of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in the Crimean War |
| | Cardozo, Benjamin N. (Signed Card) $295
Card signed while Associate Justice |
| | Carnegie, Andrew (Letter) $595
Carnegie praises Secretary of State & future Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elihu Root |
| | Caron, George R. (Signature) $50
“Enola Gay” tail gunner, took first photos of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima |
| | Carpenter, M. Scott (Photograph) $75
Color photograph suiting up for "Aurora 7" launch |
| | Carter, Jimmy (Photograph) $275
Color photo inscribed by President Carter to White House Maid Viola “Big Mama” Wise |
| | Carter, Jimmy (Letter) $550
Carter to advice columnist "Ann Landers " days before his nomination for President |
| | Caruso, Enrico (Signed Sketch) $1100
1915 signed self-portrait pen & ink sketch |
| | Carver, George Washington (Signature) $325
Pioneer African-American agronomist-botanist-researcher at Tuskegee |
| | Cash, June Carter (Photograph) $95
One of country & western music’s great singer-songwriters and performers |
| | Cermak, Anton J. (Signature) $95
Chicago mayor mortally wounded during 1933 attempted FDR assassination |
| | Chaffee, Adna R. (Document) $125
Document signed as Chief of Staff to US Military Governor of Cuba, General Leonard Wood |
| | Chamberlain, Neville (Letter) $595
Chancellor Chamberlain to 1931 Nobel Peace laureate Butler, lack of demand prohibits reprint of 1887-88 Royal Commission on Gold & Silver Report |
| | Chase, Salmon P. (Letter) $350
Treasury Secretary Chase deflates a job-seeker |
| | Chavez, Cesar (Signed Program) $110
1960’s iconic migrant farm worker labor organizer |
| | Choate, Joseph H. (Letter) $75
Renowned attorney Choate nominates a lawyer for membership in the New York Bar Association |
| | Christoff, Boris and Gobbi, Tito (Signatures) $95
Signed 1958 Royal Festival Hall benefit concert program |
| | Church, Frederick E. (Signature) $215 Special Offer: $195
Hudson River School artist noted for landscapes of scenic grandeur
A good deal "drawn" just for you! |
| | Churchill, Sir Winston (Letter) $2495
A year before returning to power, Tory leader Churchill thanks a Conservative colleague and inquires of his health |
| | Churchill, Sir Winston S. (Letter) $2495
Leader of the Opposition Churchill invites Parliamentary colleague to luncheon 2 days after the 1948 US presidential election |
| | Clark, Ramsey (Photograph) $25
LBJ Attorney General, left-wing activist lawyer |
| | Clark, Tom C. (Photograph) $60
Signed photo while Attorney General, soon-to-be Associate Justice |
| | Clarke, Henri-Jacques-Guillaume, Duc de Feltre (Letter) $285
1811 LS as Napoleon's Minister of War |
| | Clarkson, Matthew (Letter) $350
1793 ALS to state Comptroller General John Nicholson from the Philadelphia mayor, a hero of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic a few months after |
| | Clemens, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain") (Check) $2250 Special Offer: $2100
1900 personal check from America’s best-known writer & humorist !
"Check" out Mark Twain! |
| | Cleveland, Frances F. (letter) $225
First Lady Frances Cleveland 1897 ALS to sensationalist preacher Dewitt Talmadge |
| | Cleveland, Frances Folsom (Signed Executive Mansion Card) $110
Signed Executive Mansion Card |
| | Cleveland, Grover S. (Letter) $425
1891 ALS between terms saluting Henry Ward Beecher |
| | Clifford, Nathan (Letter) $395
Brief letter of reference for his son from Justice Clifford |
| | Clinton, Bill (Letter) $495
1993 White House TLS to Illinois Senator Paul Simon |
| | Clinton, DeWitt (ON HOLD) (Document) $150
1819 appointment as Governor of twelve Justices of the Peace for Saratoga County |
| | Clinton, George (Document) $395
1800 ADS of New York’s 1st state governor, Jefferson & Madison’s VP |
| | Clinton, James (Letter) $495
1789 ALS to his nephew, New York State’s Surveyor General, likely exchanging his veteran’s land grant |
| | Cobb, Lee J. (Photograph) $125
Signed portrait of eminent stage, screen & TV actor |
| | Cockcroft, Sir John D. (Signature) $95
British physicist, developed atom-splitting particle accelerator, shared 1951 Nobel Prize |
| | Cohan, George M. (Document) $425
A dying Cohan waives commissions as executor of the estate of his old business partner and friend Sam Harris |
| | Collins, Michael (Photograph) $595
Command module pilot on 1969 Apollo 11 1st moon landing mission |
| | Collins, Michael (Signed NASA Brochure) $450
NASA Apollo 11 Mission Report signed by command module pilot Collins |
| | Compton, Karl T. (Signature) $40
Member of National Defense Research Committee, MIT President, defended WW II A-Bomb use |
| | Connally, John (Letter) $75
1965 TLS as Texas Governor 2 years after being seriously wounded during JFK’s assassination in Dallas |
| | Conrad, Charles "Pete" (Photograph) $150
Gemini, Apollo (moonwalker), Skylab programs astronaut, killed in 1999 accident |
| | Coolidge, Calvin (Check) $395
1912 check completed and signed by lawyer Coolidge |
| | Coolidge, Calvin (Photograph) $495
Photograph signed while President! |
| | Coolidge, Calvin (Letter) $395
1925 White House TLS, moving letter of sympathy to the widow of a friend |
| | Coolidge, Calvin (Letter) $295
Lawyer Coolidge reports to his client |
| | Coolidge, William D. (Signature) $75
Inventor of the “Coolidge Tube”, made medical x-rays safe and convenient |
| | Cooper, James Fenimore (Check) $275
Signed 1842 Otsego County Bank check |
| | Copland, Aaron (Photograph) $225
Photo signed by one of America’s foremost 20th century composers |
| | Corbett, Harvey Wiley (Autograph Statement Signed) $295
Lovely handwritten statement on the importance of architecture and architects in society |
| | Corigliano, John (photograph) $60
Color photograph of the contemporary American composer signed by him |
| | Cornell, Katherine (Letter) $60
Miss Cornell cannot appear in Theatre Guild’s Washington radio staging of “The Barretts of Wimpole Street” to open Red Cross campaign owing to Broadway conflict |
| | Cortelyou, George B. (Letter) $75
Treasury Secretary Cortelyou 1908 TLS to the President of the National Academy of Sciences |
| | Coué, Emil (AQS) $650
French psychotherapist, developed system based on autosuggestion |
| | Coward, Sir Noel (Letter) $325
1933 TLS to friend, writer-historian Philip Guedalla |
| | Cranch, William (ANS) $395
2nd Supreme Court Reporter, administered oaths of office to Presidents Tyler & Fillmore while District of Columbia Chief Judge |
| | Crawford, Joan (Letter) $110
Crawford expresses reserved interest in doing a "legitimate production" (a play) |
| | Crawford, Joan (Photograph) $235
1950's matte finish photo portrait inscribed & signed |
| | Cronin, A(rchibald). J(oseph). (Document) $40
New York bank signature card signed by the popular Scottish physician-novelist |
| | Curie, Marie Sklowdowska (Letter) $4950
Rare ALS in English, 1925 sympathy letter from the Nobel laureate to her 1921 benefactor |
| | Curtis, Benjamin R. (Letter) $350
Former Justice Curtis offers a colleague his views on which Justice should hear a client’s case |
| | Curtis, Charles (Letter) $75
VP Curtis 1930 TLS to the Chairman of the American Red Cross |
[D] |
| | D'Indy, Vincent (AMQS) $275
AMQS from an unidentified work by the controversial French composer-music teacher |
| | Dahlgren, John A. (Autographed Note Signed) $250
Likely War-time note to Navy Secretary Gideon Welles from John A. Dahlgren |
| | Dale, Sir Henry H. (Signature) $175
English physiologist, discovered acetylcholine, co-recipient of 1936 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology |
| | Dana, Charles A. (Letter) $75
Dana of “The Sun” regrets he cannot accept J. P. Morgan & Committee’s invitation to attend Chamber of Commerce annual banquet |
| | Daniels, Josephus (Letter) $40
Secretary Daniels requests Cornelius Vanderbilt invite General Goethals to NYC review of the Atlantic Fleet |
| | Davis, Jefferson (Signature) $595
Frameable signature of the Confederacy’s only president |
| | Davis, Jefferson (Signature) $595
Frameable signature of the ConfederateStates of America’s only President |
| | Davis, Richard Harding (Letter) $60
1892 ALS from the popular late 19th-early 20th century journalist, war correspondent, novelist & dramatist |
| | Davisson, Clinton J. (Signature) $95
Bell Laboratoriess physicist, co-discovered diffraction of electrons by crystals, 1937 Nobel physics co-laureate |
| | De Forest, Lee (Letter) $525 Special Offer: $475
“The Father of Radio” salutes radio’s “unbelievable progress”!
Find a discount on your radio dial! |
| | De Forest, Lee (ON HOLD) (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
1947 autograph sentiment signed by “The Father of Radio” |
| | Debye, Peter Joseph William (Letter) $150
Dutch-American physicist, received 1936 Nobel Prize for chemistry |
| | DeLancey Jr., Oliver (Letter) $275
Succeded Major Andre as Clinton’s spymaster, Adjutant General of British Army in North America 1781-83 |
| | Denby, Edwin (Photograph) $50
"Teapot Dome" scandal dupe? |
| | Derby, 15th Earl (Letter) $75
Lord Derby arranges payments on a donation to a school of science |
| | Diaz, Armando (Signature) $90
Italian Army World War I hero, Marshal of Italy |
| | Dickerson, Mahlon (Letter) $90
Written within a week of his appointment as Secretary of the Navy by President Jackson |
| | Djerassi, Carl (Letter) $40
"The Father of the Birth Control Pill” pushes for a rmagazine review of a new edition to one of his books |
| | Douglas Sr., Donald W. (Photograph) $250
Signed photo of the pioneer airplane manufacturer, founder of Douglas Aviation Company |
| | Douglas, William O. & Stevens, John Paul (ON HOLD) (Signed Engraving) $60
Court engraving signed by longest-serving Justice in Court history & longest-serving current Justice |
| | Douglas, William O. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $150
Controversial liberal Justice, outdoorsman and author |
| | Douglas, William O. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $150
Justice Douglas declines 1971 Law Day speaking invitation at Rutgers University Law School |
| | Downey Sr., Morton (Photograph) $30
Vintage matte-finish sepia portrait of "The Irish Nightingale", star of stage, screen, radio & TV |
| | Du Ponceau, Peter (Letter) $450
1831 ALS from French-born ethnologist & linguist, student of Native American languages |
| | Duke, Charles (Photograph) $80
Apollo 16 astronaut Duke salutes the flag on the lunar surface! |
| | Dulles, John Foster (Letter) $110
Just-appointed Secretary of State, acknowledges prominent journalist's congratulations |
| | Dulles, John Foster (Letter) $135
Secretary Dulles thanks Amb. Grew for 1932 Lausanne Conference article for Department of State “Bulletin” |
| | Dunbar, Bonnie (FDC) $25
Signed 1980 FDC honoring pioneer aviatrix Blanche Stuart Scott |
| | Dunbar, Paul Laurence (Letter) $1750
1900 TLS on possible appearance of his work in a collection for lawyers! |
| | Dundonald, Douglas MacKinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl (Letter) $40
Last British officer to command Canadian military forces |
[E] |
| | Eagleton, Thomas (Photograph) $30
1972 Democratic VP nominee, replaced after disclosure of psychiaric treatment history |
| | Eaker, Ira C. (Letter) $95
Uncommon ALS of deputy USAAF commander, led bomber command in Europe |
| | Eastman, George ( Letter) $1450 Special Offer: $1375
Great 1913 motion picture camera-related content TLS
Point your Kodak and dave some $! |
| | Eastman, Max (Letter) $75
Good content letter from American leftist editor, sharply repudiated socialism & communism |
| | Eberbach, Heinrich (Photograph) $150
Led German Panzer Group West in No. France July 1944, relieved for failing to halt Allied advance |
| | Eberhart, Mignon G. (First Day Cover) $25
Edith Wharton stamp First Day Cover signed by “America's Agatha Christie” |
| | Eckner, Hugo & Dornier, Claudius (Signatures) $295 Special Offer: $275
Signatures of two German aviation pioneers from limited edition 1930 book
Two great names in early aviation! |
| | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Letter) $425
The former President to his ex-National Security Assistant, promoter of the National Security Council |
| | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Letter) $495
The end of one, and start of another, momentous war year for Ike |
| | Eisenhower, Mamie D. (Letter) $135
Mamie hopes to visit Abilene and Eisenhower Library, praised by grandson David |
| | Elath, Eliahu (FDC) $40
Israel’s 1st Ambassador to the US and to Great Britain |
| | Eliot, T. S. (Letter) $550
T. S. Eliot changes his London law firm |
| | Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Franked Envelope) $225
1948 envelope addressed by her, franked with Royal "ER" initials |
| | Ellsworth, Oliver (Document) $395
Lengthy 1784 ADS as Associate Justice of Connecticut, summons for the Sheriff of New Haven County |
| | Erhard, Ludwig (FDC) $50
1959 US Ernst Reuter-Champion of Liberty stamp FDC signed by 2nd Chancellor of West Germany |
| | Ervin Jr., Sam (Signed Promotional Flyer) $25
“Senator Sam”, presided over Senate Watergate investigation |
| | Evarts, William M. (Letter) $85
Wall Street lawyer Evarts aids a fellow attorney |
| | Everett, Edward (Letter) $125
1853 ALS from Fillmore’s Secretary of State to Navy Secretary Kennedy |
| | Everett, Edward (Letter) $110
1842 ALS as Minister to Great Britain |
[F] |
| | Farley, James A. (Letter) $30
Farley congratulates Ambassador Grew on Senate confirmation as Under Secretary of State |
| | Fawzi, Mahmoud (First Day Cover) $30
Egyptian diplomat & statesman from Farouk to Sadat |
| | Fenton, Reuben E. (Letter) $75
1859 ALS of Whig NY Rep. Fenton, reporting on the future of a bill |
| | Ferebee, Thomas (Photograph) $95
Bombardier on 1945 "Enola Gay" Hiroshima atomic bomb mission |
| | Ferebee, Thomas (Signature) $50
Enola Gay (Hiroshima) atomic bomb mission bombardier |
| | Ferguson, Miriam A. "Ma" (Signed Card) $65
Controversial 1st Texas woman governor, 2nd female US governor |
| | Fessenden, William Pitt (Letter) $195
Powerful Maine Senator, succeeded Chase as Lincoln’s Treasury Secretary |
| | Field, Cyrus W. (Letter) $125
Developer of the Atlantic Cable and New York City’s Elevated “subway" |
| | Field, Cyrus W. (Letter) $125
1863 LS on Chamber of Commerce business, written while in process of laying the Atlantic Cable |
| | Figueres Ferrer, José (First Day Cover) $30
3-time democratic reformer President of Costa Rica |
| | Fillmore, Millard (Letter) $950
Ex-President Fillmore, en route to London, to former law partner& confidant Solomon Haven |
| | Fillmore, Millard (Letter) $1100
New York Congressman Fillmore keeps up with his Buffalo law business! |
| | Florence, William J. (Note) $95
New York actor, co-founded Masonic order "The Shriners" |
| | Floyd, Carlisle (Photograph) $65
Signed photograph of one of America’s foremost contemporary opera composers & librettists |
| | Ford, Edsel (Letter) $575 Special Offer: $525
2nd president of Ford Motor Company comes to the aid of a troubled Yale Law student
A Ford in your future? |
| | Ford, Gerald R. (Letter) $795
Rare HANDWRITTEN letter (ALS) of Jerry Ford! |
| | Forrest, Edwin (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $30
Celebrated 19th century actor & activist, notably supported retired actors |
| | Forrestal, James (Letter) $125
Last Cabinet level Secretary of the Navy - first Secretary of Defense |
| | Foss, Joe (First Day Cover) $60
WW II Marine Corps ace, Medal of Honor recipient, So. Dakota statesman, television personality, NRA president |
| | Foulois, Benjamin D. (Signed Cover) $150
1936 envelope signed by "The Father of the U. S. Air Force” |
| | Foyt, A. J. & Jones, Parnelli (Signed Envelope) $25
International Motor Sports Hall of Fame commemorative envelope signed by two members, both 60's Indianapolis 500 champions |
| | Francis, Tench (Document) $125
Prominent colonial Philadelphia lawyer, a founding trustee of what became the University of Pennsylvania |
| | Franck, James (Signature) $175
German-American physicist noted for work on nuclear spectroscopy, co-recipient of 1925 Nobel Prize for research on effects when electrons collide with atoms |
| | Frankfurter, Felix (Letter) $495
Justice Frankfurter offers a citation for a Justice Holmes quotation |
| | Frankfurter, Felix (Letter) $450
Justice Frankfurter praises an eminent trial lawyer’s book, “The Art of Advocacy” |
| | Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Letter) $235
The “Grand Old Duke of York” salutes the defeat of the 1797 Nore mutineers |
| | Freud, Sigmund (Letter) $4250 Special Offer: $3995
1931 letter from Dr. Freud , unable to grant an interview to a medical student as he is reconvalescing (from his recurring jaw cancer)
Save $255 on a shrink!! |
| | Frisch, Otto Robert (Signature) $175
Nephew of Lise Meitner, headed Manhattan Project atomic bomb Critical Assembly Group |
| | Frisch, Ragnar & Tinbergen, Jan (First Day Cover) $40
Recipients of first Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 1969 |
| | Fuller, Melville W. (Signed Card) $175
Signature & sentiment on verso of Chief Justice’s engraved calling card |
| | Fuller, Melville W. (Letter) $295
The Chief Justice salutes “The Lovers Year Book” and its creator |
[G] |
| | Gabreski, Francis "Gabby" (Signature) $50
One of 7 American aces in two wars, top US fighter ace against Luftwaffe |
| | Gage, Thomas (ON HOLD) (Document) $825
Commanded British forces in North America from French & Indian War through Battle of Bunker Hill |
| | Galton, Sir Francis (Note) $195
1888 ANS from the founder of fingerprint identification and the science of "eugenics" |
| | Gandhi, Rajiv (First Day Cover) $195
9th PM of India 1984-89, succeeded mother Indira, like her, also assassinated |
| | Garcia, Carlos (First Day Cover) $40
8th President of The Philippines on US first day cover honoring his predecessor |
| | Garfield, James A. (Letter) $895
Garfield 1878 letter of introduction for a former Hiram College colleague |
| | Garfield, James A. (Letter) $775
Ohio Rep. James A. Garfield 1875 ALS to Ohio Senator John Sherman |
| | Garfield, Lucretia R. (Check) $395
Signed bank check written a year after President Garfield’s death |
| | Garfield, Lucretia R. (ON HOLD) (Signature) $195
Signed card dated March 1885, when her husband's presidential term would have expired |
| | Garfield, Lucretia R.(ON HOLD) (Signature) $195
Signed card dated 2 ½ months after President Garfield’s death |
| | Garn, Jake (Photograph) $25
1st sitting US Senator-astronaut |
| | Garner, John Nance (Photograph) $195
1934 inscribed & signed photograph while VP! |
| | Gates, Horatio (Letter) $1250
A prescient Gates urges buying "Potowmac" land (anticipating move of the federal capital) year before selling his Virginia home |
| | Gebel-Williams, Gunther (First Day Cover) $25
Greatest animal trainer of all time, Ringling star 1969-90 |
| | Genet, Edmond-Charles (Document) $250
Citizen Genet:: corrosive French diplomat turned American citizen |
| | Gerard, James W. (Letter) $35
Noted diplomat, popular Ambassador to Germany before US entry into WW I |
| | Gericke, Walther (Photograph) $135
German paratroop officer, captured Italian Army headquarters in September 1943 “Operation Student” |
| | Gershwin, George (Check) $1495
1935 personal check, year “Porgy and Bess” premiéred |
| | Giamatti, Angelo Bartlett "Bart" (ON HOLD) (First Day Cover) $150
Yale president, banned Pete Rose while 7th commissioner of Major League Baseball 1989 |
| | Gibbons, Floyd (Signature) $25
Noted war correspondent & radio news commentator at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle |
| | Gibbons, James Cardinal (Aut. Sent. Sgd.) $110 Special Offer: $95
Autograph Sentiment Signed by the most notable 19th century American Catholic prelate
A special offering for your collection plate! |
| | Gilbert, Cass (Letter) $395
The renowned architect salutes creators of New York City’s Bronx River Parkway |
| | Gillem, Jr., Alvan C. (Letter) $85
Commanded XIII Corps of 9th Army in Allied 21st Army Group in Europe, led post-War “Gillem Board” effort to integrate Army |
| | Gillett, Frederick H. (Photograph) $75
1922 photograph signed while Speaker of the House |
| | Glass, Philip (Signed Mini-Poster) $85
Signed mini-poster for CD signing appearance |
| | Goethals, George Washington (Letter) $150
U. S. Army engineer, supervised construction and opening of the Panama Canal |
| | Goldberg, Arthur (ON HOLD) (First Day Cover) $50
Signed 1968 Oliver Wendell Holmes stamp FDC |
| | Goldberg, Arthur J. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $95
Lists the most important qualities a Cabinet Officer should have |
| | Gompers, Samuel (Document) $235
Gompers & two others certified as AFL delegates to 1919 International Federation of Trade Unions Conference in Amxsterdam |
| | Gould, Glenn (Signature) $795 Special Offer: $750
Rare in-person signature of the brilliant and eccentric Canadian piano virtuoso
Hit the keyboard and save! |
| | Grable, Betty (Photograph) $295
Vintage photo inscribed & signed by the dancer-singer-actress, #1 WW II “pin-up girl” |
| | Graham, Thomas, 1st Baron Lynedoch (Letter) $295
British espionage activites against the French Army in Italy! |
| | Grahame, Margot (Photograph) $40
Britain’s answer to Jean Harlow! |
| | Grant, U. S. (Document) $1100
Nice 1869 presidential warrant for the commutation of a prison sentence |
| | Grenville, William, Lord (Letter) $150
PM, abolished British slave trade 1806, unsuccessfully sought Catholic emancipation |
| | Gretchaninoff, Alexander (AMQS) $495
1944 AMQS by the distinguished Russian composer, protégé of Rimsky-Korsakov |
| | Guest, Edgar A. (Letter) $35
Michigan’s popular “People’s Poet” declines a public appearance |
| | Guisewite, Cathy (Original Sketch) $50 Special Offer: $40
Original signed “Cathy” sketch
"Cathy" never could resist a sale - should you? |
| | Gurney, A. R. (Letter) $50
Author-playwright Gurney encourages another author-playwright on his plot |
[H] |
| | Hahn, Otto (Letter) $450
German chemist, co-discoverer of nuclear fission, 1944 Nobel laureate, kept Nazis from developing atomic bomb |
| | Halaby, Najeeb (Letter) $40
Flew 1st operational US jet plane, led FAA and Pan American Airlines, father-in-law of Jordan’s King Hussein |
| | Hale, Edward Everett (ANS) $75
Unitarian clergyman, son of executed American Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale, authored “The Man Without a Country” |
| | Hale, Sarah J. (Letter) $350
Women’s & children’s author & editor, wrote “Mary Had a Little Lamb” |
| | Haley, Bill (Signature) $225
Pioneer rock and roll performer, his recording, "Rock Around the Clock", launched a musical revolution |
| | Hall, A. Oakley & Connolly, Richard B. (Check) $50
1871 check signed by "Tweed Ring" members, NYC Mayor Hall & City Comptroller Connolly |
| | Halleck, Fitz-Greene (Document) $90
1821 legal ADS of “The American Byron” while New York City bank clerk |
| | Halliburton, Richard (Signature) $95
1929 card signed by the world traveller, real-life adventurer , and author |
| | Hammond Jr., John Hays (Signature) $50
“The Father of Radio Control” |
| | Hand, Edward (Letter) $350
1799 ALS while Major General, appointed by Washington in anticipation of war with France |
| | Handy, W. C. (Matted Signature) $235
Matted signature of “The Father of the Blues” |
| | Hardin, Clifford M. (Letter) $30
Nixon Agriculture Secretary Hardin to Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans |
| | Harding, Florence Kling (Letter) $425
The First Lady to an inspirational severely wounded WW I veteran who would die 4 days later! |
| | Harding, Florence Kling (Signed Card) $225
Signed card with gilt presidential seal |
| | Harding, Warren G. (Letter) $1395
Rare Warren Harding ALS! |
| | Harman, Avraham (First Day Cover) $30
Renowned Israeli Diplomat, Ambassador to US 1959-68 |
| | Harris, Ira (Letter) $95
Succeeded Seward in Senate, friend of Lincoln, his children with Lincoln at Ford’s Theater |
| | Harris, Louis (Photograph) $30
Signed photograph of the eminent political pollster |
| | Harrison, Benjamin (Letter) $525
Former President Harrison on reading hunting & fishing stories |
| | Harrison, William Henry (Document) $1495
1794 ADS as aide-de-camp to General “Mad” Anthony Wayne issuing rations to Chikasaw Indian allies |
| | Harrison, William Henry (Letter) $3500
November 1839 ALS Introducing a delegate to the Whig presidential nominating convention |
| | Harrod, James (Document) $1750
1785 legal document signed by the frontiersman who built the first settlement in Kentucky |
| | Hartsfield, Hank (Signature) $25
In-person astronaut signature, adds Space Shuttle flights |
| | Hastie, William H. (Signature) $45
Taught law to Thurgood Marshall, 1st African-American federal appellate court judge |
| | Hastings, Thomas D. (Letter) $150
Architect who transformed St. Augustine, Florida, designed New York Public Library & Arlington Cemetery’s Memorial Ampitheater |
| | Hayes, Rutherford B. (Photograph) $2950
Cabinet photograph signed while President |
| | Hayes, Rutherford B. (Letter) $1500
Scarce Executive Mansion ALS |
| | Heath, Edward (Letter) $45
Former PM Heath, now "back-bencher", author, and classical conductor |
| | Heath, Edward (Signed Envelope) $35
1973 envelope commemorating PM Heath’s State Visit to President Nixon |
| | Heifetz, Jascha (Signature) $195
Lithuanian-Jewish-born prodigy, one of the great violinists of the 20th Century |
| | Hellman, Lillian (document) $150
1942 legal agreement with Hollywood mogul Sam Goldwyn |
| | Hendricks, Thomas A. (Check) $175
1872 bank check completed in the future VP’s hand |
| | Henning, Doug (Photograph) $175
Colorful 70’s – 80’s magician-showman |
| | Herndon, Hugh & Pangborn, Clyde (ANS & Signed Envelope) $150
1st to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean |
| | Hertz, Gustav L. (Signature) $195
German physicist, with Franck received 1925 Nobel Prize for research on ionization potentials of atoms by electron bombardment |
| | Hess, Victor Franz (ANS) $295
Pioneer investigator of cosmic rays, co-recipient of 1936 Nobel Prize for physics |
| | Hickel, Walter J. (Letter) $30
1969 TLS as Interior Secretary to Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans |
| | Hoar, George F. (Letter) $25
Senator Hoar refers a woman author to MIT President Walker for assistance |
| | Hoban, James (Document) $850
Rare 1824 DS of Irish-born architect of The White House as Distrrict of Columbia Justice of the Peace |
| | Hobby, Oveta Culp (Signature) $25
1st HEW Secretary, 1st WAC Commandant |
| | Hobson, Laura Z. (First Day Cover) $35
Controversial Jewish feminist, author of 1947 “Gentlemen’s Agreement” |
| | Hoffmann, Roald (Letter) $35
Brief transmittal letter from the soon-to-be 1981 Nobel chemistry co-laureate |
| | Holladay, Ben (Check) $325
"The Napoleon of The Plains" |
| | Holland, Josiah G. (Signature) $40
Editor, novelist & poet, authored Christmas hymn "There’s a Song in the Air" |
| | Holley, Robert W. (Photograph) $40
1968 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine for work on alanine transfer RNA |
| | Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell (Letter) $650
Massachusetts Chief Justice Holmes presents a social dilemma |
| | Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell (Signed Photograph) $2150
Very rare Warren salt print photograph signed by Holmes on his 1861 Harvard class book page |
| | Hoover, Herbert (Letter) $225
Hoover sends former FDR pollster advance copy of an Anti-New Deal article |
| | Hoover, Herbert C. (Letter) $2750
Scarce ALS, 1925 letter of sympathy as Secretary of Commerce |
| | House, Col. Edward M. (Letter) $95
Col. House to US Minister to Poland, seeking help for two Jewish women |
| | Howard, Sidney Coe (Document) $350 Special Offer: $295
1928 contract for South African rights to one of his plays from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, & “Gone With the Wind” Oscar-winning screenplay writer
Get it before it is "Gone With The Wind"! |
| | Howells, William Dean (Signature) $75
“The Dean of American Letters” |
| | Hufstedler, Shirley M. (Signature) $25
1980 in-person signature while Carter's Secretary of Education |
| | Hughes, Charles E. (Letter) $150
Chief Justice Hughes appreciates clipping on Baptist Church in which he was raised |
| | Hughes, Charles Evans (Photograph) $225
Signed Harris & Ewing official photo as Chief Justice |
| | Hull, Cordell (Letter) $225
Secretary Hull approves of Ambassador Grew’s address to America-Japan Society |
| | Hull, William (Document) $375
Served notably in Revolutionary War, Governor of Michigan Territory, surrendered Detroit to British in 1814 without a fight, death sentence stayed by Madison |
| | Humboldt, Alexander von (Signed Envelope) $235
Envelope addressed to Boston visitor in Berlin, with Humboldt's franking signature |
| | Hunter, Robert M. T. (Letter) $225
Postwar ALS of the Virginia, US and CSA statesman, youngest ever House Speaker, pictured on CSA $10 bill |
| | Hurd, Peter (Letter) $150
Handwritten letter (ALS) from the student of Howard Pyle and son-in-law of N. C. Wyeth |
[I] |
| | Ickes, Harold L. (Letter) $75
Designation of Public Works Administration’s Community Chest Divisional Chairman |
| | Ileana, Princess of Romania (ON HOLD) (Letter) $75
1938 ALS to Viscount Astor at Cliveden on health of her mother, Dowager Queen Marie of Romania |
| | Indiana, Robert (First Day Cover) $125
Matted & framed 1973 LOVE stamp First Day of Issue envelope |
[J] |
| | Jackson, Andrew (Document) $2750
President Jackson’s draft of a diplomatic nomination |
| | Jackson, Andrew (Document) $1250
Jackson reappoints a War of 1812 Niagara Frontier veteran as a Brevet Brigadier General |
| | Jackson, Robert H. (Letter) $225
Justice Jackson issues an invitation to lunch with US & Canadian lawyers & judges |
| | Jackson, Robert H. (Photograph) $295
Large signed photo as Associate Justice, US prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials |
| | Johann, Zita (ON HOLD) (Photograph) $95
Signed photo from 1932 film “The Mummy” |
| | Johnson (Mollison), Amy (Signature) $195
Record-setting British aviatrix of 30’s, killed at age 38! |
| | Johnson, Andrew (Document) $1450
"Lame duck" President Andrew Johnson stymied by the Senate on appointment of a US Marshal |
| | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Letter) $250
Ex-President Johnson on his “pleasant” present and “fascinating and challenging” future |
| | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Letter) $1295
President Johnson sends support to the son of an aide |
| | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Photograph) $550
Photo warmly inscribed to liberal GOP NY congressional ally |
| | Johnson, Reverdy (Letter) $125
Maryland lawyer, US Senator & Attorney General, represented Dred Scott’s Owner and Mary Surratt |
| | Johnson, Richard Mentor (Check) $250
Check handwritten a year & a day before his election as VP by the Senate |
| | Joliot-Curie, Irene (Letter) $595
French physicist, daughter of Pierre & Marie Curie, shared 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband |
[K] |
| | Kadar, Janos (Photograph) $75
Hungarian Communist leader 1956-88, supported USSR invasion after 1956 revolt |
| | Karsh, Yousuf (First Day Cover) $85
One of the worlds’s greatest portrait photographers |
| | Kefauver, Estes (Letter) $50
Sen. Kefauver thanks Ambassador Grew for a copy of Lord Cecil’s letter to Cyril Clemens |
| | Kekkonen, Urho (First Day Cover) $75
Signed 1965 US Winston Churchill stamp First Day Cover while President of Finland |
| | Kellogg, Frank B. (Letter) $135
Nobel Laureate and Ex- Secretary of State asks Japan Ambassador Grew for help with Japanese silk shirt order! |
| | Kellogg, Frank B. (Letter) $150
Secretary Kellogg requests President Coolidge announce Under Secretary Grew’s appointment as Ambassador to Turkey |
| | Kemnade, Friedrich (Photograph) $110
Much-decorated German naval officer, top E-boat commander |
| | Kennedy, John F. (Letter) $3250
New Senator Kennedy to support commemmorative coin honoring 300th anniversary of arrival of 1st Jews in America |
| | Kennedy, John F. (ON HOLD) (In-Person Signature) $1600
Handsomely framed in-person signature on 1960 Washington State political banquet program |
| | Kenyon, Dorothy (Letter) $40
Controversial feminist lawyer-jurist-diplomat |
| | Kerrigan, J. Warren (Photograph) $60
Silent screen star of first “epic” film, retired 1924 at peak of his career |
| | Khrunov, Yevgeni V. (FDC) $50
Original USSR cosmonaut, 1st to transfer from one manned spacecraft to another in Space |
| | Klemperer, Otto (Signature) $135
Celebrated German conductor noted for support of 20’s – 30’s contemporary music |
| | Knox, John Jay (Letter) $65
1875 LS as Comptroller of the Treasury to Attorney General Pierrepont |
| | Kosinski, Jerzy (Photograph) $50
Signed photo of the controversial Jewish Polish-born novelist |
| | Krancke, Theodor (Photograph) $195
Commanded German naval forces in West 1943-45 |
| | Kreisky, Bruno (Photograph) $35
Jewish Socialist Chancellor of Austria 1970-1983 |
| | Kreps, Juanita M. (Photograph) $20
1st female Secretary of Commerce (Carter) |
| | Krupa, Gene (Signature) $150
One of the greatest 20th Century drummers & big band performers |
[L] |
| | Lamont, Daniel S. (Letter) $75
1895 ALS as President Cleveland’s Secretary of War |
| | Lansing, Robert (Letter) $150
Secretary Lansing appreciates a reference for a candidate for the Diplomatic Service |
| | Latham, John (Letter) $95
1822 ALS while King George IV’s “Physician Extraordinary”, wrote on rheumatism, gout & diabetes |
| | Lawrence, Jacob (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $135
Color postcard reproduction signed by one of the best artistic portrayers of the African-American experience |
| | Lee, Robert E. (Signature & Signed Etching) $3850
Signature as General framed with 1913 Jacques Reich signed artist’s proof etching |
| | Lehman, Herbert (Letter) $30
Honest Governor Lehman returns hotel key, asks for his telephone bill! |
| | Lewisohn, Adolph (Letter) $75
Philanthropist-financier Lewisohn gives season pass to Lewisohn Stadium Concerts to Rabbi Stephen S. Wise & wife |
| | Lie, Trygve (Letter) $165
First United Nations Secretary General Lie explains UN's hiring policy to Ambassador Grew |
| | Lincoln, Abraham (Document (Partial)) $5500
May 1859 handwritten frameable partial legal pleading signed “Lincoln p. a.” |
| | Lincoln, Robert Todd (ON HOLD) (Check) $175
1917 check in hand of, and signed by, statesman-executive son of Abraham Lincoln to Abe’s great-grandson |
| | Lindbergh, Charles A. (Letter) $950
Lindbergh considers letting the Boy Scouts use his (ghostwritten) New York Times articles |
| | Liverpool, Lord (Robt. Banks Jenkinson) (Letter) $175
ALS while British PM, Fought Napoleon & United States in 1812 |
| | Livingston, Edward (Signature) $40
1832 signature clipped from DS as Jackson’s Secretary of State |
| | Lleras Camargo, Alberto (First Day Cover) $30
1st OAS Secretary-General, reformist President of Colombia 1958-62 |
| | Lodge Jr., Henry Cabot (Letter) $65
Lodge seeks support in his 1936 campaign for GOP nomination for Massachusetts Senator |
| | Loewi, Otto (Signature) $175
German-American pharmacologist, co-recipient of 1936 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for research on chemical transmission of nerve impulses |
| | London, Jack (Letter) $1150
London refers a fellow Socialist editor to his rather capitalist European agent |
| | Lord Stirling (William Alexander) (Letter) $1295
War-Dated ALS while in command of the Northern Army to the Quartermaster at Albany |
| | Lousma, Jack & Fullerton, C. Gordon (Signed Launch Cover) $85
Signed 1982 3rd Columbia Space Shuttle flight launch cover |
| | Low, Seth (Letter) $45
1st President of Columbia University, reformist 2nd Mayor of New York City |
| | Luce, Henry R. (Letter) $195
ALS from the communications empire founder to the wife of Yale’s president |
[M] |
| | Macapagal, Diosdado (First Day Cover) $40
Philippine JFK memorial stamp FDC signed by 9th president (father of current president!) |
| | MacArthur, Douglas (Cover) $450
Signed August 19, 1945 WW II patriotic cover on Japanese surrender |
| | MacArthur, Douglas (Photograph) $595
Signed left profile photo in trademark cap, ascot and holding his corncob pipe |
| | Maclaurin, Richard C. ("Maclaurin of Tech") (Letter) $40
1916 TLS from the dynamic president of MIT to President Howe of Case School of Applied Science |
| | Madison, Dolley Payne Todd (Letter) $2350
1835 ALS to friend Ann Maury, commenting on husband James Madison’s poor health |
| | Maitland, Lester J. (Cover) $60
Piloted 1927 1st California-Hawaii transpacific flight |
| | Malraux, Andre (First Day Cover) $110
1964 US JFK Memorial stamp First Day Cover signed by the eminent French author & statesman |
| | Manning, Daniel (Letter) $45
1873 ALS of future Cleveland Treasury Secretary as newspaper editor to Democratic Party historian, interesting NY political content |
| | Marcy, William L. (Letter) $150
Neutral US Government will protect its' citizens’ rights during the Crimean War |
| | Marie, Queen of Romania (ON HOLD) (Letter) $295
ALS written a week before her death to the Queen of England’s aunt |
| | Marsh, Dame Ngaio (First Day Cover) $50
New Zealand-born author, One of 4 original “Queens of Crime” |
| | Marshall, George C. (Letter) $350
Secretary of State Marshall thanks Ambassador Grew for representing him at Josephus Daniels’ funeral |
| | Marshall, George C. (Letter) $350
Secretary of State Marshall thanks Amb. Grew for British author’s “take” on 19th century Austrian diplomat Prince Metternich |
| | Marshall, George C. (Letter) $295
General of the Army Marshall declines Amb. Grew’s invitation to Washington National Monumnemt Society luncheon |
| | Marshall, James W. (Signed Souvenir Card) $3950
Very rare souvenir card signed by the discoverer of gold in California! |
| | Marshall, John (Letter) $3750
Principal founder of the American system of constitutional law |
| | Marshall, Ray (Signature) $25
1978 in-person signature while Secretary of Labor |
| | Mason, James M. (Letter) $235
Virginia Senator, author of 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, CSA diplomat seized with Slidell in 1861 “Trent” Affair |
| | Mason, James M. (Letter) $250
1860 ALS to President Buchanan from the Virginia Senator, wrote 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, CSA diplomat seized with Slidell in 1861 “Trent” Affair |
| | Mason, Max (Signature) $35
Mathematician-physicist-educator-inventor, directed construction of Palomar Observatory |
| | Massenet, Jules (Letter) $195
The composer extends hospitality of his theater box to friends |
| | Masur, Kurt (Photograph) $40
Signed photograph of the distinguished German conductor |
| | Matthews, Stanley (Letter) $395
Justice Matthews declines to attend reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland |
| | Maxim, Hudson (Signature) $150
Inventor of smokeless gunpowder |
| | Mayo, Charles H. & William J. (Signed Cards) $250
Cards signed by the physician founders of the world famous Mayo Clinic |
| | McAuliffe, S. Christa (Signature) $900
1st non-astronaut to be sent to space, killed in 1986 explosion of Shuttle "Challenger" |
| | McCarthy, Joseph R. (Letter) $150
1947 TLS of the future demagogue, two months into his Senate career |
| | McDivitt, James A. (Letter) $75
1970 TLS of Gemini & Apollo astronaut as NASA Apollo program manager |
| | McGrath, Howard (Photograph) $25
Truman Attorney General, resigned in corruption investigation |
| | McKenna, Joseph (Letter) $175
Uncommon ALS while Associate Justice |
| | McKinley, William (Letter) $795
1896 LS as President-elect, congratulating New York State’s Lieutenant Governor-elect |
| | McKinley, William (Document) $625
Signed 1901 postmaster's appointment as President |
| | McKinley, William (Letter) $675
President McKinley thanks a Louisiana appointee for re-election congratulations |
| | McKinley, William (Document) $675
1901 presidential appointment for Captain of Artillery |
| | McKinley, William (Letter) $795
1896 TLS as President-elect, thanking Senator Lodge for telegram of congratulations |
| | McLean, John (Letter) $395
Justice McLean, Cincinnati landlord, remits rents |
| | McLean, John (Letter) $495
Justice McLean 1838 ALS to his wife on the rigors of circuit riding |
| | McNair, Ronald E. (Photograph) $350
2nd African-American in space, killed in 1986 “Challenger” disaster |
| | McNutt, Paul V. (Letter) $30
Served Indiana, American Legion and Philippines, WW II Federal Security Administrator |
| | McReynolds, James C. (Letter) $115
One of FDR-era Court’s staunch conservative “Four Horsemen” |
| | Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (William Lanb) (Free Frank) $95
Free franked adress leaf while PM and mentor to young Queen Victoria - Melbourne, Australia named for him! |
| | Menninger, Dr. Karl A. (Signature) $50
Pioneer American psychiatrist & prominent author in the field |
| | Menotti, Gian Carlo (Signature) $115
Pulitzer Prize-winning Italian-American opera composer |
| | Menuhin, Yehudi (Christmas Card) $110
1955 Christmas card from one of the great violinists of the 20th Century! |
| | Menuhin, Yehudi (Letter) $90
Optimistic as to the success of a French documentary about him, Menuhin consoles the producer |
| | Miles, Josephine (Signed typescript) $30
Signed typescript of “Lucifer Alone” by the eminent Berkeley poet & critic |
| | Miller, Samuel F. (Check) $125
1881 check from 1st Justice from west of the Mississippi and 1st born west of the Appalachians |
| | Millikan, Robert A. (Signature) $75
1926 in–person signature of the 1923 Nobel Physics laureate |
| | Mills, Susan L. (Letter) $125
Founder of Mills College, 1st women’s college in the far western United States |
| | Minevitch, Borrah (Photograph) $40
Harmonica virtuoso, formed novel and popular 1920's - 1950's all harmonica band, “The Harmonica Rascals” |
| | Minton, Sherman (Letter) $75
Justice Minton declines to attend a fraternity “smoker” |
| | Missouri Statesmen: Hearnes, Warren E.; Symington, Stuart; Eagleton, Thomas F.; Clay Sr., William L.; Symington, James W.; Sullivan, Leonor K.; Randall, William J.; Bolling, Richard W.; Hull Jr., William R.; Hall, Durward G.; Ichord Jr., Richard H.; Hunga (First Day Cover) $50
Missouri’s 1969-73 Governor + US Senators & Representatives |
| | Mitchell, Leona (Photograph) $25
Renowned African-American lyric-spinto soprano |
| | Mitchell, Silas Weir (ANS) $125
Prominent Philadelphia neurologist & notable historical novelist |
| | Moncey, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de, duc de Conegliano (Letter) $395
1795 ALS From Spain to General Suchet's division adjutant |
| | Monroe, James (Letter) $2150
1789 ALS to a Fredericksburg, Virginia neighbor |
| | Montoya, Carlos (Signature) $35
One of the greatest guitar virtuosos! |
| | Morris, Benjamin Wister (Letter) $150
Prominent NYC architect, designed interiors for ocean liner “Queen Mary”, NYC skyscrapers |
| | Morris, Robert (Document) $795
1795 $3,000 3-year promissory note to his partner - also later jailed for debt |
| | Morton, Rogers C. B. (Photograph) $50
Signed & inscribed color photo likely while Ford Interior Secretary |
| | Moultrie, William (Letter) $1150
South Carolina soldier-statesman calls for tougher slave patrol laws |
| | Moultrie, William (Document) $750
1787 ADS, pay receipt while South Carolina’s governor |
| | Mountbatten of Burma, Lord Louis (Letter) $235
Lord Mountbatten seeks commercial sponsorship for US television showing of his film biography |
[N] |
| | Nasser, Gamal Abdel (Signature) $195
Signature of one of the most important 20th Century Arab leaders |
| | Nelson, Samuel (Letter) $335
Justice Nelson declines a Congressional banquet invitation to celebrate Washington’s birthday |
| | Nilsson, Birgit (Photograph) $40
One of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos |
| | Nimitz, Chester W. (Letter) $295
“Operation Toe” to keep Fleet Admiral Nimitz from WW I "USS Chicago" shipmates' reunion dinner |
| | Nixon, Pat (FDC) $150
Signed 1948 Women’s Centennial of Progress stamp cacheted First Day Cover |
| | Nixon, Pat (Photograph) $225
The Nixons arm-in-arm at daughter Tricia’s 1971 White House wedding |
| | Nixon, Richard M. (Photograph) $250
VP-era bust photo signed with nice inscription to a pianist |
| | Nixon, Richard M. (Letter) $395
VP (and soon-to-be 1960 GOP nominee) Nixon sends thanks for miniature Viennese elephant orchestra gift (!) |
| | Nixon, Richard M. (Letter) $525
1971 White House letter to aviator-inventor Bill Lear |
| | Nixon, Richard M. (Letter) $425
4 Months After His Resignation, Nixon sends thanks for gift sent him thru California Governor Ronald Reagan |
| | Nobel Prize-Chemistry: Seaborg, Glenn T.; Urey, Harold C.; Pauling, Linus; Todd, Alexander R., 1st Baron; Sanger, F |
