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American Statesmen
 Anderson, John B. (Letter) $35
TLS from the 1980 independent presidential candidate thanking contributors
 Armstrong Jr., John (Document) $195
1813 notification of appointment of a North Carolina officer who served in Georgia in the War of 1812
 Baker III, James A. (Matted Photograph) $50
Photo of the noted lawyer- statesman inscribed to Treasury predecessor Henry Fowler
 Baker, Newton D. (Photograph) $75
Signed photo while on the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague
 Bancroft, George (Letter) $95
1840 ALS while Boston Collector of Customs by the historian, diplomat, future Navy Secretary, and founder of the US Naval Academy
 Banks, Nathaniel P. (Letter) $90
ALS of the House Speaker, Massachusetts US Rep. & Governor, Union Major General
 Baruch, Bernard M. (Signed Card) $50
Financier, statesman, advisor to presidents Wilson thru Eisenhower
 Bayard, Thomas F. (Signature) $35
Delaware US Senator 1869-85, Secretary of State 1885-89 (Cleveland), 1st Ambassador to Great Britain
 Benton, Thomas Hart (Letter) $375
Senator Benton attributes his successes to his handwriting, praising those who write well!
 Berrien, John Macpherson (Signature) $40
“The American Cicero”, 10th US Attorney General (Jackson), 3-time Georgia US Senator
 Blaine, James G. (Photograph) $225
Handsome signed cabinet photograph
 Blaine, James G. (Signed Album Page+Engraving) $75
Signed large autograph album page as Maine Senator, with engraving
 Blair Jr., Francis P. ("Frank") (Letter) $295
Good 1871 Civil War content ALS while US Senator by the Missouri soldier-politican, 1868 Democratic Party VP candidate
 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
 Browder, Earl (Signed Card) $95
Led American Communist Party 1930-45, 1936 & 1940 US presidential candidate
 Bryan, William Jennings (Letter) $350
“The Great Commoner” 1918 ALS to a former State Department colleague
 Buchanan, Pat (Letter) $25
Arch-conservative journalist, White House aide, sought 1992 & 1996 GOP Presidential nominations, 2000 Reform Party nominee
 Bunker, Ellsworth (Letter) $30
1967 TLS as US Ambassador to South Vietnam
 Bush, George H. W. (Letter) $150
1979 TLS at start of 1980 presidential run, to a friend, composer of “Hail to The Redskins”
 Butler, Benjamin F. (Signature) $75
Signature of the controversial Massachusetts politician, Union General, 1884 presidential candidate
 Byrd, Harry F. (Photograph) $60
Virginia Governor & Senator, 1956 “States Rights” presidential candidate
 Byrnes, James F. (Signed Card) $40
Card Signed by the South Carolina statesman, US Supreme Court Justice & Secretary of State
 Byrnes, James F. (Signed Court card) $150
Scarce engraved Supreme Court notecard, on Court only 15 months (1941-42)!
 Calhoun, John C. (Signature) $195
South Carolina statesman, Vice President (JQ Adams & Jackson), Secretary of State (Tyler) & War (Monroe), advocated slavery, states’ rights and nullification in the Senate
 Cass, Lewis (Letter) $150
1855 ALS as Senator, accepts membership in a Philadelphia debating society
 Chandler, Zachariah (Letter) $70
1876 LS of Michigan Radical Republican leader in Senate as Grant’s Interior Secretary
 Chase, Salmon P. (Signed Portrait) $350
Signed portrait, image similar to that on the US $10,000 bill
 Chase, Salmon P. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $250
1864 autograph while Chief Justice of the United States
 Choate, Rufus & Shaw, Lemuel (Document) $150
1833 legal document signed by two Massachusetts legal giants
 Christopher, Warren M. (Photograph) $45
Signed photo of the lawyer-statesman, 63rd US Secretary of State
 Clark, Champ (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $30
Autogaph sentiment signed by the Missouri Democrat, House Speaker 1911-19
 Clay, Cassius Marcellus (Autograph Quotation Signed) $185
1893 AQS by “The Lion of White Hall", Kentucky abolitionist, diplomat & statesman
 Clifford, Clark M. (Photograph) $40
Washington “supelawyer”, presidential advisor, LBJ Defense Secretary
 Clinton, DeWitt (Letter) $225
1827 ALS as Governor, seeks information before issuing a pardon to an inmate in the nation’s 1st juvenile reformatory
 Clinton, DeWitt (Letter) $150
1820 LS as New York Governor concerning an identity issue with a pardon recommendation
 Clinton, DeWitt (Letter) $175
1825 LS as New York Governor regarding resolution of a county judicial appointment dispute
 Crawford, William H. (Letter) $195
1816 letter as Secretary of War chastising the Commissary General on the appointment of a deputy at Plattsburg, New York
 Crawford, William H. (Signature) $75
Signature from free frank as 7th Treasury Secretary
 Crittenden, John J. (Letter) $225
1838 ALS while Kentucky US Senator of the future US Attorney General, authored 1860 Crittenden Compromise to avoid civil war
 Cushing, Caleb (Letter) $95
1866 ALS to powerful New York Republican boss Roscoe Conkling
 Davis, David (Letter) $375
ALS from one Lincoln friend likely to another
 Davis, Jefferson (Letter) $1250
Near mint 1856 LS as Secretary of War to Rep. Justin S. Morrill
 Day, William R. (Document) $50
1873 MsDS as Stark County, Ohio Justice of the Peace, later US Secretary of State & Supreme Court Associate Justice
 Day, William R. (Check) $75
1899 check while federal appellate court judge, joined Supreme Court in 1903
 Dole, Bob (Photograph) $50
Only person in history of today’s major parties nominated for Vice President and President and not elected to either office!
 Dow, Neal S. (Letter) $185 Special Offer: $165
1887 ALS from the “Father of Prohibition”, Civil War general, 1880 presidential candidate

The price has "kneeled down" a bit!
 Dulles, Allen W. (Letter) $175
1959 TLS as CIA Director, appreciates “kind thoughts” of his brother
 Eagleton, Tom (Photograph) $40
1972 Democratic VP nominee replaced after disclosure of psychiaric treatment history
 Eaton, John H. (Letter) $225
1830 financial ALS while Secretary of War and Jackson protégé
 English, William H. (Signed Card) $50
1880 Democratic VP candidate with Hancock
 Ervin Jr., Sam J. (Letter) $35
North Carolina’s “Senator Sam”, presided over Senate Watergate investigation
 Eustis, William (Document) $150
1812 partial DS as Secretary of War, appointment of an infantry officer
 Everett, Edward (Letter) $125
1844 ALS while Minister to Great Britain to scholar-author Charles Astor Bristed, praising his essays
 Everett, Edward (Letter) $110
1842 ALS as Minister to Great Britain
 Ferraro, Geraldine (Photograph) $50
1984 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1st female major US political party VP candidate
 Forsyth, John (Letter) $125
1838 ALS while Van Buren’s Secretary of State
 Foster, William Z. (Signed Card) $110
Led US Communist Party 1921-56, Party 1924, 1928 & 1932 US presidential candidate
 Fremont, John C. (Signature) $295
Signature as Arizona Territory Governor by the Army officer, western explorer, 1st Republican presidential nominee
 Gallatin, Albert (Letter) $195
1811 LS as Treasury Secretary to Georgia Commissioner of Loans
 Garland, Augustus H. (Letter) $85
1st Arkansas presidential Cabinet member, US & CSA Senator
 Gerard, James W. (Letter) $35
Noted diplomat, popular Ambassador to Germany before US entry into WW I
 Gerard, James W. (Photograph) $30
Nice photo of the New York lawyer and jurist, Ambassador to Germany 1913-17
 Goldberg, Arthur J. (Photograph) $150
Signed & inscribed photograph of the statesman & jurist
 Goldberg, Arthur J. (First Day Cover) $95
Signed 1968 First Day Cover
 Goldberg, Arthur J. (Letter) $195
1970 TLS after losing New York gubernatorial election, to Senator Muskie, thanking him for campaign help
 Goldwater, Barry (Photograph) $125
Signed bust photograph of “Mr. Conservative” , 1964 GOP presidential candidate
 Graham, William A. (Letter) $125
1851 ALS as Fillmore’s Navy Secretary, 1852 Whig VP candidate with Winfield Scott
 Hale, John P. (Signature) $50
New Hampshire Free Soil/ Republican US Rep & Senator, 1852 Free Soil presidential candidate
 Hamilton, Alexander (Document) $5995
Rare 1794 ADS, pay order while Secretary of the Treasury
 Hay, John (Letter) $250
1902 TLS as Secretary of State to an eminent jurist on his recommendation for a consular appointment
 Hay, John (Signed Card) $135
Card signed by Lincoln’s private secretary & biographer, diplomat, statesman
 Hay, John M. (Letter) $250
Undated ALS to an author praising a work in progress, would like to read last chapter
 Hendricks, Thomas A. (Signed Card) $75
Signature of the unsuccessful 1876 VP candidate with Tilden, Cleveland’s VP, died in office 1885
 Herrick, Myron T. (Signed Card) $30
Autograph sentiment signed on official card as 42nd Ohio Governor
 Hughes, Charles E. (Letter) $75
Ex-Secretary of State Hughes to his former Under Secretary, Joseph C. Grew
 Hughes, Charles Evans (Signed Court card) $150
Supreme Court notecard signed while Chief Justice
 Hunter, Robert M. T. (Letter) $225
Postwar ALS of the Virginia, US and CSA statesman, youngest ever House Speaker, pictured on CSA $10 bill
 Hurley, Patrick J. (Photograph) $65
Hoover’s Secretary of War, FDR personal envoy during WW II
 Jackson, Robert H. (Letter) $350
Good content 1937 TLS as Asst. Attorney General to TVA lawyer (future Treasury Secretary) Henry Fowler celebrating US district court’s upholding constitutionality of the Public Utility Holding Company Act and SEC authority
 Johnson, Hiram W. (Letter) $115
1940 TLS as Senator, sends thanks for message of congratulations on (last) re-nomination
 Johnson, Hiram W. (Signed Card) $60
California progressive Republican Governor 1911-17, 1912 running mate of Theodore Roosevelt, isolationist US Senator 1917-45
 Johnson, Reverdy (Letter) $125
Maryland lawyer, US Senator & Attorney General, represented Dred Scott’s Owner and Mary Surratt
 Johnson, Thomas (Document) $2495
1788 ADS of the 1st Maryland Governor 1777-79, US Supreme Court Associate Justice 1791-93 (shortest tenure to date), wrote Court’s 1st opinion
 Kefauver, Estes (Photograph) $60
Tennessee US Senator, led 1950-51 Senate organized crime investigation, 1956 Democratic VP candidate
 Kellogg, Frank B. (Photograph) $125
Signed photo of Coolidge’s Secretary of State, 1929 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
 Kellogg, Frank B. (Signed Card) $40
Card signed while Secetary of State, awarded 1929 Nobel Prize for Peace
 Kemp, Jack (Photograph) $30
Professional football player, Congressman, Presidential Cabinet member, 1996 GOP VP candidate
 Kendall, Amos (Letter & Free Frank) $125
1830 LS of Jackson “kitchen cabinet” advisor as 4th Auditor of the Treasury
 King, Rufus (Letter) $550
Massachusetts Framer, New York senator, Federalist vp & presidential candidate, diplomat
 Laird, Melvin R. (Letter) $45
TLS as Nixon’s Counselor for Domestic Affairs written on a momentous day by the former Wisconsin congressman and Nixon Defense Secretary 1969-73
 Landon, Alf (Photograph) $80
Kansas governor, 1936 GOP presidential candidate
 Lincoln, Robert T. (Signed Card) $175
1897 card signed by the statesman-businessman, eldest son of Abraham Lincoln
 Livingston, Robert (Signature) $225
Helped Draft, But Did Not Sign, Declaration of Independence; Administered 1789 Oath of Office to George Washington
 Lodge Jr., Henry Cabot (Letter) $75
Lodge seeks support in his 1936 campaign for GOP nomination for Massachusetts Senator
 Lodge Sr., Henry Cabot (Signature) $30
1904 signed slip while Massachusetts US Senator
 Logan, John A. (Letter) $195
1876 ALS from the Illinois politician, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, 1884 VP candidate with Blaine
 Maddox, Lester (Photograph) $75
Segregationist Georgia governor, 1976 American Independent Party presidential candidate
 Manning, Daniel (Letter) $45
1873 ALS of future Cleveland Treasury Secretary as newspaper editor to Democratic Party historian, interesting NY political content
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $295
General of the Army Marshall appreciates Senator & Mrs. Barkley’s (76th) birthday wishes
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $295
General of the Army Marshall declines Amb. Grew’s invitation to Washington National Monument Society luncheon
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $275
General Marshall happy to be with Mrs. Marshall, home & garden after past decade’s many separations
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $225
General of the Army Marshall appreciates (76th) birthday wishes
 McGovern, George (Photograph) $35
South Dakota Senator, 1972 Democratic presidential candidate
 McHenry, James (Letter) $650
1797 LS as Secretary of War to fellow Constitution Framer Jonathan Dayton, the Speaker of the House
 McLane, Louis (Letter) $95
1833 LS as Jackson’s Treasury Secretary
 McNutt, Paul V. (Letter) $30
Served Indiana, American Legion and Philippines, WW II Federal Security Administrator
 Meigs Jr., Return J. (Signature) $80
1st Ohio chief justice, 4th state governor, 5th US Postmaster General
 Mifflin, Thomas (Document) $595
Promissory note dated 3-½ weeks before opening of the Federal Constitutional Convention
 Miller, William E. (Photograph) $125
Signed color photograph of Goldwater’s 1964 GOP VP running mate
 Mondale, Walter F. (Photograph) $40
Minnesota US Senator (D) 1964-76, US VP 1977-81 (Carter), 1984 presidential candidate, lost in landslide to President Reagan
 Mondale, Walter; McCarthy, Eugene; LeVander, Harold (First Day Cover) $50
1970 Minnesota-related First Day Cover signed by Governor LeVander and Senators McCarthy & Mondale
 Morrow, Dwight W. (Photograph) $110
Businessman, lawyer, diplomat, US Senator, father-in-law of Charles Lindbergh
 Morton, Rogers C. B. (Photograph) $50
Signed & inscribed color photo likely while Ford Interior Secretary
 Murphy, Frank (Letter) $195
1948 TLS as Associate Justice – served in Detroit, Manila, Lansing, Justice Department, then to the Supreme Court from 1933-1940!
 Murphy, Frank (Signed Court card) $110
Uncommon signed Court notecard
 Muskie, Ed (Photograph) $50
1968 Democratic VP candidate & 1972 Democratic presidential hopeful
 Muskie, Edmund S. (Letter) $40
1971 TLS to former Treasury Secretary Fowler, gathering support for his 1972 doomed run for the Democratic presidential nomination
 Nader, Ralph (Autograph Quotation Signed) $95
In-person AQS by the prominent consumer advocate, 3-time presidential candidate
 Norris, George W. (Signed Card) $50
Liberal, progressive Republican Nebraska Congressman & Senator, father of TVA & 20th Amendment
 Osgood, Samuel (Signature) $90
1st US Postmaster General, his New York City home was the 1st presidential Executive Mansion
 Owen, Ruth Bryan (Signed Portrait) $30
1st congresswoman from Florida & the south, 1st woman US ambassador, author
 Owen, Ruth Bryan (Letter) $45
1935 TLS while Ambassador to Denmark (1st woman US ambassador), invitation to composer Charles Wakefield Cadman
 Parker, John M. (Note) $35
Progressive Party 1916 vice presidential candidate, Louisiana governor
 Pendleton, George H. (Letter) $325
Good content January 1864 ALS mentioning “rising stock” of McClellan, his future running mate
 Pickering, Timothy (Document) $495
Quarter Master General Pickering's 1783 receipt for funds for forage signed also by William Hull, vilified in War of 1812
 Pickering, Timothy (Letter) $625
1795 ALS as Secretary of War to Superintendent of Military Stores Hodgdon on improper Mud Island Fort return
 Pinkney, William (Signature) $95
Statesman-diplomat, 7th US Attorney General (Madison)
 Pinkney, William (Letter) $225
1813 ALS while 7th US Attorney General regarding department accounts
 Poinsett, Joel R. (Signature) $50
Statesman-diplomat, Christmas poinsettia plant named for hHim
 Poinsett, Joel R. (Letter + Franking Signature) $225
1841 ALS as Van Buren's Secretary of War, discussing construction at West Point
 Powell, Colin L. (Photograph) $60
1st African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff & Secretary of State, oversaw 1991 “Desert Storm” & 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein
 Proctor, Redfield (Letter) $50
1891 TLS as Harrison’s Secretary of War
 Quincy, Josiah (Letter) $150 Special Offer: $135
Harvard’s president transmits honorary LLD degree to Supreme Court Justice John McLean

We took the price down a degree!
 Raymond, Henry J. (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $50
1861 autograph sentiment signed by the 1851 co-founder of The New York Times, a founder of the Republican Party, biographer of Lincoln
 Reid, Whitelaw (Signed Album Page) $40
Signed 1893 album page with unsigned Sarony cabinet photo
 Reid, Whitelaw (Letter) $60
1879 ALS as New York Tribune editor
 Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Signature) $50
Signed bumper sticker for 1964 campaign for GOP presidential nomination
 Rodney, Caesar A. (Letter & Free Franked Address Leaf) $225
1810 ALS while 6th Attorney General (Jefferson), to his cousin who would rescue America’s founding documents in 1814
 Romney, George (Photograph) $30
Business executive, Michigan Governor, Nixon Cabinet member
 Rush, Richard (Signature) $40
Diplomat son of Benjamin Rush, Madison’s Treasury Comptroller, Attorney General & Acting Secretary of State, JQ Adams’ Treasury Secretary & 1828 running mate
 Schurz, Carl (Signature) $55
German-born diplomat, Civil War general, Missouri US Senator, Secretary of the Interior (Hayes), journalist
 Scott, Winfield (Letter) $195
1855 ALS, while Commmanding General of the Army, to a New York lawyer & journalist
 Sergeant, John (Letter) $150
Nice 1838 ALS on penmanship by Henry Clay’s 1832 running mate, written during his last term in Congress
 Seward, William; Welles, Gideon; Browning, Orville; Schofield, John; McCulloch, Hugh; Evarts, William; Randall, Alexander (Signed Album Pages) $350
Andrew Johnson’s entire Cabinet at the close of his Administration
 Sherman, John (Photograph) $175
Post-1881 signed cabinet photograph
 Smith, Al (Letter) $65
"The Happy Warrior" hopes for a visit with a 21-year-old Chicago socialite/ heiress
 Smith, Robert (Letter) $175
1792 legal ALS to Robert Carter III from the future Jefferson-Madison Cabinet member
 Sparkman, John (Signed Portrait) $40
1953 signed & inscribed color portrait of the 1952 Democratic VP candidate
 Spencer, John C. (Letter) $125
1833 ALS from the future (Tyler) Secretary of War to the former Secretary of War (J. Q. Adams)
 Stevenson, Adlai E. (Letter) $125
1959 TLS on inability to accept ”Mutual Admiration Society” NY luncheon invitation
 Stimson, Henry L. (Letter) $125
Secretary of State Stimson thanks a noted Atlanta collector for a newspaper editorial copy
 Taft, William H. (Letter) $350
President Taft tells a federal judge, a life-long friend, he expects to reappoint a US Marshal “on principle”
 Taney, Roger B. (Letter) $275
1834 ALS 3 weeks after leaving Treasury Department
 Thomas, Norman (Signed card) $50
Reformer, 5-time Socialist presidential candidate
 Thurmond, J. Strom (Photograph) $55
1948 “Dixiecrat” presidential candidate, served South Carolina in Senate for 47 years
 Tilden, Samuel J. (Letter) $225
1873 ALS from “loser” of the closest US presidential election -- until 2000!
 Toombs, Robert (Letter) $235
1856 ALS from Senator Toombs sending his autograph
 Train, George Francis (Autograph Statement Signed) $135
1876 comment on the American Centennial from the eccentric entrepreneur, noted for trips around the world, the scandalous Credit Mobilier, and 1872 presidential candidacy
 Tuck, Amos (Letter ) $125
A New Hampshire founder of the Republican Party, friend of Lincoln
 Vance, Joseph (Document) $90
1838 DS as (1st Whig) Ohio Governor, warrant to New York Governor Wm. L. Marcy for extradition of an alleged counterfeiter, docketed by Marcy
 Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Letter) $35
Senator Vandenberg to Amb. Grew on HR 199, the “Judd Bill”, on immigration and naturalization
 Vinson, Fred M. (First Day Cover) $125
1950 Court-related First Day Cover signed by the 13th US Chief Justice
 Vinson, Fred M. (Signed Program) $135
In-person signature on 1953 Washington dinner program
 Wallace, George C. (Photograph) $115
Segregationist Alabama governor, 1968 3rd party presidential candidate, shot in 1972
 Wallace, George C. (Letter) $115
1973 TLS as Alabama Governor, 4-time presidential candidate, paralyzed in 1972 attempted assassination
 Wallace, Henry A. (Letter) $150
TLS as FDR’s Agriculture Secretary, later FDR’s 2nd VP & 1948 Progressive presidential candidate
 Wallace, Henry A. (Signed Card) $75
Card signed by the controversial FDR-Truman cabinet member, FDR’s 2nd VP, 1948 presidential candidate
 Wallace, Lew (Signature) $135
Civil War general, New Mexico Territory Governor, authored “Ben Hur”
 Warren, Earl (Letter) $195
California Governor Warren expresses thanks after 2nd reelection victory
 Webster, Daniel (Free Franked Panel + Steel Engraving) $195
Senate free franked panel addressed to 1st great US autograph collector
 Webster, Daniel (Letter) $395
1841 LS as Tyler’s Secretary of State regarding passports
 Welles, Gideon (Document) $195
1841 ADS as Hartford, Connecticut Postmaster
 Wheeler, Burton K. (Signed Card) $50
Liberal isolationist Montana US Senator, 1924 Progressive VP candidate
 Wheeler, Burton K. (Photograph) $75
Montana liberal isolationist US Senator, Progressive VP candidate 1924
 White, Henry (Letter) $45
1920 TLS from the first US career diplomat, Commissioner to WW I Paris Peace Conference, to diplomat Joseph Grew, later Ambassador to Japan at start of WW II
 Whitlock, Brand (Photograph) $40
Signed photo of the heroic WW I US Ambassador to German-occupiedBelgium
 Willkie, Wendell L. (Signed Card) $150
Corporate lawyer, 1940 Republican presidential candidate
 Winthrop, Robert C. (Letter) $40
1854 ALS declining to address a library association
 Woodbury, Levi (Letter) $395
Rare Court-related ALS while Associate Justice, offering to present an opinion in Newport
 Woodbury, Levi (Letter) $125
1837 ALS while Treasury Secretary, sends his and Andrew Jackson’s autograph to a major early collector

Americana
 Bache, Alexander D. (Letter) $250 Special Offer: $225
1838 ALS to trustee Joseph Hopkinson raising problems with Stephen Girard’s will to further aims of Girard College

Where there's a will, there's a way!
 Beard, Daniel Carter (Signed Portrait) $95
1905 founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone, merged with the Boy Scouts of America at its 1910 founding
 Bellomont, 1st Earl of (Richard Coote) (Signature) $225
Colonial Governor of Massachusetts & New York, arrested pirate Captain Kidd
 Cancel Miranda, Rafael (Photograph) $150
Puerto Rican nationalist, with 3 colleagues shot 5 Congressmen in the House of Representativs in 1954
 Child, Julia (Photograph) $250
The legendary American French chef at work on a flounder in her kitchen!
 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
 Clayton, Powell (Letter) $65
1889 TLS from Union general, 1st Republican (“carpetbag”) Arkansas governor
 Cranch, Richard & Baldwin, Loammi (Signed Banknote) $90
Canceled Watermarked $4 State of Massachusetts-Bay 1780 US Guaranty Note signed by John Adams’ brother-in-law
 Ehrlichman, John D. (Photograph) $90
Nixon White House domestic aide convicted in Watergate scandal
 French, Benjamin Brown (Signature) $50
Diarist, Commissioner of Public Buildings under Presidents Pierce & Lincoln, Chief Marshal of Lincoln’s 1861 Inaugural parade, oversaw funeral arrangements for Lincoln & son Willie
 Hall, A. Oakley & Connolly, Richard B. (Check) $50
1871 check signed by "Tweed Ring" members, NYC Mayor Hall & City Comptroller Connolly
 Harrod, James (Document) $1750 Special Offer: $1600
1785 legal document signed by the frontiersman who built the first settlement in Kentucky

A little "kernel" off this Kentuckian!
 Herndon, William H. (Document) $1495
1853 legal ADS “Lincoln & Herndon” in hand of Lincoln’s law partner, friend and biographer
 Hoban, James (Document) $895
Rare 1824 DS of Irish-born architect of The White House as District of Columbia Justice of the Peace
 Marshall, James W. (Signed Souvenir Card) $3950
Very rare souvenir card signed by the discoverer of gold in California!
 McDonald, Maurice "Nick" (Letter) $150
Good content 1967 TLS from the Dallas Police officer who arrested Lee Harvey Oswald after President Kennedy’s assassination
 Mondale, Walter; McCarthy, Eugene; LeVander, Harold (First Day Cover) $50
1970 Minnesota-related First Day Cover signed by Governor LeVander and Senators McCarthy & Mondale
 Pickering, John (Document (Partial)) $150
New Hampshire State & Federal jurist, 1st Federal official impeached and removed from office
 Reeves, David Wallis (Letter) $95
ALS of the prominent 19th Century bandmaster & march composer on his pictorial letterehad
 Smith, Samuel F. (AQS) $750 Special Offer: $650
Signed handwritten beginning of first stanza ("My country-'tis' of thee...of thee I sing") of national hymn “America”

A patriotic contribution!
 Townsend, Dr. Francis E. (Signature) $75
Creator of Depression era revolving old age pension proposal, “The Townsend Plan”
 Yorty, Sam (Letter) $50
Mayor Yorty defends the LAPD & Chief Parker 2 weeks after the August 1965 Watts Riots

Americana-California
 Conness, John (Signature) $35
Irish-born “49er,” California US Senator 1863-69, backed Chinese immigration, African-American civil rights, helped create Yosemite National Park, pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral
 Fair, James G. (Signed Card) $85
Co-owner of the Comstock Lode, California real estate & railroad speculator, banker, Nevada US Senator
 Johnson, Hiram W. (Letter) $115
1940 TLS as Senator, sends thanks for message of congratulations on (last) re-nomination
 Merriam, Frank F. (Letter) $50
1938 TLS as California Governor to a prominent GOP supporter, laments re-election defeat
 Rolph Jr., James (Letter) $50
San Francisco’s 30th & longest serving Mayor, 27th California Governor
 Sutro, Adolph (Check) $75 Special Offer: $65
“The King of the Comstock”, noted for Sutro Tunnel & Sutro Baths, San Francisco mayor 1894-96

We tunneled out for a lower price!

Americana-Hawaii
 Dole, Sanford B. (Signed Card) $125
1st President of Republic of Hawaii, 1st Territorial Governor on US Annexation
 Fong, Hiram L. (Letter) $50
1970 TLS from the 1st Asian-American US Senator to Senator Muskie, acknowledging message of re-election congratulations

Americana-New York/New York City
 Clinton, DeWitt (Letter) $225
1827 ALS as Governor, seeks information before issuing a pardon to an inmate in the nation’s 1st juvenile reformatory
 Clinton, DeWitt (Letter) $175
1825 LS as New York Governor regarding resolution of a county judicial appointment dispute
 Croker, Richard (Letter) $75
“Boss Croker”, colorful corrupt NYC politician, led Tammany Hall 1884-1901
 DeSapio, Carmine G. (Signed Portrait) $75
New York City’s last Tammany Hall “boss” 1949-61
 Duffy, Francis P. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $110
NYC priest, most decorated chaplain in US Army history, served with “Fighting 69th” in France in WW I
 Ely Jr., Smith (Letter) $30
1877 LS as Mayor of New York
 Gilder, Richard Watson (Letter) $195
1895 ALS as Chairman to NY Governor Levi Morton on Report of the Tenement House Committee
 Harper, James (Document) $95
Co-founded Harper Bros. publishers, “Know-Nothing” NYC Mayor 1844-45, established 1st municipal police force
 Hoffman, John T. (Letter) $40
New York City Mayor 1866-68, NY Governor 1869-72, ties to Boss Tweed ruined further ambitions
 Jerome, William Travers (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
Anti-corruption NYC DA 1902-09, prosecuted Harry Thaw for Stanford White murder; cousin of Winston Churchill
 Low, Seth (Letter) $45
1st President of Columbia University, reformist 2nd Mayor of New York City
 Ochs, Adolph S. (Signature) $95
Progressive “New York Times” owner-publisher 1896-1935, crusaded against anti-semitism in American press
 Opdyke, George (Letter) $75
1862 LS from New York City’s Civil War Mayor
 ORyan, John F. (Signed Card) $35
Led 27th Division in France & Belgium, only National Guard general in command throughout the war
 Platt, Thomas C. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $40
New York State political boss, helped create Greater New York City, got Theodore Roosevelt out of Albany and into the White House
 Thompson, Smith; Kent, James; Spencer, Ambrose; Van Ness, Wm. W. (Document) $175
1809 New York State Supreme Court opinion on reasonable compensation for Court reporter

Americana-Texas
 Connally, Tom (Signed Card) $25
Texas US Senator 1929-53, chaired Senate Foreign Relations Committee during and after WW II
 Dobie, J. Frank (ANS) $150
1964 note signed by the Texas folklorist on recording promotional flyer
 Ferguson, Miriam A. "Ma" (Signed Card) $65
Controversial 1st Texas woman governor, 2nd female US governor
 ODaniel, W. Lee "Pappy" (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
1930s Texas radio music star, populist governor & senator, only person ever to defeat LBJ for elected office

Americana-Virginia
 Byrd, Harry F. (Letter) $50
1953 TLS from Virginia Governor & Senator, 1956 “States Rights” presidential candidate
 Byrd, Harry F. (Photograph) $60
Virginia Governor & Senator, 1956 “States Rights” presidential candidate
 Wise, Henry A. (Letter) $250
ALS while Virginia Governor, signed John Brown’s death warrant; CSA general
 Wise, Henry A. (Letter) $225
1838 ALS from the Virginia Congressman, as Governor signed John Brown’s death warrant, later Confederate Major General

Americana-Washington, D.C. Area
 Corcoran, William W. (Letter) $110
Early ALS from prominent Washington DC banker, philanthropist, and art collector
 French, Benjamin Brown (Signature) $50
Diarist, Commissioner of Public Buildings under Presidents Pierce & Lincoln, Chief Marshal of Lincoln’s 1861 Inaugural parade, oversaw funeral arrangements for Lincoln & son Willie
 Hoban, James (Document) $895
Rare 1824 DS of Irish-born architect of The White House as District of Columbia Justice of the Peace
 Kendall, Amos (Letter) $125
1838 ALS while Van Buren’s Postmaster General
 Stoddert, Benjamin (Document) $325
Future 1st Navy Secretary offers (with a whiff of desperation) to sell Maryland acreage
 Stoddert, Benjamin (Letter) $350
1801 ALS from the former (1st) Navy Secretary regarding his own tangled finances & investments
 Thornton, William (Document) $295
Designed US Capitol, 1st Architect of the Capitol, 1st Patent Office Superintendent

Art & Architecture
 Batchelor, Clarence D. (Signed Print) $75
Signed print of his 1937 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoon
 Beard, Daniel Carter (Signed Portrait) $95
1905 founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone, merged with the Boy Scouts of America at its 1910 founding
 Benton, Thomas Hart (Signed Portrait) $175 Special Offer: $150
Signed 1970 color self-portrait postcard reproduction of the Regionalist painter-muralist

We painted out a few $!
 Biederman, Charles; Baskin, Leonard; Rockwell, Norman; Shoumatoff, Elizabeth; Hurd, Peter; Wyeth, Jamie; Wyeth, Henriette; Johns, Jasper (First Day Cover) $250 Special Offer: $225
1964 art-related FDC signed by 8 outstanding American artists

We drew our bottom line a little lower!
 Bonheur, Rosa (Signed Card) $125
1897 signed card by the famed French realist painter
 Bulfinch, Charles (Signature) $125
1st great American-born architect, noted for buildings in Boston & US Capitol in Washington
 Christy, Howard Chandler (Photograph) $225
Signed 1929 photograph of the eminent artist & illustrator
 Corbett, Harvey Wiley (Autograph Statement Signed) $295 Special Offer: $250
Lovely handwritten statement on the importance of architecture and architects in society

Designed to fit your collection!
 Dalí, Salvador (Signed Print) $495 Special Offer: $450
“Adult” print signed by the controversial, flamboyant Spanish Catalan Surrealist

A salvaged deal for adults only!
 Dallin, Cyrus E. (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $150
Signed postcard reproduction of sculpture “Appeal To The Great Spirit”, sculpted angel Moroni for LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, etc.
 Durand, Asher B. (Signature) $195
Co-founder of the "Hudson River School" of landscape art
 Flagg, James Montgomery (Letter) $225
Frameable small 1929 ALS with distinctive signature
 Gibson, Charles Dana (Signed Brochure) $75
1942 exhibit brochure signed by the creator of the “Gibson Girl” and Gibson Martini!
 Grant, Gordon (Signature) $75
Frameable signature of the artist known for maritime subjects
 Hastings, Thomas D. (Letter) $150
Architect who transformed St. Augustine, Florida, designed New York Public Library & Arlington Cemetery’s Memorial Ampitheater
 Hoban, James (Document) $895
Rare 1824 DS of Irish-born architect of The White House as District of Columbia Justice of the Peace
 Hurd, Peter (Letter) $150
Handwritten letter (ALS) from the student of Howard Pyle and son-in-law of N. C. Wyeth
 Johnson, Philip (Photograph) $135 Special Offer: $120
Highly influential 20th century American architect

We designed a lower price!
 Kingman, Dong (Signed Reproduction) $60
Twice signed greeting card reproduction of his “Wall Street”, created for Forbes
 Lawrence, Jacob (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $135
Color postcard reproduction signed by one of the best artistic portrayers of the African-American experience
 Leyendecker, Joseph C. (Signature) $95
Major early 20th century artist best known for posters, advertising, magazine & book ilustrations
 Loewy, Raymond (Photograph) $250 Special Offer: $225
Great 20th century industrial designer, created Shell & Exxon logos, Studebaker Avanti, Lucky Strike package, etc.

A special price designed for you!
 Luhan, Mabel Dodge (Signature) $150
Rare autograph of the wealthy patron associated with the Taos Art Colony; author
 Morris, Benjamin Wister (Letter) $150 Special Offer: $125
Prominent NYC architect, designed interiors for ocean liner “Queen Mary”, NYC skyscrapers

An artfully designed lower price!
 Neiman, Leroy (Signed Card) $75
American artist best known for brightly colored expressionistic paintings of musicians & sporting events
 Remington, Frederic (Framed Letter) $1750 Special Offer: $1500
Handsomely framed letter from Frederic Remington to Hearst political cartoonist Homer Davenport, shortly before Remington is off to Cuba

A sculpted reduction especially drawn for you!
 Rivers, Larry (Signature) $75
Frameable signature of the New York School “pop” artist
 Rockwell, Norman (Signed Print) $475
Signed large print of “Jockey Weighing In”
 Segal, George (First Day Cover) $30
“Pop Art” sculptor noted for casting life-size figures and hosting original “happenings”
 Sloan, John (Signed Envelope) $185
Eminent American realist artist, member of “The Eight” and “Ashcan School”
 Smith, Howard E. (Letter & Original Sketch) $110
Original ink sketch of a cowboy on a bucking bronco on 1920 TLS of the American Impressionist artist, student of Howard Pyle
 Soyer, Raphael (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $95
Postcard reproduction signed by the noted American social realist
 Soyer, Raphael (Signed Reproduction) $75
Reproduction of self portrait signed by the noted American social realist artist
 Stone, Edward Durrell (Photograph) $225 Special Offer: $195
Exponent of International Style of architecture

A lower price by design!
 Taft, Lorado (Photograph) $150
Noted sculptor, teacher, lecturer, author, famed for Chicago & Washington DC fountains, etc.
 Thornton, William (Document) $295
Designed US Capitol, 1st Architect of the Capitol, 1st Patent Office Superintendent
 Van Loon, Hendrik (ANS) $95
1943 ANS on letterhead of the Dutch-American historian, journalist and author
 Van Loon, Hendrik W. (Signed Original Sketch) $125
Lovely original nautical sketch by the Dutch-American historian, journalist and author
 Vlaminck, Maurice de (Signature) $195
20th century French painter, principal of “Fauve” movement
 Yandell, Enid (Signed Card) $30
Pioneer late 19th- early 20th century sculptor & humanitarian

Art-Cartoons & Comics
 Anderson, Carl (Original Sketch) $175
Signed original sketch of “Henry”
 Bushmiller, Ernie (Original Signed Comic Strip) $495
Signed original 1951 4-panel “Nancy” daily strip
 Bushmiller, Ernie (Signed Original Sketch & Sentiment) $395
Original color portraits of Nancy & Sluggo with autograph sentiment signed by their creator
 Calkins, Dick (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $75
Drew 1st science fiction comic strip, “Buck Rogers”, 1929-47
 Caniff, Milt (Letter) $75
Caniff is pleased "Steve Canyon" panel on soil stablization was used by the "Chemical and Engineering News"
 Caniff, Milton (Signed Original Comic Strip) $395
Signed original 1959 4-panel “Steve Canyon” comic strip
 Capp, Al (Letter) $295
Very good content TLS from the creator of “L’il Abner” to his co-creator of “Abbie ‘n Slats”, Raeburn Van Buren
 Crosby, Percy L. (Photograph) $125
Controversial creator of the popular 1923-45 comic strip “Skippy”
 Ed, Carl (Original Sketches) $150
Two pencil drawings on cards of his 1919-59 popular comic strip characters, Harold Teen & Lillums Lovewell
 Fisher, Bud (Signed Card) $110
Vintage signed card by the creator of “Mutt and Jeff”
 Flagg, James Montgomery (Letter) $225
Frameable small 1929 ALS with distinctive signature
 Fox, Fontaine (Signed Sketch) $175
Signed original sketch of Toonerville Trolley's "Aunt Eppie Hogg"
 Gould, Chester (Letter) $110
1980 ALS on his notecard with printed Dick Tracy sketch
 Holman, Bill (Signed Original Sketch & Sentiment) $150
Signed original color sketch of Smokey Stover and his son Earl
 Holman, Bill (Signed Original Cartoon) $125
Signed original 1944 “Nuts and Jolts” gag panel cartoon
 Keppler, Joseph (Signed Card) $50
Austrian-American satirical cartoonist, co-founded “Puck”
 Knerr, Harold H. (Signed Original Sketch & Sentiment) $250
Original sketch & sentiment from the 1914-49 writer-artist of “The Katzenjammer Kids”, longest-running comic strip ever!
 Lantz, Walter (Signed Sketch) $135
Signed original 1979 sketch of “Woody Woodpecker”
 Lee, Stan (Signed Photograph) $125
Comic book writer- producer, co-created Marvel’s Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk, etc.
 McBride, Clifford (Letter) $25
Popular 1930’s-50s cartoonist noted for “Napoleon and Uncle Elby” sStrip
 ONeill, Rose C. (Signature) $195
1st American woman cartoonist, “Queen of Bohemian Society”, inspired song “Rose of Washington Square”
 Patterson, Russell (Signed Portrait) $75
Cartoonist, illustrator-promoter of the Jazz Age “flapper”, Broadway & Hollywood costume and scenic designer
 Siegel, Jerry R. (Letter) $95
1969 TLS from the “Superman” co-creator to a Canadian writer, mentioning the “litigation hassle”
 Smith, Sidney (Photograph) $195
Signed photo of the creator of “The Gumps” comic strip that ran for 42 years!
 Smith, Sidney (Signed Original Sketch) $195
Signed original sketch of Andy Gump
 Smith, Sidney (Signed Original Sketch) $195
Signed original sketch of Tilda, The Gumps’ annoying maid
 Van Buren, Raeburn "Ray" (Original Sketch) $95
Original 1936 sketch by the co-creator of the “Abbie ‘an Slats” comic strip
 Walker, Mort (Signed Original Sketch) $65
Signed original sketch of Sergeant Snorkel, Beetle Bailey’s nemesis

Art-Photographers
 Adams, Ansel (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $195
Signed postcard reproduction of Yosemite’s “Half Dome, Merced River, Winter”
 Saltonstall, Leverett (Photograph) $150
Large signed photo of the Massachusetts statesman, also signed by the photographer, Yusuf Karsh’s mentor
 Van Der Zee, James (Signature) $495 Special Offer: $450
African-American photographer, noted for portraits of Black celebrities and ordinary people of Harlem

A photo-finished deal!
 Van Vechten, Carl (Letter) $115
American writer and photographer, patron of “the Harlem Renaissance”

Aviation & Space
 Allen, Joseph P. (Photograph) $35
Scientist-astronaut, flew on STS5 & STS51-A space shuttle missions
 Armstrong, Neil (Photograph) $3500
Inscribed & signed NASA color photo in spacesuit, moon in background
 Bennett Jr., James Gordon (Autographed Sentiment Signed) $115
New York Herald publisher, sent Stanley to find Livingstone, established trophies in yacht, aviation & auto racing
 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
 Braniff, Thomas E. (ANS) $95
Aviation business pioneer, created Braniff Airways 1928, 1st Southwest US airline
 Brereton, Lewis H. (Letter) $195
One of first US military aviation commanders, served in nearly all theaters in WW II
 Calvert, Brian (Photograph) $50
British Airways Flight Manager (Technical), piloted Concorde’s 1976 inaugural commercial flight
 Chamberlin, Clarence D. (Photograph) $225
Paris studio photo signed by 2nd man to fly transatlantic nonstop, 1st with passenger
 Collins, Michael (Signed NASA Brochure) $450 Special Offer: $395
NASA Apollo 11 Mission Report signed by command module pilot Collins

Save a little space for this in your collection!
 Corrigan, Douglas "Wrong Way" (signature) $85
Folk hero for “mistakenly” flying New York-Ireland solo 1938
 Crippen, Robert L. (Photograph) $75
NASA astronaut, flew 4 Space Shuttle missions, 3 as commander
 Dunbar, Bonnie (FDC) $25
Signed 1980 FDC honoring pioneer aviatrix Blanche Stuart Scott
 Eaker, Ira C. (Letter) $175
Nice content postwar TLS as Hughes Tool Co. vice president
 Eaker, Ira C. (Letter) $195
Uncommon ALS of deputy USAAF commander, led bomber command in Europe
 Foss, Joe (First Day Cover) $60
WW II Marine Corps ace, Medal of Honor recipient, So. Dakota statesman, television personality, NRA president
 Hartsfield, Hank (Signature) $25
In-person astronaut signature, adds Space Shuttle flights
 Lousma, Jack & Fullerton, C. Gordon (Signed Launch Cover) $85
Signed 1982 3rd Columbia Space Shuttle flight launch cover
 Lousma, Jack R. (Photograph) $50
US Astronaut, Piloted 1973 Skylab 3 mission, commanded 1982 3rd Shuttle “Columbia” flight
 Mattern, Jimmie & Griffin, Bennett (Signatures) $90
Signatures of pilots of failed 1932 "The Century of Progress" round-the-world flight
 McAuliffe, S. Christa (Signature) $900
1st non-astronaut to be sent to space, killed in 1986 explosion of Shuttle "Challenger"
 McNair, Ronald E. (Photograph) $350
2nd African-American in space, killed in 1986 “Challenger” disaster
 Morrow, Dwight W. (Photograph) $110
Businessman, lawyer, diplomat, US Senator, father-in-law of Charles Lindbergh
 Nebel, Rudolf (Signed Photograph & Quotation) $75
Early German rocketry & space flight advocate
 Nobile, Umberto (Signed card) $110
Italian airship designer-pilot, North Pole explorer
 Onizuka, Ellison S. (Cover) $250
Space Shuttle astronaut killed in 1986 "Challenger" disaster!
 Osher, Ernest (Letter) $35
WW II P-38 ace in European Theater of Operations
 Richman, Harry (Photograph) $75
Popular entertainer, famed for recording & film “Puttin’ on the Ritz”, co-piloted 1936 1st transatlantic round trip flight
 Rickenbacker, Eddie (Letter) $195
“Captain Eddie” runs his “ship”!
 Rickenbacker, Eddie (Letter) $195
1955 TLS as Eastern Air Lines Board Chairman, to a job seeker
 Rickenbacker, Eddie (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $115
1944 sentiment signed by the WW I Medal of Honor aviator and auto racing pioneer after his 2nd near-death experience
 Rosendahl, Charles E. (Photograph) $175
US Navy airship advocate, commanded “Los Angeles” & “Akron”, Lakehurst CO 1934-38
 Ryan, T. Claude (Photograph) $250
Pioneer airplane manufacturer, company built Lindbergh’s “The Spirit of St. Louis”
 Schirra, Wally (Photograph) $175
Original US astronaut, flew on Mercury, Gemini & Apollo program missions
 See Jr., Elliot M. (Photograph) $350
Member of 2nd US astronaut group, scheduled Gemini 9 command pilot, killed in 1966 accident
 Sevestyanov, Vitaly Ivanovich (Photograph) $150
1970 signed photo of USSR Soyuz 9 & 18 cosmonaut
 Stewart, Homer J. (Photograph) $90
US rocket pioneer, helped develop Explorer I, 1st US satellite launched Jan. 1958
 Tibbets, Paul W. (Signature) $95
Piloted “Enola Gay” on August 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb mission
 Turner, Roscoe (First Day Cover) $110
Colorful American barnstormer, stunt pilot, air racer, Bendix and Thompson Trophy winner

Black (African-American) Leaders
 Anderson, Marian (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
1944 autograph sentiment signed by the famed contralto
 Anderson, Marian (Photograph) $175
Small photo postcard signed by the noted contralto
 Anderson, William L. (Letter) $110
Late 19th-early 20th century Cincinnati editor-publisher writes President Taft regarding a delegation of “colored workers” going to the 1912 GOP convention
 Arroyo, Martina (Photograph) $30 Special Offer: $25
One of the first African-American opera stars

A lower price but not lower in our esteem!
 Bond, Horace M. (Letter) $75
1954 TLS as Lincoln University president, sends thanks for gift of letters from Booker T. Washington & Thaddeus Stevens
 Booker, Simeon (Letter) $110
Good content 1958 letter on JFK from the “Jackie Robinson of journalism”
 Bumbry, Grace (Photograph) $30 Special Offer: $25
Pioneer African-American mezzo & high soprano opera singer

A sweeter price for a sweet singer!
 Chisholm, Shirley (Photograph) $135
Photograph signed by the 1st African-American congresswoman
 Davis, Angela Y. (AQS) $150
1960’s political activist, Black Panther associate, 1980 & 1984 Communist Party VP candidate
 Dunham, Katherine (Photograph) $125
Vintage signed photo of the "Matriarch & Queen Mother of Black Dance"
 Ellington, Edward "Duke" (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $175
Autograph Sentiment Signed at 1947 University of Minnesota Senior Prom
 Ellington, Edward "Duke" (Photograph) $295
Nice signed & inscribed photo of the jazz legend
 Gravely, Jr., Samuel L. (Photograph) $95
1st African-American US Navy officer, 1st to command a ship and 1st flag officer
 Horne, Lena (Signed Card) $110
Singer, dancer, actress, civil rights activist, 1st Black performer to sign long-term studio contract
 Lawrence, Jacob (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $135
Color postcard reproduction signed by one of the best artistic portrayers of the African-American experience
 Louis, Joe (Signed Magazine Cover) $395
Signed colorful July 1948 Ring Magazine cover highlighting his title rematch with Jersey Joe Walcott
 Marshall, Thurgood (First Day Cover) $250
Signed 1967 John F. Kennedy sStamp First Day Cover
 McNair, Ronald E. (Photograph) $350
2nd African-American in space, killed in 1986 “Challenger” disaster
 Mercer, Mabel (Signed Sheet Music) $150 Special Offer: $125
Sheet music signed by the great cabaret singer

An more enchanting price for this chanteuse!
 Mitchell, Leona (Photograph) $25
Renowned African-American lyric-spinto soprano
 Parks, Rosa (Signed Card) $195
Signature of “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”
 Powell, Colin L. (Photograph) $60
1st African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff & Secretary of State, oversaw 1991 “Desert Storm” & 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein
 Revels, Hiram R. (Signature) $395
First African-American US Senator/Member of Congress
 Sims, Naomi (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
1st African-American supermodel, businesswoman, author
 Van Der Zee, James (Signature) $495 Special Offer: $450
African-American photographer, noted for portraits of Black celebrities and ordinary people of Harlem

A photo-finished deal!
 Waller, Thomas "Fats" (Document) $395
1936 receipt signed by the popular songwriter, master of the stride piano
 Weaver, Robert C. (First Day Cover) $40
1st HUD Secretary & 1st African-American Cabinet member
 Wilkins, Roy (Signed Portrait) $115
Led NAACP in 1960's struggle for African-American civil rights
 Young, Andrew (Photograph) $35
SCLC associate of Dr. King, Carter UN Ambassador, Atlanta Mayor

Business & Finance
 Albee II, Edward F. (Photograph) $225
Vaudeville impressario (grandfather of the playwright), with partner B. F. Keith, first introduced motion pictures in the US
 Altman, Benjamin (Check) $125 Special Offer: $110
Check signed by the founder of B. Altman & Co. department stores, notable philanthropist

A "B. Altman" bargain!
 Ames, Oakes (Signature) $50
Massachusetts US Rep 1863-73, his firm helped build the transcontinental railroad and created the 1872 “Credit Mobilier” scandal
 Angell, Sir (Ralph) Norman (Letter) $75 Special Offer: $65
English 1933 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, believed European economic integration would make militarism obsolete

A "special" for a man ahead of his time
 Astor, William Waldorf, 2nd Viscount (Letter) $110
Astor thanks his sister for a souvenir riding crop for rambling at Cliveden
 Astor, William Waldorf, 2nd Viscount (Letter) $110
Astor invites sister Pauline to sail to the US with he & Lady Nancy
 Baer, George F. (Photograph) $195
J. P. Morgan’s Pennsylvania representative, railroad executive, bitterly fought miners in 1902 Pennsylvania coal strike
 Baldwin, William H. (Photograph) $75
Boston businessman & philanthropist, led Boston Young Men’s Christian Union 1868-1907
 Barton, Bruce F. (ANS) $35
Successful advertising executive and author, GOP congressional foe of FDR (“Martin, Barton, and Fish”)
 Baruch, Bernard M. (Signed Card) $50
Financier, statesman, advisor to presidents Wilson thru Eisenhower
 Belmont Jr., August (Letter) $175
Financier & sportsman, horse racing’s Belmont Stakes & Belmont Park named for him
 Bennett Jr., James Gordon (Autographed Sentiment Signed) $115
New York Herald publisher, sent Stanley to find Livingstone, established trophies in yacht, aviation & auto racing
 Bessemer, Sir Henry (Letter) $225
English inventor best known for revolutionizing steel manufacture
 Biddle, Nicholas (Letter) $295
ALS written shortly after opening state-chartered The Bank of the United States in Pennsylvania
 Biddle, Nicholas (Letter) $325
1835 ALS while controversial President of the doomed 2nd Bank of the United States
 Blough, Roger (Signed Portrait) $45
US Steel CEO 1959-69, battled Kennedy administration in 1962 steel price hike controversey
 Brandeis, Louis D. (Letter) $495
Justice Brandeis cites a pioneer company’s attempt at workplace democracy
 Braniff, Thomas E. (ANS) $95
Aviation business pioneer, created Braniff Airways 1928, 1st Southwest US airline
 Burke, John M. (Letter) $250
Buffalo Bill’s famed press agent, one of the great public relations legends
 Burns, William J. (Photograph) $175
1921 signed photo of the famed detective while head of US Bureau of Investigation, FBI forerunner
 Busch Jr., August Anheuser (Photograph) $225
Signed photograph of the brewery magnate and baseball executive
 Claflin, Tennessee C. (Signature) $450 Special Offer: $400
“Tennie C.”, colorful & controversial women’s rights advocate

Our "feminine side" says to lower the price!
 Corcoran, William W. (Letter) $110
Early ALS from prominent Washington DC banker, philanthropist, and art collector
 Depew, Chauncey M. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $40
New York lawyer & US Senator, represented Vanderbilt railroad interests, NY Central Railroad president 1885-98
 Depew, Chauncey M. (Document) $110
1897 DS of the New York lawyer & US Senator as NY Central & Hudson River Railroad president
 Duvall, Gabriel (Signature) $110
Clipped signature as (1st) US Treasury Comptroller, served on Marshall Court 1812-35
 Eaton, Cyrus S. (letter) $60
Cleveland investment banker, opponent of the Cold War, dubbed “the Kremlin's favorite capitalist"
 Fair, James G. (Signed Card) $85
Co-owner of the Comstock Lode, California real estate & railroad speculator, banker, Nevada US Senator
 Fairless, Benjamin F. (Photograph) $75
Karsh photograph of, and signed by, US Steel’s 1938-53 President
 Field III, Marshall (Signed Card) $35
Card signed by the Chicago financier, publisher,and philanthropist
 Field, Cyrus W. (Letter) $125
Developer of the Atlantic Cable and New York City’s Elevated “subway"
 Fisk Jr., James (Signed Card) $1500
Rare autograph of the financial buccaneer, Jay Gould associate in Erie Railroad takeover, murdered at 37
 Flower, Roswell P. (Signed Card) $25
Card signed by the 30th Governor of New York
 Ford II, Henry (First Day Cover) $75
Signed First Day Cover for stamp honoring his grandather
 Ford Sr., William Clay (First Day Cover) $50
Youngest grandson of Henry Ford, owner of NFL Detroit Lions
 Ford, Edsel (Letter) $575 Special Offer: $495
2nd president of Ford Motor Company comes to the aid of a troubled Yale Law student

A Ford in your future?
 Fox, William (Letter) $650 Special Offer: $575
Pioneer motion picture executive, founder of Fox film & theater empire, namesake of today’s Fox TV network

A more right price for Fox!
 Fruehauf, Harvey C. (Letter) $75
Good content 1941 TLS to Oklahoma US Rep Mike Monroney on the proposed property-seizure bill
 Gannett, Frank E. (Photograph) $110
Media mogul, founded Gannett Corporation
 Gannett, Frank E. (Autographed Sentiment Signed) $50
1944 card signed by the media mogul, founded Gannett Corporation
 Getty, J. Paul (Signature) $85
Signature of the American oilman, one of the world’s wealthiest men at his death
 Gifford, Walter S. (Photograph) $90
AT&T president 1925-48, oversaw tremendous corporate growth & pioneering technology
 Hamilton, Alexander (Document) $5995
Rare 1794 ADS, pay order while Secretary of the Treasury
 Hammer, Armand (Photograph) $175
Oil tycoon noted for close Cold War USSR ties, art collector & philanthropist
 Harper, James (Document) $95
Co-founded Harper Bros. publishers, “Know-Nothing” NYC Mayor 1844-45, established 1st municipal police force
 Insull, Samuel (Letter) $595 Special Offer: $525
1935 TLS of the Chicago financier, created largest public utility holding company, ruined in Depression

A little insulation offer!
 Jones, George & Raymond, Henry A. (Signatures) $75
Signatures of the 1851 founders of “The Gray Lady”, The New York Times
 Kahn, Otto W. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $60
Banker, philanthropist, patron of the arts
 Kendall, Amos (Check) $125
1836 sight draft (check) as Jackson’s Postmaster General
 Kendall, Amos (Letter) $125
1838 ALS while Van Buren’s Postmaster General
 Klein, Calvin (Photograph) $40
American clothing designer, his brand also on perfume, watches & jewelry
 Knox, John Jay (Letter) $65
1875 LS as Comptroller of the Treasury to Attorney General Pierrepont
 Lasky Sr., Jesse L. (Photograph) $225
Pioneer movie mogul, co-founder of Paramount Pictures, produced Hollywood’s 1st feature film 1914
 Lincoln, Robert T. (Signed Card) $175
1897 card signed by the statesman-businessman, eldest son of Abraham Lincoln
 Luce, Henry R. (Letter) $195 Special Offer: $175
ALS from the communications empire founder to the wife of Yale’s president

A notable LIFE, a man of his TIME!
 McCormick, Col. Robert R. (Signed card) $35
Ultra-conservative 1914-55 Chicago Tribune editor-publisher
 McCulloch, Hugh (Signed card) $50
Lincoln-Johnson & Arthur Treasury Secretary, gold-backed currency advocate
 McCulloch, Hugh (Signed Card) $45
Card signed a month after leaving office as Arthur’s, and 20 years after becoming Lincoln’s, Treasury Secretary
 McKinley, William (Document) $1250
1894 State of Ohio $1,000 bond signed as Governor
 McLane, Louis (Letter) $110
1841 ALS while Baltimore & Ohio Railroad president to a Baltimore merchant & collector
 Mellon, Andrew O. (Signed card) $75
Engraved card signed as Treasury Secretary
 Mellon, Andrew O. (Photograph) $325
Fine sepia portrait by a renowned Pittsburgh photographer
 Mifflin, George H. (Photograph) $75
Boston publisher, president of Houghton Mifflin Company 1908-21
 Miller, Nathan L. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $20
New York lawyer for Carnegie and US Steel, 43rd Governor of New York 1921-22
 Mollien, Francois Nicolas, Comte (Letter) $125
1802 LS from Napoleon’s future 2nd Minister of Finance, thanks Paris Athéneé Des Artes for an honor
 Oppenheimer, Sir Ernest (Signature) $350 Special Offer: $295
Created modern diamond industry, controlled largest cartel, promoted diamond engagement ring custom

A gem of a deal!
 Osgood, Samuel (Signature) $90
1st US Postmaster General, his New York City home was the 1st presidential Executive Mansion
 Paley, William S. (Letter) $85
1939 TLS from the fFounder of CBS radio & television networks
 Peabody, George (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $85
1866 autograph sentiment signed by the Baltimore-London banker, father of modern philanthropy
 Penney, J. C. (Signed Card) $95
Card signed by the department store magnate and philanthropist
 Pomeroy, Samuel C. (Signature) $35
Kansas US Senator, 2nd president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, introduced bill to create Yellowstone National Park
 Putnam, George H. (Letter) $75
Notable publisher, President of G. P. Putnam’s Sons for 52 years
 Redfield, William C. (Letter) $30
Banker & 1st Secretary of Commerce thanks another banker for a family kindness
 Regan, Donald T. (Photograph) $40
Reagan Treasury Secretary & White House Chief of Staff
 Reith, John Charles W., 1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven (Letter) $110
“Father” of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), Member of Churchill’s War Cabinet
 Rickenbacker, Eddie (Letter) $195
1955 TLS as Eastern Air Lines Board Chairman, to a job seeker
 Ringling, John (Document) $250 Special Offer: $225
Signed 1926 season pass for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows

Hurry, hurry, step right up!
 Roberts, Ellis H. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $40
Card signed while 20th Treasurer of the United States
 Rockefeller Jr., John D. (Letter) $175
1922 TLS thanking a minister for preaching at the Seal Harbor Congregational Church
 Romney, George (Photograph) $30
Business executive, Michigan Governor, Nixon Cabinet member
 Rosenwald, Julius (Signed Card) $150 Special Offer: $125
Card signed by the Sears, Roebuck & Co. executive, prominent Chicago philanthropist and benefactor

A Chicago special!
 Ross, Nellie Tayloe (Photograph) $110
1st woman elected state governor, 1st woman Director of US Mint
 Rothschild, Baron Nathan M. (Signature) $295
Founder of the London branch of the House of Rothschild
 Rothschild, Lionel (Letter) $595
Led London House of Rothschild 1836-79, 1st Jewish Member of Parliament (1858)
 Sarnoff, David (Letter) $395 Special Offer: $350
Creator of the 1st radio network (NBC) to Ambassador Grew

Turn the dial downward!
 Schwab, Charles M. (Document) $75
Colorful Pennsylvania steel baron, “broke the bank” at Monte Carlo, died bankrupt
 Sinclair, Harry F. (Signed Card) $150
Founded Sinclair Oil Company 1916, convicted in “Teapot Dome” scandal
 Spinner, Francis E.; Jeffries, Noah L.; Hartley, John F.; Graham, John A. (Signed Album Page) $125
Album page signed by 4 top officials of the 1869 Treasury Department
 Stoddert, Benjamin (Document) $325
Future 1st Navy Secretary offers (with a whiff of desperation) to sell Maryland acreage
 Stoddert, Benjamin (Letter) $350
1801 ALS from the former (1st) Navy Secretary regarding his own tangled finances & investments
 Straus, Nathan (Signature) $50
Owned R. H. Macy’s 1896-1914, in 1923 voted man who did most for public welfare in 1st 25 years of Greater New York City
 Sutro, Adolph (Check) $75 Special Offer: $65
“The King of the Comstock”, noted for Sutro Tunnel & Sutro Baths, San Francisco mayor 1894-96

We tunneled out for a lower price!
 Tabor, Horace A. W. (Signature) $350 Special Offer: $295
Signature of “The Silver King”, likely while Colorado US Senator for 2 months

A sterling offer!
 Tobin, James (First Day Cover) $25
American Keynesian economist, awarded 1981 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
 Train, George Francis (Autograph Statement Signed) $135
1876 comment on the American Centennial from the eccentric entrepreneur, noted for trips around the world, the scandalous Credit Mobilier, and 1872 presidential candidacy
 Vanderbilt, Harold S. (Signed Card) $65
Great-grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt, champion yachtsman and bridge player
 Vanderbilt, William H. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
Great-great-grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt, Rhode Island Governor 1939-41
 Vassar, Matthew (Signature) $195 Special Offer: $175
English-born Poughkeepsie, NY brewer, founded Vassar College 1861

A more educated deal!
 Wanamaker, John (Letter) $75
1890 TLS as Postmaster General from the creator of the retail “money-back guarantee”
 Whitney, Harry Payne (Document) $225 Special Offer: $175
Stock transfer document signed by the financier-polo player-horse breeder & racer

For the polo player & horse aficionado!
 Wilson, Charles E. (TIME Portrait) $50
Signed TIME portrait of “Engine Charlie” while GM President
 Wilson, Charles E. (Photograph) $40
Signed photo while Eisenhower’s Defense Secretary
 Woodruff, Robert W. (Letter) $50
Atlanta philanthropist & Coca-Cola executive to Basil O’Connor on gift book about polio pioneer Dr. Tom Rivers
 Zukor, Adolph (Photograph) $250
Pioneer film mogul, founder of Paramount Pictures, a creator of Hollywood as film center

Cabinet Members
 Adams III, Charles Francis (Photograph) $75
Hoover’s Navy Secretary, notable yachtsman
 Armstrong Jr., John (Document) $195
1813 notification of appointment of a North Carolina officer who served in Georgia in the War of 1812
 Baker III, James A. (Matted Photograph) $50
Photo of the noted lawyer- statesman inscribed to Treasury predecessor Henry Fowler
 Baker, Newton D. (Letter) $50
1927 TLS to notable collector Rev. Cornelius Greenway, unable to accept his invitation
 Baker, Newton D. (Photograph) $75
Signed photo while on the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague
 Bancroft, George (Letter) $95
1840 ALS while Boston Collector of Customs by the historian, diplomat, future Navy Secretary, and founder of the US Naval Academy
 Barbour, James (Signature) $75
Virginia’s 18th governor, US senator J. Q. Adams’ Secretary of War, Minister to England
 Bayard, Thomas F. (Signature) $35
Delaware US Senator 1869-85, Secretary of State 1885-89 (Cleveland), 1st Ambassador to Great Britain
 Bell, Griffin B. (Photograph) $35
Eminent Georgia lawyer & federal judge, US Attorney General 1976-79
 Berrien, John Macpherson (Signature) $40
“The American Cicero”, 10th US Attorney General (Jackson), 3-time Georgia US Senator
 Blaine, James G. (Signed Album Page+Engraving) $75
Signed large autograph album page as Maine Senator, with engraving
 Brewster, Benjamin H. (Signed Card) $30
Card signed as Arthur’s Attorney General
 Brinegar, Claude S. (Photograph) $30
3rd Secretary of Transportation 1973-75 (Nixon-Ford)
 Bryan, William Jennings (Letter) $350
“The Great Commoner” 1918 ALS to a former State Department colleague
 Butler, Benjamin F. (Letter) $150
The former Cabinet member and Van Buren’s law partner, sends his autograph from court, apologizing for a neglecting an earlier request
 Byrnes, James F. (Signed Card) $40
Card Signed by the South Carolina statesman, US Supreme Court Justice & Secretary of State
 Campbell, George W. (Letter & Free Franked Address Leaf) $235
Uncommon LS in his 1st (of 8) month as Treasury Secretary during the War of 1812
 Campbell, George W. (Letter & Free Franked Address Leaf) $235
Uncommon 1814 LS while 8-month Treasury Secretary during War of 1812
 Cass, Lewis (Letter) $150
1855 ALS as Senator, accepts membership in a Philadelphia debating society
 Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Photograph) $30
Signed photo as JFK-LBJ HEW Secretary
 Chandler, Zachariah (Letter) $70
1876 LS of Michigan Radical Republican leader in Senate as Grant’s Interior Secretary
 Chase, Salmon P. (Signed Portrait) $350
Signed portrait, image similar to that on the US $10,000 bill
 Christopher, Warren M. (Photograph) $45
Signed photo of the lawyer-statesman, 63rd US Secretary of State
 Clark, Tom C. (Photograph) $95
Nicely Inscribed 1945 Photo as Attorney General
 Clark, Tom C. (First Day Cover) $50
1968 First Day Cover signed by President Truman's "biggest mistake"
 Clifford, Clark M. (Photograph) $40
Washington “supelawyer”, presidential advisor, LBJ Defense Secretary
 Cortelyou, George B. (Letter) $50
1904 TLS as 1st Secretary of Commerce and Labor
 Cortelyou, George B. (Letter) $75
Treasury Secretary Cortelyou 1908 TLS to the President of the National Academy of Sciences
 Crawford, William H. (Letter) $195
1816 letter as Secretary of War chastising the Commissary General on the appointment of a deputy at Plattsburg, New York
 Crawford, William H. (Signature) $75
Signature from free frank as 7th Treasury Secretary
 Crittenden, John J. (Letter) $225
1838 ALS while Kentucky US Senator of the future US Attorney General, authored 1860 Crittenden Compromise to avoid civil war
 Crowinshield, Benjamin (Document) $150
Highly unusual MsDS as 5th Secretary of the Navy, nominating a Navy Agent!
 Crowinshield, Benjamin W. (Letter) $225
1815 ALS as Secretary of the Navy, in part praising Treasury Secretary Dallas
 Cushing, Caleb (Letter) $110
The Attorney General sends a commission for a Washington DC Justice of the Peace
 Cushing, Caleb (Letter) $95
1866 ALS to powerful New York Republican boss Roscoe Conkling
 Dallas, Alexander J. (Letter) $225
1815 ALS as 6th Treasury Secretary to exiled Irish revolutionary, now New York lawyer, Thomas Aldis Emmet
 Daniels, Josephus (Letter) $45
1920 TLS as Wilson’s Navy Secretary to editor-publisher Hamilton Holt, unable to attend Greek Relief Committee banquet
 Davis, James J. (Letter) $60
1926 TLS as Secretary of Labor returning from campaign speaking trip
 Davis, Jefferson (Letter) $1250
Near mint 1856 LS as Secretary of War to Rep. Justin S. Morrill
 Day, William R. (Check) $75
1899 check while federal appellate court judge, joined Supreme Court in 1903
 Delano, Columbus (Autograph Quotation Signed) $125
Rare 1872 AQS as Grant's Interior Secretary, likley inspired by the 1st African-American to speak in the US Capitol
 Delano, Columbus (Letter) $125
1871 ALS as Interior Secretary, recommends nominee for pension agency at Louisville to Vermnont Senator Edmunds
 Denby, Edwin (Photograph) $50
"Teapot Dome" scandal dupe?
 Dickerson, Mahlon (Letter) $75
1838 ALS while Van Buren’s Navy Secretary, sending his autograph
 Dickerson, Mahlon (Letter) $90
Written within a week of his appointment as Secretary of the Navy by President Jackson
 Dickerson, Mahlon (Letter) $90
1834 LS as Navy Secretary with good US Navy medical historical association
 Eaton, John H. (Letter) $225
1830 financial ALS while Secretary of War and Jackson protégé
 Eustis, William (Letter) $250
War Secretary Eustis asks predecessor Henry Dearborn’s opinion of a candidate for Chief Clerk of the War Department
 Eustis, William (Document) $150
1812 partial DS as Secretary of War, appointment of an infantry officer
 Farley, James A. (Photograph) $35
Nice studio portrait of FDR’s Postmaster General & New Deal patronage master
 Finch, Robert (Photograph) $35
Managed Nixon’s 1960 presidential campaign, HEW Secretary 1969-70
 Fish, Hamilton (Document) $225
1874 passport signed as Grant’s Secretary of State
 Fish, Hamilton; Creswell, John A. J.; Boutwell, George S.; Hoar, Ebenezer R.; Cox, Jacob D.; Robeson, George W.; Rawlins, John A. (Signed Album Page) $295
Album page signed by President Grant’s June 25-Sept.6, 1869 entire Cabinet
 Forrestal, James V. (Signed Card) $65
Last Cabinet level Secretary of the Navy, first Secretary of Defense, 1949 suicide
 Forsyth, John (Letter) $125
1838 ALS while Van Buren’s Secretary of State
 Forward, Walter (Letter) $85
1841 LS as Tyler’s Treasury Secretary
 Foster Jr., Charles W. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
1882 signature as Ohio’s 35th Governor, later Benj. Harrison’s Treasury Secretary
 Gallatin, Albert (Letter) $195
1811 LS as Treasury Secretary to Georgia Commissioner of Loans
 Gardner, John W. (Photograph) $35
LBJ HEW Secretary 1965-68, founded Common Cause & White House Fellowship program
 Garland, Augustus H. (Letter) $85
1st Arkansas presidential Cabinet member, US & CSA Senator
 Goldberg, Arthur J. (Photograph) $150
Signed & inscribed photograph of the statesman & jurist
 Goldberg, Arthur J. (Letter) $195
1970 TLS after losing New York gubernatorial election, to Senator Muskie, thanking him for campaign help
 Graham, William A. (Letter) $125
1851 ALS as Fillmore’s Navy Secretary, 1852 Whig VP candidate with Winfield Scott
 Granger, Gideon (Letter) $125
1807 LS as US Postmaster General relating to his property in Genessee County, New York
 Gronouski, John A. (Photograph) $35
JFK-LBJ Postmaster General, 1st Polish-American Cabinet member
 Grundy, Felix (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
1839 autograph sentiment signed as Van Buren’s Attorney General
 Hamilton, Alexander (Document) $5995
Rare 1794 ADS, pay order while Secretary of the Treasury
 Hamilton, Paul (Letter) $150
1810 LS as Navy Secretary, a misdirected letter to the commander of the schooner Enterprise, early Navy hero
 Hardin, Clifford M. (Letter) $30
Nixon Agriculture Secretary Hardin to Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans
 Harlan, James (Signature) $25
Iowa Senator, Interior Secretary 1865-66, Robert Lincoln’s father-in-law
 Hay, John (Letter) $250
1902 TLS as Secretary of State to an eminent jurist on his recommendation for a consular appointment
 Hay, John (Signed Card) $135
Card signed by Lincoln’s private secretary & biographer, diplomat, statesman
 Hickel, Walter J. "Wally" (Letter) $60
3 weeks before being fired by Nixon, Interior Secretary Hickel congratulates Senator Ed Muskie on his re-election
 Hitchcock, Ethan Allen (ON HOLD) (Signed Card) $25
Official card signed by 1898-1907 McKinley-TR Interior Secretrary
 Hoar, Ebenezer R. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
Autograph Sentiment Signed by Grant’s 1st Attorney General, 1st to head the Department of Justice
 Hufstedler, Shirley M. (Signature) $25
1980 in-person signature while Carter's Secretary of Education
 Hughes, Charles E. (Letter) $75
Ex-Secretary of State Hughes to his former Under Secretary, Joseph C. Grew
 Hurley, Patrick J. (Photograph) $65
Hoover’s Secretary of War, FDR personal envoy during WW II
 Ickes, Harold (Letter) $90
TLS as FDR’s Interior Secretary for one week, to prominent Philadelphia philatelist
 Ickes, Harold (Photograph) $75
Signed photo of FDR’s & Truman’s Interior Secretary
 Ickes, Harold L. (Letter) $75
Designation of Public Works Administration’s Community Chest Divisional Chairman
 Ickes, Harold L. (Signed Official Card) $25
Signed Official Card as FDR’s Interior Secretary
 Jackson, Robert H. (Letter) $350
Good content 1937 TLS as Asst. Attorney General to TVA lawyer (future Treasury Secretary) Henry Fowler celebrating US district court’s upholding constitutionality of the Public Utility Holding Company Act and SEC authority
 Jardine, William M. (Photograph) $35
Signed photo likely when Coolidge’s Agriculture Secretary
 Johnson, Reverdy (Letter) $125
Maryland lawyer, US Senator & Attorney General, represented Dred Scott’s Owner and Mary Surratt
 Jones, Jesse H. (Photograph) $60
Houston entrepreneur, FDR Commerce Secretary 1940-44, ran RFC 1933-45
 Kellogg, Frank B. (Photograph) $125
Signed photo of Coolidge’s Secretary of State, 1929 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
 Kellogg, Frank B. (Signed Card) $40
Card signed while Secetary of State, awarded 1929 Nobel Prize for Peace
 Kemp, Jack (Photograph) $30
Professional football player, Congressman, Presidential Cabinet member, 1996 GOP VP candidate
 Kendall, Amos (Letter & Free Frank) $125
1830 LS of Jackson “kitchen cabinet” advisor as 4th Auditor of the Treasury
 Kendall, Amos (Check) $125
1836 sight draft (check) as Jackson’s Postmaster General
 Kendall, Amos (Letter) $125
1838 ALS while Van Buren’s Postmaster General
 Key, David M. (Document) $35
Ex- Tennessee US Senator & Hayes Postmaster General receives Chickamauga & Chattanooga battlefields atlas
 Knox, Henry (Letter) $850
1798 ALS to his Brigadier’s Island farm superintendent & artillery veteran
 Laird, Melvin R. (Letter) $45
TLS as Nixon’s Counselor for Domestic Affairs written on a momentous day by the former Wisconsin congressman and Nixon Defense Secretary 1969-73
 Lamont, Daniel S. (Letter) $75
1895 ALS as President Cleveland’s Secretary of War
 Lamont, Robert P. (Photograph) $50
Signed photograph of Hoover’s Commerce Secretary
 Legare, Hugh S. (Letter) $150
3rd person ALS of the future Tyler Attorney General (died in office) while So. Carolina Congressman
 Lincoln, Robert T. (Signed Card) $175
1897 card signed by the statesman-businessman, eldest son of Abraham Lincoln
 MacVeagh, Wayne (Letter) $110
Uncommon 1881 LS as Garfield’s Attorney General
 Manning, Daniel (Letter) $45
1873 ALS of future Cleveland Treasury Secretary as newspaper editor to Democratic Party historian, interesting NY political content
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $295
General of the Army Marshall appreciates Senator & Mrs. Barkley’s (76th) birthday wishes
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $275
General Marshall happy to be with Mrs. Marshall, home & garden after past decade’s many separations
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $225
General of the Army Marshall appreciates (76th) birthday wishes
 Marshall, Ray (Signature) $25
1978 in-person signature while Secretary of Labor
 Maynard, Horace (Signature) $25
Tennessee Unionist congressman, Minister to Turkey, Postmaster General (Hayes)
 McCrary, George (Letter) $60
1877 LS as Secretary, declines historian’s request to search War Department archives
 McCulloch, Hugh (Signed card) $50
Lincoln-Johnson & Arthur Treasury Secretary, gold-backed currency advocate
 McCulloch, Hugh (Signed Card) $45
Card signed a month after leaving office as Arthur’s, and 20 years after becoming Lincoln’s, Treasury Secretary
 McGrath, J. Howard (Photograph) $25
Truman Attorney General 1949-52, resigned in corruption investigation
 McHenry, James (Letter) $650
1799 LS as 3rd Secretary of War
 McHenry, James (Letter) $650
1797 LS as Secretary of War to fellow Constitution Framer Jonathan Dayton, the Speaker of the House
 McLane, Louis (Letter) $95
1833 LS as Jackson’s Treasury Secretary
 McLane, Louis (Letter) $110
1841 ALS while Baltimore & Ohio Railroad president to a Baltimore merchant & collector
 Meigs Jr., Return J. (Signature) $80
1st Ohio chief justice, 4th state governor, 5th US Postmaster General
 Mellon, Andrew O. (Signed card) $75
Engraved card signed as Treasury Secretary
 Mellon, Andrew O. (Photograph) $325
Fine sepia portrait by a renowned Pittsburgh photographer
 Meyer, George von L. (Letter) $60
1907 TLS as TR’s Postmaster General
 Miller, William H. H. (Letter) $75
1891 TLS from President Harrison’s Attorney General on pension fraud prosecution
 Moody, William H. (Letter) $175
1902 TLS as TR’s Navy Secretary, Supreme Court Justice 1906-10
 Morton, J. Sterling (Letter) $50
TLS while Secretary of Agriculture on “Plant Trees” letterhead
 Morton, J. Sterling (Signed card) $30
“Plant Trees” card signed by the founder of Arbor Day while Secretary of Agriculture
 Morton, Rogers C. B. (Photograph) $50
Signed & inscribed color photo likely while Ford Interior Secretary
 Murphy, Frank (Signed Card) $110
Went from Detroit to Manila to Lansing to the Justice Department to the Supreme Court 1933-1940!
 Murphy, Frank (Signed Court card) $110
Uncommon signed Court notecard
 Muskie, Ed (Photograph) $50
1968 Democratic VP candidate & 1972 Democratic presidential hopeful
 Muskie, Edmund S. (Letter) $40
1971 TLS to former Treasury Secretary Fowler, gathering support for his 1972 doomed run for the Democratic presidential nomination
 Osgood, Samuel (Signature) $90
1st US Postmaster General, his New York City home was the 1st presidential Executive Mansion
 Palmer, A. Mitchell (Letter) $95
Wilson’s Attorney General, enforced Prohibition, directed “Palmer raids” against “Reds” & anarchists
 Palmer, A. Mitchell (ON HOLD) (Photograph) $75
Wilson’s Attorney General, directed “Palmer Raids” against “Reds” & anarchists, enforced prohibition
 Paulding, James K. (Letter) $60
1838 ALS of the prominent writer while Van Buren’s Navy Secretary
 Payne, John Barton (Photograph) $30
Signed photo when Wilson”s Interior Secretary (1920-21)
 Perkins, Frances (Signed Card) $40
1st woman Cabinet member, FDR Labor Secretary 1933-45
 Pickering, Timothy (Letter) $625
1795 ALS as Secretary of War to Superintendent of Military Stores Hodgdon on improper Mud Island Fort return
 Pinkney, William (Signature) $95
Statesman-diplomat, 7th US Attorney General (Madison)
 Pinkney, William (Letter) $225
1813 ALS while 7th US Attorney General regarding department accounts
 Poinsett, Joel R. (Signature) $50
Statesman-diplomat, Christmas poinsettia plant named for hHim
 Poinsett, Joel R. (Letter + Franking Signature) $225
1841 ALS as Van Buren's Secretary of War, discussing construction at West Point
 Proctor, Redfield (Letter) $50
1891 TLS as Harrison’s Secretary of War
 Redfield, William C. (Letter) $30
Banker & 1st Secretary of Commerce thanks another banker for a family kindness
 Regan, Donald T. (Photograph) $40
Reagan Treasury Secretary & White House Chief of Staff
 Richardson, William A. (Signed Engraving) $110
Treasury Department engraving signed as Secretary
 Rodney, Caesar A. (Letter & Free Franked Address Leaf) $225
1810 ALS while 6th Attorney General (Jefferson), to his cousin who would rescue America’s founding documents in 1814
 Romney, George (Photograph) $30
Business executive, Michigan Governor, Nixon Cabinet member
 Romney, George; Laird, Melvin; Finch, Robert; Shultz, George (Signed Envelope) $50
1972 White House envelope signed by 4 prominent Nixon Cabinet members
 Roper, Daniel C. (Letter) $60
An invitation from FDR’s Secretary of Commerce to an August watermelon party!
 Rush, Richard (Signature) $40
Diplomat son of Benjamin Rush, Madison’s Treasury Comptroller, Attorney General & Acting Secretary of State, JQ Adams’ Treasury Secretary & 1828 running mate
 Schurz, Carl (Signature) $55
German-born diplomat, Civil War general, Missouri US Senator, Secretary of the Interior (Hayes), journalist
 Schweiker, Richard S. (Letter) $30
Freshman Pennsylvania GOP Senator Schweiker congratulates Democrat Ed Muskie on his 1970 re-election
 Seward, William; Welles, Gideon; Browning, Orville; Schofield, John; McCulloch, Hugh; Evarts, William; Randall, Alexander (Signed Album Pages) $350
Andrew Johnson’s entire Cabinet at the close of his Administration
 Shaw, Leslie M. (Signed Card) $35
Signed official card as Theodore Roosevelt’s (2nd) Treasury Secretary
 Sherman, John (Photograph) $175
Post-1881 signed cabinet photograph
 Shultz, George P. (Photograph) $50
Nixon Secretary of Labor & Treasury, 1st Office of Management & Budget Director; Reagan Secretary of State
 Smith, Robert (Letter) $175
1792 legal ALS to Robert Carter III from the future Jefferson-Madison Cabinet member
 Spencer, John C. (Letter) $125
1833 ALS from the future (Tyler) Secretary of War to the former Secretary of War (J. Q. Adams)
 Stimson, Henry L. (Letter) $125
Secretary of State Stimson thanks a noted Atlanta collector for a newspaper editorial copy
 Stoddert, Benjamin (Document) $325
Future 1st Navy Secretary offers (with a whiff of desperation) to sell Maryland acreage
 Stoddert, Benjamin (Letter) $395
Ca. 1801 ALS from the 1st Navy Secretary, engaging in some influence peddling
 Stoddert, Benjamin (Letter) $350
1801 ALS from the former (1st) Navy Secretary regarding his own tangled finances & investments
 Strauss, Adm. Lewis L. (Photograph) $95
1959 photo as Commerce Secretary; as AEC Chairman, stripped Oppenheimer of security clearance in 1953
 Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Letter) $90
1852 LS as Fillmore’s Interior Secretary, to Rep S. G. Haven, President’s ex-law partner & friend
 Summerfield, Arthur E. (Letter) $35
1953 TLS as Eisenhower’s Postmaster General
 Taney, Roger B. (Letter) $275
1834 ALS 3 weeks after leaving Treasury Department
 Tobin, Maurice J. (Photograph) $25
Signed photograph as Truman’s Secretary of Labor
 Tracy, Benjamin F. (Letter) $65
1889 TLS as Harrison’s Navy Secretary regarding advertising in the New York Journal of Commerce
 Vinson, Fred M. (First Day Cover) $125
1950 Court-related First Day Cover signed by the 13th US Chief Justice
 Wallace, Henry A. (Letter) $150
TLS as FDR’s Agriculture Secretary, later FDR’s 2nd VP & 1948 Progressive presidential candidate
 Wallace, Henry A. (Signed Card) $75
Card signed by the controversial FDR-Truman cabinet member, FDR’s 2nd VP, 1948 presidential candidate
 Wanamaker, John (Letter) $75
1890 TLS as Postmaster General from the creator of the retail “money-back guarantee”
 Weaver, Robert C. (First Day Cover) $40
1st HUD Secretary & 1st African-American Cabinet member
 Webster, Daniel (Free Franked Panel + Steel Engraving) $195
Senate free franked panel addressed to 1st great US autograph collector
 Webster, Daniel (Letter) $395
1841 LS as Tyler’s Secretary of State regarding passports
 Welles, Gideon (Document) $195
1841 ADS as Hartford, Connecticut Postmaster
 Wilbur, Curtis D. (Photograph) $50
Signed photo of the California jurist when Coolidge’s Navy Secretary
 Wilbur, Ray Lyman (Photograph) $40
Signed photo while Hoover Interior Secretary & Stanford President
 William H. Taft's Cabinet (Signed Cards) $195
The 11 men who served in President Taft’s Cabinet
 Wilson, Charles E. (TIME Portrait) $50
Signed TIME portrait of “Engine Charlie” while GM President
 Wilson, Charles E. (Photograph) $40
Signed photo while Eisenhower’s Defense Secretary
 Woodbury, Levi (Letter) $125
1837 ALS while Treasury Secretary, sends his and Andrew Jackson’s autograph to a major early collector
 Work, Hubert (Photograph) $50
Succeeded Albert Fall as Interior Secretary, ran Hoover’s 1928 presidential campaign
 Young, Andrew (Photograph) $35
SCLC associate of Dr. King, Carter UN Ambassador, Atlanta Mayor

Circus
 Barnum, P. T. (Letter) $550
Frameable 1861 ALS from the father of “The Greatest Show on Earth”
 Burke, John M. (Letter) $250
Buffalo Bill’s famed press agent, one of the great public relations legends
 Forepaugh, Adam (Signed Card) $75
19th century circus owner, rival of Barnum and Ringling Brothers
 Gebel-Williams, Gunther (First Day Cover) $25
Greatest animal trainer of all time, Ringling star 1969-90
 Ringling, Albert, Charles & Henry (Checks) $395 Special Offer: $325
Three different Ringling Brothers checks signed by 3 of the 5 circus-founding family

A three-ring(ling) deal!
 Ringling, John (Document) $250 Special Offer: $225
Signed 1926 season pass for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows

Hurry, hurry, step right up!

Colonial Americana
 Bellomont, 1st Earl of (Richard Coote) (Signature) $225
Colonial Governor of Massachusetts & New York, arrested pirate Captain Kidd
 Francis, Tench (Document) $125
Prominent colonial Philadelphia lawyer, a founding trustee of what became the University of Pennsylvania
 Hoar, George F. (Letter) $25
Senator Hoar refers a woman author to MIT President Walker for assistance
 Sergeant, John (Letter) $150
Nice 1838 ALS on penmanship by Henry Clay’s 1832 running mate, written during his last term in Congress

Congress of the US
 Abzug, Bella (Photograph) $65
New York feminist US Rep, a founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus
 Albert, Carl (Photograph) $40
House Speaker 1971-77, twice next in line of presidential succession after resignations of VP Agnew & President Nixon
 Allen, James; Bellmon, Henry; Cook, Marlow; Cranston, Alan; Dole, Bob; Eagleton, Tom; Gravel,Mike; Gurney, Ed; Hughes, Harold; Mathias, Charles "Mac"; Packwood, Bob; Saxbe, Bill; Schweiker, Dick; Stevens, Ted (First Day Cover) $175
1968 FDC signed by 14 then “freshmen” US Senators
 Ames, Oakes (Signature) $50
Massachusetts US Rep 1863-73, his firm helped build the transcontinental railroad and created the 1872 “Credit Mobilier” scandal
 Bankhead II, John H. (Letter) $35
Alabama US Senator 1930-46, favored farmers, opposed African-American civil rights
 Banks, Nathaniel P. (Letter) $90
ALS of the House Speaker, Massachusetts US Rep. & Governor, Union Major General
 Banks, Nathaniel P. (ANS) $90
ANS likely while House Speaker (1856)
 Banks, Nathaniel P. (Signature) $75
4-time Mass. US Rep,, House Speaker 1856-57, Governor 1858-61, Union Major General (Vols), served in Maryland & Shenandoah Valley, replaced Butler commanding Dept. of the Gulf 1862-64
 Barbour, James (Signature) $75
Virginia’s 18th governor, US senator J. Q. Adams’ Secretary of War, Minister to England
 Barkley, Alben W. (Signed card) $40
Senate Majority Leader 1937-47, Truman’s 1949-53 VP
 Barton, Bruce F. (ANS) $35
Successful advertising executive and author, GOP congressional foe of FDR (“Martin, Barton, and Fish”)
 Bayard, Thomas F. (Signature) $35
Delaware US Senator 1869-85, Secretary of State 1885-89 (Cleveland), 1st Ambassador to Great Britain
 Benton, Thomas Hart (Letter) $375
Senator Benton attributes his successes to his handwriting, praising those who write well!
 Berrien, John Macpherson (Signature) $40
“The American Cicero”, 10th US Attorney General (Jackson), 3-time Georgia US Senator
 Bilbo, Theodore G. (Letter) $150
1945 TLS from Mississippi’s racist junior Senator to a wounded GI, defending his views against fair employment legislation
 Blaine, James G. (Signed Album Page+Engraving) $75
Signed large autograph album page as Maine Senator, with engraving
 Boggs Sr., (Thomas) Hale (Letter) $75
House Majority Leader Boggs (lost in 1973 Alaska airplane disappearance) commends Senator Muskie’s Nov. 2, 1970 national television address
 Bricker, John (Photograph) $30
1944 VP candidate on GOP ticket with Dewey
 Burnside, Ambrose E. (Signature) $150
Led Army of the Potomac 1862-1863, signature while new Rhode Island Senator
 Burton, Harold H. (Signed Court card) $75
1951 autograph sentiment on engraved Court notecard
 Butler, Benjamin F. (Signature) $75
Signature of the controversial Massachusetts politician, Union General, 1884 presidential candidate
 Byrd, Harry F. (Letter) $50
1953 TLS from Virginia Governor & Senator, 1956 “States Rights” presidential candidate
 Byrd, Harry F. (Photograph) $60
Virginia Governor & Senator, 1956 “States Rights” presidential candidate
 Calhoun, John C. (Signature) $195
South Carolina statesman, Vice President (JQ Adams & Jackson), Secretary of State (Tyler) & War (Monroe), advocated slavery, states’ rights and nullification in the Senate
 Cass, Lewis (Letter) $150
1855 ALS as Senator, accepts membership in a Philadelphia debating society
 Chisholm, Shirley (Photograph) $135
Photograph signed by the 1st African-American congresswoman
 Clark, Champ (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $30
Autogaph sentiment signed by the Missouri Democrat, House Speaker 1911-19
 Connally, Tom (Signed Card) $25
Texas US Senator 1929-53, chaired Senate Foreign Relations Committee during and after WW II
 Conness, John (Signature) $35
Irish-born “49er,” California US Senator 1863-69, backed Chinese immigration, African-American civil rights, helped create Yosemite National Park, pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral
 Copeland, Royal S. (Letter) $35
1925 TLS from the homeopathic physician, conservative New York US Senator
 Copeland, Royal S. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
Homeopathic physician, conservative New York US Senator 1923-38
 Crittenden, John J. (Letter) $225
1838 ALS while Kentucky US Senator of the future US Attorney General, authored 1860 Crittenden Compromise to avoid civil war
 Davis, David (Letter) $375
ALS from one Lincoln friend likely to another
 Depew, Chauncey M. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $40
New York lawyer & US Senator, represented Vanderbilt railroad interests, NY Central Railroad president 1885-98
 Depew, Chauncey M. (Document) $110
1897 DS of the New York lawyer & US Senator as NY Central & Hudson River Railroad president
 Dole, Bob (Photograph) $50
Only person in history of today’s major parties nominated for Vice President and President and not elected to either office!
 Eagleton, Tom (Photograph) $40
1972 Democratic VP nominee replaced after disclosure of psychiaric treatment history
 English, William H. (Signed Card) $50
1880 Democratic VP candidate with Hancock
 Ervin Jr., Sam J. (Signed Card) $25
“Senator Sam”, presided over Senate Watergate investigation
 Ervin Jr., Sam J. (Letter) $35
North Carolina’s “Senator Sam”, presided over Senate Watergate investigation
 Fair, James G. (Signed Card) $85
Co-owner of the Comstock Lode, California real estate & railroad speculator, banker, Nevada US Senator
 Fenton, Reuben E. (Letter) $75
1859 ALS of Whig NY Rep. Fenton, reporting on the future of a bill
 Ferry, Orris S. (Signature) $40
Connecticut US Rep & Senator, Brigadier General in Civil War, at Battle of Winchester, Valley & Peninsula campaigns
 Fish III, Hamilton (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
New York Conservative Republican US Rep, opposed FDR & New Deal, sponsored resolution to create Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery
 Fong, Hiram L. (Letter) $50
1970 TLS from the 1st Asian-American US Senator to Senator Muskie, acknowledging message of re-election congratulations
 Garner, John Nance (Signed Card) $50
Card signed by the Texas congressman, 1931-33 House Speaker, FDR VP 1933-41
 Goldwater, Barry (Photograph) $125
Signed bust photograph of “Mr. Conservative” , 1964 GOP presidential candidate
 Gordon, John B. (Letter) $250
1880 ALS from the Georgia Senator, former Governor & CSA Major General; 1st UCV commander-in-chief, alleged Georgia KKK leader
 Hale, John P. (Signature) $50
New Hampshire Free Soil/ Republican US Rep & Senator, 1852 Free Soil presidential candidate
 Hampton, Wade (Document) $250
1880 Senate DS by the South Carolina Confederate who replaced Jeb Stuart as head of Lee’s cavalry
 Harlan, James (Signature) $25
Iowa Senator, Interior Secretary 1865-66, Robert Lincoln’s father-in-law
 Henderson, David B. (Document) $40
Future House Speaker (last Civil War veteran to serve in the House), receives Chickamauga & Chattanooga battlefields atlas
 Hindman Jr., Thomas C., et al. (Letter) $950
18 Congressmen (3 future CSA generals) endorse a pick for Arkansas District US Attorney
 Hunter, Robert M. T. (Letter) $225
Postwar ALS of the Virginia, US and CSA statesman, youngest ever House Speaker, pictured on CSA $10 bill
 Ingalls, John J. (Photograph) $85
Kansas Senator, 3rd in succession to presidency 1885-89
 Jackson, Henry M. (Letter) $40
1970 TLS to Senator Ed Muskie, thanking him for his wire on Jackson’s re-election
 Jackson, Howell E. (Signature) $295
Signature of one of the scarcer Associate Justices!
 Johnson, Hiram W. (Letter) $115
1940 TLS as Senator, sends thanks for message of congratulations on (last) re-nomination
 Johnson, Hiram W. (Signed Card) $60
California progressive Republican Governor 1911-17, 1912 running mate of Theodore Roosevelt, isolationist US Senator 1917-45
 Kefauver, Estes (Photograph) $60
Tennessee US Senator, led 1950-51 Senate organized crime investigation, 1956 Democratic VP candidate
 Kennedy, Edward M. "Ted" (Signature) $50
Kennedy declines to attend July 3 golf club luncheon
 Kerr, Michael C. (Signature) $40
Indiana “War Democrat” Congressman 1865-73 & 1875-76, 32nd Speaker of the House Dec. 1875 -Aug. 1876
 King, Rufus (Letter) $550
Massachusetts Framer, New York senator, Federalist vp & presidential candidate, diplomat
 Lehman, Herbert (Letter) $35
1950 TLS of the liberal Democrat New York US senator, 1st Jewish New York governor (1933-42)
 Lodge Sr., Henry Cabot (Signature) $30
1904 signed slip while Massachusetts US Senator
 Logan, John A. (Letter) $195
1876 ALS from the Illinois politician, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, 1884 VP candidate with Blaine
 Longworth, Nicholas (Letter) $65
House Speaker declines to attend Will Rogers NYC performance while Congress is in session
 Longworth, Nicholas (Photograph) $85
Harris & Ewing portrait signed by House Speaker Longworth
 Luce, Clare Boothe (Signed Card) $35
Card signed by the playwright, author, journalist, conservative congresswoman, diplomat
 Mann, James R. (Photograph) $50
Progressive Republican, best known as author of anti-prostitution “Mann Act” of 1910
 Mansfield, Mike (Letter) $50
1970 TLS To Senator Ed Muskie, accepting congratulations upon Mansfield’s re-election
 Maynard, Horace (Signature) $25
Tennessee Unionist congressman, Minister to Turkey, Postmaster General (Hayes)
 McCormack, John W. (Letter) $45
1941 TLS as House Majority Leader to an African-American journalist, likely backing investigation into revocation of head of German-American Bund‘s citizenship
 McDowell, James (Letter) $35
1848 ALS as Virginia US Rep to Treasury Secetary Walker
 McGovern, George (Photograph) $35
South Dakota Senator, 1972 Democratic presidential candidate
 Mondale, Walter; McCarthy, Eugene; LeVander, Harold (First Day Cover) $50
1970 Minnesota-related First Day Cover signed by Governor LeVander and Senators McCarthy & Mondale
 Morgan, George W. (Signature) $50
Fought in Texas Revolution, Mexican-American War, Civil War Brig. General in Western Theater, conservative Ohio Democrat in Congress 1867-69 & 1871-73
 Morrill, Justin S. (Signature) $25
Vermont US Rep & Senator, Drafted Land Grant College Act and controversial tariff and anti-polygamy legislation in 43-year congressional career
 Morrow, Dwight W. (Photograph) $110
Businessman, lawyer, diplomat, US Senator, father-in-law of Charles Lindbergh
 Muskie, Ed (Photograph) $50
1968 Democratic VP candidate & 1972 Democratic presidential hopeful
 Muskie, Edmund S. (Letter) $40
1971 TLS to former Treasury Secretary Fowler, gathering support for his 1972 doomed run for the Democratic presidential nomination
 Negley, James S. (Signature) $50
Major General (Vols) in Civil War, fought in Georgia & Tennessee, Penna. US Rep 1869-75 & 1885-87
 Norris, George W. (Signed Card) $50
Liberal, progressive Republican Nebraska Congressman & Senator, father of TVA & 20th Amendment
 Nye, Gerald P. (Signed Card) $35
No. Dakota Republican US Senator, uncovered Teapot Dome scandal, a founder of pre-WW II isolationist “America First Committee”
 ODaniel, W. Lee "Pappy" (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
1930s Texas radio music star, populist governor & senator, only person ever to defeat LBJ for elected office
 Orr, James L. (Document) $90
Speaker Orr summons witness to1859 House inquiry into charges against Navy Dept. & Navy Yard officers
 Pendleton, George H. (Letter) $325
Good content January 1864 ALS mentioning “rising stock” of McClellan, his future running mate
 Platt, Thomas C. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $40
New York State political boss, helped create Greater New York City, got Theodore Roosevelt out of Albany and into the White House
 Pomeroy, Samuel C. (Signature) $35
Kansas US Senator, 2nd president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, introduced bill to create Yellowstone National Park
 Proxmire, William (Letter) $50
1970 TLS to Senator Muskie, praises his election eve speech, acknowledges re-election congratulations
 Quay, Matthew S. (Document) $90
Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, powerful Penna. GOP boss, US Senator 1887-99 & 1901-04
 Randall, Samuel J. (Signature) $30
Signature of the powerful Speaker of the House on the next-to-last day of the 44th Congress
 Rankin, Jeannette (Signed Card) $125
1st woman elected to Congress, opposed US entry in WW I & WW II
 Rankin, John E. (Letter) $30
1951 TLS of the arch-conservative, racist, anti-Semitic Mississippi Congressman as Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman
 Rankin, John E. (Signed Card) $25
1944 card signed by the racist & anti-Semitic arch-conservative, Mississippi Congressman
 Rayburn, Sam (ON HOLD) (Letter) $275
Uncommon tender 1958 ALS as Speaker to the widow of former Vice President & Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley
 Reed, Thomas B. (Photograph) $125
Signed 1897 cabinet photo of “Czar Reed”, powerful Speaker of the House of Represenatives
 Revels, Hiram R. (Signature) $395
First African-American US Senator/Member of Congress
 Saltonstall, Leverett (Photograph) $150
Large signed photo of the Massachusetts statesman, also signed by the photographer, Yusuf Karsh’s mentor
 Schenck, Robert C. (Signature) $50
Ohio US Rep 1843-51 & 1863-71, diplomat, Major General in Virginia & Maryland
 Schurz, Carl (Signature) $55
German-born diplomat, Civil War general, Missouri US Senator, Secretary of the Interior (Hayes), journalist
 Schweiker, Richard S. (Letter) $30
Freshman Pennsylvania GOP Senator Schweiker congratulates Democrat Ed Muskie on his 1970 re-election
 Slocum, Henry W. (Signature) $125
2nd youngest Union Major General (Vols), fought at 1st & 2nd Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Tennessee, Atlanta & Carolinas; NY US Rep 1869-73 & 1883-85
 Smith, Marcus Aurelius ("Mark") (Letter) $40
Tombstone prosecutor, one of Arizona’s first two US Senators
 Smith, Margaret Chase (Letter) $35
1967 letter of advice to a constituent seeking a US Capitol job
 Smith, Margaret Chase (Photograph) $65
Wonderful photo of a smiling Senator Smith likely while campaigning for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination
 Sparkman, John (Signed Portrait) $40
1953 signed & inscribed color portrait of the 1952 Democratic VP candidate
 Stokes, William B. (Letter) $95
1864 ALS from the former Congressman, led (Union) 5th Tennessee Cavalry against Confederate guerrillas
 Stoughton, William L. (Signature) $40
Led 11th Michigan Infantry 1861, Army of the Cumberland Brigadier General at Stones River, Chickamauga & Chattanooga, US Rep 1869-73
 Sumner, Charles; Doolittle, James R. (Signed Album Page) $95
Album page signed by two prominent Civil War & Reconstruction era Republican Senators
 Tabor, Horace A. W. (Signature) $350 Special Offer: $295
Signature of “The Silver King”, likely while Colorado US Senator for 2 months

A sterling offer!
 Thomas, J. Parnell (Signed Card) $40
New Jersey Republican congressman, Chaired House on Un-American Activities Committee 1947-49, cited “Hollywood Ten” for contempt of Congress
 Thurmond, J. Strom (Photograph) $55
1948 “Dixiecrat” presidential candidate, served South Carolina in Senate for 47 years
 Tillman, Benjamin R. (Signed Card) $75
“Pitchfork Ben”, South Carolina White supremacist governor & US senator, a founder of Clemson University
 Toombs, Robert (Letter) $235
1856 ALS from Senator Toombs sending his autograph
 Tuck, Amos (Letter ) $125
A New Hampshire founder of the Republican Party, friend of Lincoln
 Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Letter) $35
Senator Vandenberg to Amb. Grew on HR 199, the “Judd Bill”, on immigration and naturalization
 Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Letter) $35
Senator Vandenberg to a noted collector on a missing photograph
 Wade, Benjamin F. (Signed Album Page) $115
Ohio Radical Republican Senator, as Senate President pro tempore, would have become President had the impeached Andrew Johnson been convicted by the Senate
 Wadsworth Jr., James W. (Photograph) $35
Conservative GOP NY US Senator 1915-27, opposed Prohibition & women’s suffrage, US Rep 1933-51
 Walsh, David I. (Signed Card) $25
Massachusetts’ 1st Irish-American & Catholic governor & US senator, chaired Senate Naval Affairs Committee in WW II
 Walthall, Edward C. (Document) $175
Mississippi CSA Major General, post-War US Senator
 Webster, Daniel (Free Franked Panel + Steel Engraving) $195
Senate free franked panel addressed to 1st great US autograph collector
 Webster, Daniel (Letter) $395
1841 LS as Tyler’s Secretary of State regarding passports
 Wheeler, Burton K. (Signed Card) $50
Liberal isolationist Montana US Senator, 1924 Progressive VP candidate
 Wheeler, Burton K. (Photograph) $75
Montana liberal isolationist US Senator, Progressive VP candidate 1924
 Winthrop, Robert C. (Letter) $40
1854 ALS declining to address a library association

Educators
 Bache, Alexander D. (Letter) $250 Special Offer: $225
1838 ALS to trustee Joseph Hopkinson raising problems with Stephen Girard’s will to further aims of Girard College

Where there's a will, there's a way!
 Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Letter) $225 Special Offer: $195
1878 ALS as 10th president of Columbia College (University), Barnard College named for him

A cheaper educational benefit!
 Bond, Horace M. (Letter) $75
1954 TLS as Lincoln University president, sends thanks for gift of letters from Booker T. Washington & Thaddeus Stevens
 Bush, Vannevar (Signature) $110
Led WW II Office of Scientific Research & Development, created 1st analog computer
 Channing, Walter; Bigelow, Jacob; Hayward, George; Webster, John W.; Ware, John (Signatures) $175 Special Offer: $150
Signatures of 5 notable mid-19th century Harvard Medical School professors, 2 associated with sensational 1849 murder case!

Take a bite out of crime!
 Child, Julia (Photograph) $250
The legendary American French chef at work on a flounder in her kitchen!
 Compton, Karl T. (Signature) $40
Member of National Defense Research Committee, MIT President, defended WW II A-Bomb use
 Compton, Karl T. (Photograph) $125
Signed Karsh studio photo of the Princeton & MIT physicist-educator
 Dewey, John (Signed Card) $110
American educational & social reformer, philosopher, psychologist
 Du Ponceau, Peter (Letter) $450 Special Offer: $400
1831 ALS from French-born ethnologist & linguist, student of Native American languages

Take him home for the holidays!
 DuBridge, Lee A. (Photograph) $60
US phyicist, Led MIT Radiation Laboratory, Caltech president 1946-69, presidential science advisor
 Durant, Henry Fowle (Signature) $50
Signature of the 1870 founder of Wellesley College for women
 Eliot, Charles W. (Signature) $35
1904 signature of the dynamic 1869-1909 Harvard President
 Hibben, John Grier (Photograph) $50
Philosopher, Presbyterian minister, succeeded Woodrow Wilson as president of Princeton University
 Hitchcock, Edward (Signature) $75
Geologist, natural theologian, 3rd president of Amherst College 1845-54
 Hoar, George F. (Letter) $25
Senator Hoar refers a woman author to MIT President Walker for assistance
 Howe, Samuel G. (Letter) $195
Noted teacher of the blind seeks ½-price railroad pass for a blind girl
 Low, Seth (Letter) $45
1st President of Columbia University, reformist 2nd Mayor of New York City
 Maclaurin, Richard C. ("Maclaurin of Tech") (Letter) $40 Special Offer: $30
1916 TLS from the dynamic president of MIT to President Howe of Case School of Applied Science

We engineered a lower price!
 Mason, Max (Signature) $35
Mathematician-physicist-educator-inventor, directed construction of Palomar Observatory
 Mills, Susan L. (Letter) $125 Special Offer: $110
Founder of Mills College, 1st women’s college in the far western United States

A more educated deal!
 Morse, Jedediah (Signature) $50
“The Father of American Geography”, minister, teacher, father of inventor-artist Samuel F. B. Morse
 Nott, Eliphalet (AQS) $225
Latin AQS from the Presbyterian minister, president of Union College 1804-66, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1829-45
 Peabody, Elizabeth Parker (Signature) $125
American Transcendentalist, reformer, publisher & educator, opened 1st US kindergarten in 1860
 Quincy, Josiah (Letter) $150 Special Offer: $135
Harvard’s president transmits honorary LLD degree to Supreme Court Justice John McLean

We took the price down a degree!
 Remsen, Ira (Letter) $50
US chemist & educator, co-discovered saccharin, 2nd president of Johns Hopkins University 1901-12
 Rogers, Wm. Barton (Letter) $95 Special Offer: $85
1880 LS as president of the Am. Assn. for the Advancement of Science, by a founder & 1st president of MIT

A scientific breakthrough on price!
 Seelye, Laurenus Clark (Photograph) $75
1904 photograph as (1st) President of Smith College
 Silliman, Benjamin (Letter) $250
American chemist, one of 1st American science professors (at Yale), 1st to distill petroleum, founded, financed & edited “The American Journal of Science” (1818)
 Tuck, Amos (Letter ) $125
A New Hampshire founder of the Republican Party, friend of Lincoln
 Vassar, Matthew (Signature) $195 Special Offer: $175
English-born Poughkeepsie, NY brewer, founded Vassar College 1861

A more educated deal!
 Webster, Noah (Letter) $1350
1838 ALS from the lexicographer and education pioneer, his textbooks taught 5 generations of American children to spell & read
 Wilbur, Ray Lyman (Photograph) $40
Signed photo while Hoover Interior Secretary & Stanford President
 Willard, Emma (Document) $375
Early ADS of the founder of the 1st women’s school of higher education

Espionage
 Dulles, Allen W. (Letter) $175
1959 TLS as CIA Director, appreciates “kind thoughts” of his brother

Explorers & Adventurers
 Barrow, Sir John (Free Franked Panel) $195
A Cape, Town, Point, Strait and Duck named for him!
 Bartlett, Robert A. "Captain Bob" (Letter) $225
1919 ALS to “Who’s Who in America” from the Canadian seafarer and arctic explorer
 Bonneville, Benjamin L. E. (Document) $495
1818 DS signed 3 times as 2nd Lieutenant of Light Artillery, before his explorations in the American west
 Brodie, Steve (Signed Card) $115
Colorful Brooklyn bookmaker, claimed to have survived 1886 Brooklyn Bridge jump
 Buckingham, James Silk (Letter) $90
1839 ALS from the English traveler & author to Prof. Silliman at Yale, agreeing to lecture on Egypt & Palestine
 Byrd, Richard E. (Letter) $250
Byrd thanks Boy Scouts Chief Executive for expression of confidence 2 weeks before start of 1st Antarctic Expedition
 Byrd, Richard E. (Photograph) $295
1927 signed & inscribed sepia photograph in Navy uniform
 Chadwick, Florence (Photograph) $75
Small photo on beach in bathing suit of 1st woman to swim English Channel in both directions
 Fremont, John C. (Signature) $295
Signature as Arizona Territory Governor by the Army officer, western explorer, 1st Republican presidential nominee
 Freuchen, Peter (Photograph) $110
Uncommon signed photo of the Danish Greenland explorer, traveler and author
 Fuchs, Sir Vivian (Photograph) $75
First to cross the Antarctic via the South Pole
 Gibbons, Floyd (Signature) $25
Noted war correspondent & radio news commentator at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle
 Grosvenor, Gilbert H. (Letter) $175
“Father of photojournalism”, edited National Geographic Magazine 1899-1954, Society President 1920-54
 Halliburton, Richard (Signature) $95
1929 card signed by the world traveller, real-life adventurer , and author
 Hedin, Sven (Signed Portrait) $110
Swedish Central Asian explorer, geographer, topographer & author
 Holmes, William H. (Letter) $50
Eminent US anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist & Smithsonian museum director
 Muller, David Heinrich (Photograph) $110 Special Offer: $95
1903 signed photo of the eminent Austrian-Jewish orientalist & semitist

For the bargain oriented!
 Nobile, Umberto (Signed card) $110
Italian airship designer-pilot, North Pole explorer
 Peary, Adm. Robert E (Autograph Statement Signed) $1495
One of the best & most succinct statements on Peary’s conquest of the North Pole available!
 Peary, Adm. Robert E. (Letter) $325
1917 TLS appreciating remembrance of anniversary of his “discovery of the North Pole”
 Peary, Robert E. (Signed Card) $150
Card signed by the Arctic explorer, reputed to be 1st to reach the North Pole in 1909
 Thomas, Lowell (Signed Card) $35
Radio & TV broadcaster, author, traveler, made Lawrence of Arabia famous, brought the world to the American public
 Train, George Francis (Autograph Statement Signed) $135
1876 comment on the American Centennial from the eccentric entrepreneur, noted for trips around the world, the scandalous Credit Mobilier, and 1872 presidential candidacy

First Ladies of the US
 Carter, Rosalynn S. (Document) $65
1959 DS, Carter Warehouse peanut weigher certificate
 Cleveland, Frances (Executive Mansion Card) $150
Executive Mansion Card signed while First Lady
 Cleveland, Frances F. (White House Vignette) $295
Rare signed White House South Portico steel vignette
 Cleveland, Francis F. (Letter) $250
The former First Lady at her alma mater, Wells College
 Coolidge, Grace (White House Card) $125
Signed White House card
 Eisenhower, Mamie (Photograph) $85
Signed Horst P. Horst portrait while First Lady in her 1957 Inaugural gown
 Eisenhower, Mamie D. (Letter) $135
Mamie hopes to visit Abilene and Eisenhower Library, praised by grandson David
 Garfield, Eliza Ballou (Signed card) $95
First presidential mom to see her son inaugurated and to live in the Executive Mansion
 Garfield, Lucretia R. (Check) $395
Signed bank check written a year after President Garfield’s death
 Hayes, Rutherford B. & Lucy W. (Document) $1295
Rare joint DS, the soon-to-be President & First Lady sell Ohio land 2 weeks before his 1876 controversial disputed election
 Hoover, Lou Henry (Letter) $295
4 page post-White House ALS written on a train to family friend Marie Sullivan
 Johnson, Lady Bird (Letter) $195
1965 TLS as First Lady to Mrs. Henry Fowler, proposing Virginia “safari” with Cabinet wives!
 Johnson, Lady Bird (Photograph) $75
Lovely 1968 color photo taken at the LBJ Ranch
 Johnson, Lady Bird (Letter) $95
1984 TLS inviting the Fowlers to a Christmas party at the Virginia Governor’s Mansion
 Johnson, Lady Bird (Letter) $195
1963 TLS to Mrs. Alben Barkley, hopes to be a credit to Lyndon and all of Ameica as First Lady
 Kennedy, Jacqueline (Letter) $695
The First Lady-to-be sends thanks for a book 2 weeks after her son’s birth
 Kennedy, Jacqueline (Letter) $750
1968 TLS to a JFK friend & supporter thanking him for copy of his article, “The Seated Statue of Lincoln”
 Kennedy, Jacqueline (Letter) $795 Special Offer: $750
Sept. 1968 TLS to JFK friend & supporter thanking him for copy of his book, “The Seated Lincoln”

A "special" First Lady!
 Kennedy, Jacqueline (Letter) $1500
1962 White House ALS to the widow of Truman’s “Veep”, Mrs. Alben Barkley, accepting his desk for the White House
 Kennedy, Jacqueline (Letter) $1100
1961 White House TLS to the widow of Truman’s “Veep”, Mrs. Alben Barkley
 Nixon, Pat (Signed Program) $150
Signed program for 1971 launch of US nuclear-powered guided-missle frigate “California”
 Nixon, Pat (Signed Cover) $150
Signed commemorative envelope for 1971 launch of US nuclear-powered guided- missle frigate “California”
 Roosevelt, Edith Kermit (Free Franked Envelope) $110
1933 free-franked, hand-addressed envelope
 Roosevelt, Eleanor (Letter) $495
Mrs. Roosevelt declines to hire a valet at Hyde Park - owing to move to Washington?
 Taft, Helen H. (Free Franked Envelope) $135
Free-franked, hand-addressed envelope postmarked 1939
 Truman, Bess W. (Letter) $225
Nice 1949 White House TLS, to the wife of Canada’s WW II Deputy Minster of Defence, on the Canadian-American relationship
 Truman, Bess W. (Letter) $295
Uncommon ALS from the First Lady to the “Second Lady”, wife of Vice President Alben Barkley
 Truman, Bess W. (Letter) $225
Uncommon TLS from the First Lady to the “Second Lady”, inviting VP & Mrs. Barkley to a concert in honor of French President Auriol
 Truman, Margaret (Letter) $75
1950 ALS from “The First Daughter” to “The Second Lady”, alluding to railroad strike-related travel delay
 Wilson, Edith B. (Letter) $250
1954 ALS to wife of former VP Barkley, sends thanks for the “Veep”’s book and tributes to President Wilson
 Wilson, Edith B. (Letter) $250
1956 ALS from the former First Lady to the widow of former VP Alben Barkley, lovely letter of sympathy on his death

Framers of the US Constitution
 Clymer, George (Autograph Document Signed) $595
1794 ADS, retained copy of a land transaction signed by Clymer in the body
 King, Rufus (Letter) $550
Massachusetts Framer, New York senator, Federalist vp & presidential candidate, diplomat
 Madison, James (Autographed Note Signed) $1850
1821 ANS praising a work on international law by the Supreme Court’s Reporter of Decisions
 McHenry, James (Letter) $650
1799 LS as 3rd Secretary of War
 McHenry, James (Letter) $650
1797 LS as Secretary of War to fellow Constitution Framer Jonathan Dayton, the Speaker of the House
 Mifflin, Thomas (Document) $595
Promissory note dated 3-½ weeks before opening of the Federal Constitutional Convention
 Morris, Robert (Document) $795
1795 $3,000 3-year promissory note to his partner - also later jailed for debt

Inventors
 Bell, Alexander Graham (Letter) $1650
Bell sends an autograph to an American collector
 Bessemer, Sir Henry (Letter) $225
English inventor best known for revolutionizing steel manufacture
 Black, Alexander (Letter) $125 Special Offer: $110
Inventor of the “picture play”, made President Grover Cleveland a “film star”!

A nice gift for the film industry "buff"!
 Coolidge, William D. (Signature) $75
Inventor of the “Coolidge Tube”, made medical x-rays safe and convenient
 Goldmark, Peter C. (Photograph) $125
Developed color television, 33-1/3 LP record, electronic videotape recording, etc.
 Hammond Jr., John Hays (Signature) $50
“The Father of Radio Control”
 Henry, Joseph (Document) $275
1873 letter as Smithsonian Secretary introducing Vermont Senator Edmunds
 Higinbotham, William A. (Signed Typescript) $150 Special Offer: $125
Created the first computer game, a precursor to “Pong”, in 1958!

We "pinged" the price re "Pong"!
 Maxim, Hudson (Signature) $150
Inventor of smokeless gunpowder
 Maxim, Hudson (Photograph) $115
1924 signed photo of the inventor of smokeless gunpowder
 Nott, Eliphalet (AQS) $225
Latin AQS from the Presbyterian minister, president of Union College 1804-66, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1829-45

Journalism
 Batchelor, Clarence D. (Signed Print) $75
Signed print of his 1937 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoon
 Booker, Simeon (Letter) $110
Good content 1958 letter on JFK from the “Jackie Robinson of journalism”
 Buchanan, Pat (Letter) $25
Arch-conservative journalist, White House aide, sought 1992 & 1996 GOP Presidential nominations, 2000 Reform Party nominee
 Cobb, Irvin S. (Photograph) $135
Colorful Kentucky-born journalist, author & humorist, wrote for and appeared in films
 Cobb, Irvin S. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $35
Colorful Kentucky-born journalist, author, humorist, wrote for, and appeared in, several films
 Curtis, George William (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
1870 sentiment signed by the influential author, editor, reformer, and opinion-maker
 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
 Dana, Charles A. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
1886 Autograph Sentiment Signed while influential “New York Sun” owner-editor
 Gannett, Frank E. (Photograph) $110
Media mogul, founded Gannett Corporation
 Gannett, Frank E. (Autographed Sentiment Signed) $50
1944 card signed by the media mogul, founded Gannett Corporation
 Gibbons, Floyd (Signature) $25
Noted war correspondent & radio news commentator at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle
 Ginzburg, Ralph (Letter) $110
Controversial editor, publisher, photo-journalist, convicted in 1963 for violating federal obscenity laws
 Godey, Louis A. (Document) $115
1853 10-month $360 promissory note signed twice by the “Godey’s Lady’s Book” founder-editor-publisher
 Grosvenor, Gilbert H. (Letter) $175
“Father of photojournalism”, edited National Geographic Magazine 1899-1954, Society President 1920-54
 Guest, Edgar A. (Letter) $35
Michigan’s popular “People’s Poet” declines a public appearance
 Jones, George & Raymond, Henry A. (Signatures) $75
Signatures of the 1851 founders of “The Gray Lady”, The New York Times
 Lewis Jr., Fulton (Photograph) $35
Influential conservative radio commentator 1936-66
 Lloyd, Henry Demarest (Letter) $110 Special Offer: $90
1900 TLS to editor Hamilton Holt on labor-management disputes and the International Permanent Court of Arbitration

We labored over a lower price!
 Locke, John Ross ("Petroleum V. Nasby") (Signed Photograph) $150
Sarony carte-de-visite photo of Locke signed as Nasby with note on verso
 Luce, Henry R. (Letter) $195 Special Offer: $175
ALS from the communications empire founder to the wife of Yale’s president

A notable LIFE, a man of his TIME!
 Manning, Daniel (Letter) $45
1873 ALS of future Cleveland Treasury Secretary as newspaper editor to Democratic Party historian, interesting NY political content
 McCormick, Col. Robert R. (Signed card) $35
Ultra-conservative 1914-55 Chicago Tribune editor-publisher
 Medill, Joseph (Signature) $110
Signature of the great Chicago newspaperman, Republican stalwart, 23rd Mayor of Chicago
 Mencken, H. L. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $90
Frameable card signed by “The Sage of Baltimore”
 Mencken, H. L. (Signed Envelope) $110
1946 envelope signed by the “Sage of Baltimore”
 Nye, Edgar W. "Bill" (Photograph) $75
Cabinet photograph signed by a major American humorist of the 2nd half of the 19th century
 Ochs, Adolph S. (Signature) $95
Progressive “New York Times” owner-publisher 1896-1935, crusaded against anti-semitism in American press
 Pearson, Drew (Letter) $50
1953 TLS on his 192-station taped radio network, sent to a Pennsylvania physician fan
 Raymond, Henry J. (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $50
1861 autograph sentiment signed by the 1851 co-founder of The New York Times, a founder of the Republican Party, biographer of Lincoln
 Reid, Whitelaw (Signed Album Page) $40
Signed 1893 album page with unsigned Sarony cabinet photo
 Reid, Whitelaw (Letter) $60
1879 ALS as New York Tribune editor
 Reith, John Charles W., 1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven (Letter) $110
“Father” of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), Member of Churchill’s War Cabinet
 Swope, Herbert Bayard (Photograph) $40
3-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, 1st to employ the “op-ed”, coined term “Cold War”
 Thomas, Lowell (Signed Card) $35
Radio & TV broadcaster, author, traveler, made Lawrence of Arabia famous, brought the world to the American public
 Van Loon, Hendrik (ANS) $95
1943 ANS on letterhead of the Dutch-American historian, journalist and author
 Watterson, Henry (Letter) $30
Influential Kentucky editor, 1918 Pulitzer Prize recipient for editorials
 White, William Allen (Signed Card) $40
1943 card signed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Sage of Emporia”
 White, William Allen (Photograph) $75
Signed photo of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Sage of Emporia”

Labor Leaders
 Abel, I. W. (Letter) $35
TLS as Steelworkers Secretary-Treasurer, 2 weeks before certification of his election as Union President
 Foster, William Z. (Signed Card) $110
Led US Communist Party 1921-56, Party 1924, 1928 & 1932 US presidential candidate
 Gompers, Samuel (Document) $235
Gompers & two others certified as AFL delegates to 1919 International Federation of Trade Unions Conference in Amxsterdam
 Gompers, Samuel (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $225
Nice autograph sentiment signed by one of America's greatest labor leaders
 Green, William (Photograph) $110
Photo signed by the 2nd President of the American Federation of Labor (1924-52)
 Green, William F. (Signed Card) $50
(2nd) President of the American Federation of Labor 1924-52
 Lewis, John L. (Signed Card) $50
Controversial 1920-60 Mine Workers president, a founder of the CIO, took the UMWA into the AFL in 1944
 Meany, George (Photograph) $65 Special Offer: $50
Signed Bachrach studio photograph of the powerful labor leader

No laboring over this special!
 Murray, Philip (Signature) $50
1st President of the United Steelworkers, 2nd CIO President 1940-52

Law & US Supreme Court
 Arnold, Thurman (Photograph) $30
Member of FDR’s “Brain Trust”, co-founder of notable DC law firm Arnold (Fortas) & Porter
 Baker, Newton D. (Letter) $50
1927 TLS to notable collector Rev. Cornelius Greenway, unable to accept his invitation
 Baker, Newton D. (Photograph) $75
Signed photo while on the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague
 Bell, Griffin B. (Photograph) $35
Eminent Georgia lawyer & federal judge, US Attorney General 1976-79
 Black, Hugo L. (Signed Card) $50
Alabama progressive “New Deal” Senator, influential activist on the Court 1937-71
 Blackmun, Harry A. (ANS on SCOTUS Card) $110
Authored Court’s controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion
 Blackmun, Harry A. (Signed Court card) $95
1978 Court notecard signed by the author of the Court’s controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion
 Brandeis, Louis D. (Letter) $495
Justice Brandeis cites a pioneer company’s attempt at workplace democracy
 Brennan Jr., William J. (Letter) $150
1961 TLS to noted penologist, head of Federal Prison Industries, Inc., 1st Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons
 Brewer, David J. (Signed Card) $125
1894 card signed as Justice by the nephew of Stephen J. Field, his Court colleagu
 Breyer, Stephen G. (Signed Program) $65
In-person signed 2000 Supreme Court Historical Society Annual Meeting program
 Brown, Henry B. (Letter) $250
Justice Brown hails address by Connecticut jurist & Yale Law professor Simeon Baldwin
 Brown, Henry B. (Signed Card) $150
1895 card signed by the author of the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson opinion legalizing segregated public transportation
 Burger, Warren E. (Signed Card) $95
Signed 1978 Alibi Club placecard as Chief Justice
 Burton, Harold H. (Letter) $110
Justice Burton thanks a friend’s daughters for 73rd birthday wishes
 Burton, Harold H. (Letter) $135
1959 Justice Burton ALS thanking friends for birthday greetings
 Burton, Harold H. (Signed Court card) $75
1951 autograph sentiment on engraved Court notecard
 Burton, Harold H. (Letter) $175
1956 ALS to Mrs. Alben Barkley, lovely letter of sympathy on his death
 Butler, Benjamin F. (Letter) $150
The former Cabinet member and Van Buren’s law partner, sends his autograph from court, apologizing for a neglecting an earlier request
 Butler, Pierce (Signature) $65
1923 signature of one of the Anti-New Deal “Four Horsemen”
 Butler, Pierce (Signed Court card) $125
1937 Court notecard signed by one of the conservative Anti-New Deal “Four Horsemen”
 Byrnes, James F. (Signed Card) $40
Card Signed by the South Carolina statesman, US Supreme Court Justice & Secretary of State
 Byrnes, James F. (Signed Court card) $150
Scarce engraved Supreme Court notecard, on Court only 15 months (1941-42)!
 Campbell, John A. (Signature) $425
Scarce signature as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
 Campbell, John A. (Letter) $1500
1865 letter of reference for his jailer from imprisoned former Justice & CSA official
 Carson of Duncairn, Baron (Photograph) $295 Special Offer: $250
Famed barrister in Oscar Wilde libel suit, Irish & Ulster Unionist leader, foe of Irish Home Rule

A tip o' the hat, a lowering of the price!
 Chase, Salmon P. (Signed Portrait) $350
Signed portrait, image similar to that on the US $10,000 bill
 Chase, Salmon P. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $250
1864 autograph while Chief Justice of the United States
 Choate, Joseph H. (Letter) $75
Renowned attorney Choate nominates a lawyer for membership in the New York Bar Association
 Choate, Rufus & Shaw, Lemuel (Document) $150
1833 legal document signed by two Massachusetts legal giants
 Christopher, Warren M. (Photograph) $45
Signed photo of the lawyer-statesman, 63rd US Secretary of State
 Clark, Tom C. (Photograph) $95
Nicely Inscribed 1945 Photo as Attorney General
 Clark, Tom C. (Letter) $95
1955 ALS on Court notecard to Mrs. Alben Barkley
 Clark, Tom C. (First Day Cover) $50
1968 First Day Cover signed by President Truman's "biggest mistake"
 Clifford, Clark M. (Photograph) $40
Washington “supelawyer”, presidential advisor, LBJ Defense Secretary
 Cranch, William (ANS) $395 Special Offer: $350
2nd Supreme Court Reporter, administered oaths of office to Presidents Tyler & Fillmore while District of Columbia Chief Judge

We took an oath to reduce the price!
 Crowder, Enoch H. (Photograph) $95
US Army Judge Advocate General 1911-23, as Provost Marshal, implemented & administered WW I military conscription
 Curtis, Benjamin R. (Letter) $350
Former Justice Curtis offers a colleague his views on which Justice should hear a client’s case
 Cushing, Caleb (Letter) $95
1866 ALS to powerful New York Republican boss Roscoe Conkling
 Davis, David (Letter) $375
ALS from one Lincoln friend likely to another
 Day, William R. (Document) $50
1873 MsDS as Stark County, Ohio Justice of the Peace, later US Secretary of State & Supreme Court Associate Justice
 Day, William R. (Check) $75
1899 check while federal appellate court judge, joined Supreme Court in 1903
 Douglas, William O. (Signed Inaugural Cover) $110
Signed 1973 Nixon 2nd Inaugural cover
 Douglas, William O. (Signed Card) $50
1943 card signed while Associate Justice
 Douglas, William O. (Letter) $135
Justice Douglas permits a professor to quote from a notable 1943 speech
 Douglas, William O. (Signed Portrait) $135
Signed heavy paper portrait issued while on the Court
 Duvall, Gabriel (Signature) $110
Clipped signature as (1st) US Treasury Comptroller, served on Marshall Court 1812-35
 Ellsworth, Oliver (Document) $395
Lengthy 1784 ADS as Associate Justice of Connecticut, summons for the Sheriff of New Haven County
 Ellsworth, Oliver (Document) $495
Scarce 1797 MsDS while Chief Justice, paying $1,000 to Connecticut Federalist Senator Goodrich
 Field, Stephen J. (Signed Card) $125
Card signed as Retired Associate Justice (1897-99)
 Field, Stephen J. (Photograph) $495
Carte-de-visite photograph signed by Field in 1865 wWhile Associate Justice
 Fortas, Abe (Signed Court card) $150
Uncommon signed Court Chambers Card
 Frankfurter, Felix (Signed Court card) $195
Uncommon engraved Court notecard signed by the conservative 3rd “Jewish Justice”
 Fuller, Melville W. (Letter) $295
The Chief Justice salutes “The Lovers Year Book” and its creator
 Fuller, Melville W. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
Autograph sentiment signed on verso of his calling card as Chief Justice
 Fuller, Melville W. (Signed Card) $125
Autograph Sentiment Signed likely while Chief Justice
 Ginzburg, Ralph (Letter) $110
Controversial editor, publisher, photo-journalist, convicted in 1963 for violating federal obscenity laws
 Goldberg, Arthur J. (Photograph) $150
Signed & inscribed photograph of the statesman & jurist
 Goldberg, Arthur J. (First Day Cover) $95
Signed 1968 First Day Cover
 Goldberg, Arthur J. (Letter) $195
1970 TLS after losing New York gubernatorial election, to Senator Muskie, thanking him for campaign help
 Gray, Horace (Signed Card) $95
Card signed by the 1st Justice to hire a law clerk – paid from his own pocket!
 Harlan, John M. (Signed Court card) $75
Signed engraved Court notecard
 Harlan, John M. (First Day Cover) $75
Signed First Day Cover while Associate Justice
 Herndon, William H. (Document) $1495
1853 legal ADS “Lincoln & Herndon” in hand of Lincoln’s law partner, friend and biographer
 Hoar, Ebenezer R. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
Autograph Sentiment Signed by Grant’s 1st Attorney General, 1st to head the Department of Justice
 Holmes Jr, Oliver Wendell (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $350
Frameable 1933 Autograph Sentiment Signed by the eminent jurist
 Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell (ANS) $395
ANS as Justice on upoming 87th birthday, written day he would die 7 years later
 Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell (Letter) $350
Frameable 1929 ALS of the eminent jurist regarding his father's autograph
 Hoover, J. Edgar (Letter) $135
1956 letter as FBI Director expressing sympathy to widow of prominent labor leader
 Hughes, Charles E. (Letter) $75
Ex-Secretary of State Hughes to his former Under Secretary, Joseph C. Grew
 Hughes, Charles Evans (Signed Court card) $150
Supreme Court notecard signed while Chief Justice
 Jackson, Howell E. (Signature) $295
Signature of one of the scarcer Associate Justices!
 Jackson, Robert H. (Letter) $350
Good content 1937 TLS as Asst. Attorney General to TVA lawyer (future Treasury Secretary) Henry Fowler celebrating US district court’s upholding constitutionality of the Public Utility Holding Company Act and SEC authority
 Johnson, Reverdy (Letter) $125
Maryland lawyer, US Senator & Attorney General, represented Dred Scott’s Owner and Mary Surratt
 Johnson, Thomas (Document) $2495
1788 ADS of the 1st Maryland Governor 1777-79, US Supreme Court Associate Justice 1791-93 (shortest tenure to date), wrote Court’s 1st opinion
 Kennedy, Anthony M. (Signed Ticket) $60
In-person 2003 Court lecture ticket signed while Associate Justice
 Kenyon, Dorothy (Letter) $40
Controversial feminist lawyer-jurist-diplomat
 Kunstler, William M. (Signed Portrait) $50
Controversial radical lawyer, civil rights activist
 Lamar, Joseph R. (Signed Calling Card) $595
A very scarce Associate Justice autograph!
 Lincoln, Abraham (Document) $5750
Ca. 1844-47 draft bill in chancery, 261 words in Lincoln’s hand authenticated by Springfield law partner Wm. Herndon
 Marshall, Thurgood (Signed Court card) $285
Engraved Court notecard signed by the 1st African-American Associate Justice
 Marshall, Thurgood (First Day Cover) $250
Signed 1967 John F. Kennedy sStamp First Day Cover
 McLean, John (Letter) $475
Justice McLean 1840 draft ALS to Harvard President Josiah Quincy accepting an honorary degree
 McLean, John (Letter) $395
Justice McLean, Cincinnati landlord, remits rents
 McReynolds, James C. (Signed Court card) $150
Engraved Court notecard signed by one of the FDR era Court’s staunchest conservatives and most detestable bigots
 Miller, Nathan L. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $20
New York lawyer for Carnegie and US Steel, 43rd Governor of New York 1921-22
 Miller, William H. H. (Letter) $75
1891 TLS from President Harrison’s Attorney General on pension fraud prosecution
 Minton, Sherman (Signed Court card) $65
Uncommon signed Court notecard
 Moody, William H. (Letter) $175
1902 TLS as TR’s Navy Secretary, Supreme Court Justice 1906-10
 Murphy, Frank (Signed Card) $110
Went from Detroit to Manila to Lansing to the Justice Department to the Supreme Court 1933-1940!
 Murphy, Frank (Letter) $195
1948 TLS as Associate Justice – served in Detroit, Manila, Lansing, Justice Department, then to the Supreme Court from 1933-1940!
 Murphy, Frank (Signed Court card) $110
Uncommon signed Court notecard
 Nelson, Samuel (Letter) $335
Justice Nelson declines a Congressional banquet invitation to celebrate Washington’s birthday
 OConnor, Sandra Day (Signed TIME Cover) $175
July 21, 1981 TIME cover hailng her historic appointment, signed by Justice O’Connor
 Pickering, John (Document (Partial)) $150
New Hampshire State & Federal jurist, 1st Federal official impeached and removed from office
 Pound, Roscoe (Letter) $40
Renowned legal scholar, Harvard Law School dean 1916-36
 Powell Jr., Lewis F. (Signed Inaugural Cover) $95
Signed 1973 Nixon Inaugural cover
 Quincy, Josiah (Letter) $150 Special Offer: $135
Harvard’s president transmits honorary LLD degree to Supreme Court Justice John McLean

We took the price down a degree!
 Reed, Stanley (Signed Card) $35
Card signed most likely while Associate Justice
 Reed, Stanley (Signed Court card) $50
Signed Engraved Court Card
 Reed, Stanley F. (SCOTUS card) $45
Signed engraved Supreme Court notecard
 Reed, Stanley; Clark, Tom; Whittaker, Charles; Goldberg, Arthur; Fortas, Abe (First Day Cover) $125
1962 Charles Evans Hughes stamp FDC signed by 5 Associate Justices
 Rehnquist, William H. (First Day Cover) $110
Signed 1978 Holmes stamp First Day Cover
 Roberts, Owen J. (Signed Card) $50
FDR appointee, wrote 1936 opinion striking down a major New Deal program
 Rowe, James H. (Letter) $30
Humorous 1970 TLS to former LBJ Treasury Secretary Fowler from the former FDR aide, New Dealer, presidential advisor
 Rutledge, Wiley B. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
1943 card inscribed and signed by FDR’s last Supreme Court appointment
 Sanford, Edward T. (Signed Court card) $250
Rare 1929 signed Court notecard!
 Scalia, Antonin (Letter) $295
Justice Scalia declines to have his 1994 remarks at a law school Included in the New York Bar Journal
 Scalia, Antonin (Signed Booklet) $250
Printed pocket copy of the US Constitution, 1988 Bicentennial Edition, signed by Justice Scalia
 Shiras Jr., George (Signed Card) $150
Only Justice with no background in political, governmental, or judicial service!
 Stevens, John Paul (Signed Court card) $60
Engraved Court notecard signed by the 3rd longest serving Justice in Court history
 Stewart, Potter (First Day Cover) $95
FDC signed as Associate Justice by the Warren & Burger Court “centrist”
 Stone, Harlan F. (Photograph) $275
Signed Harris & Ewing official portrait dated while Associate Justice
 Stone, Harlan F. (Signed Card) $50
Card likely signed while Chief Justice
 Strong, William (Signed Card) $150
Card Signed as Associate Justice
 Supreme Court of the United States 1968-69 (First Day Cover) $1495
1968 Oliver W. Holmes Jr. stamp FDC signed by the 9 members of the last “Warren Court”
 Supreme Court of the United States 1949-53 (Photograph) $2995
Large signed official Bachrach photo of the 1949-53 Vinson Court
 Supreme Court of the United States 1965-67 (Signed Court card) $1495
Engraved Supreme Court notecard signed by the entire 1965-67 “Warren Court”
 Supreme Court of the United States 1975-81 (Photograph) $2250
Signed color informal photo of the Court featured on January 1977 Smithsonian Magazine cover
 Taft, William H. (Signed Card) $275
Nice signed card with photo portrait for framing
 Taft, William H. (Letter) $450
Chief Justice Taft forwards a threatening letter to the Justice Department!
 Taft, William H. (Letter) $350
President Taft tells a federal judge, a life-long friend, he expects to reappoint a US Marshal “on principle”
 Taney, Roger B. (Letter) $275
1834 ALS 3 weeks after leaving Treasury Department
 Taney, Roger B. (Document) $295
Early ADS of the future 5th Chief Justice as Frederick, Maryland lawyer
 Thompson, Smith; Kent, James; Spencer, Ambrose; Van Ness, Wm. W. (Document) $175
1809 New York State Supreme Court opinion on reasonable compensation for Court reporter
 Van Devanter, Willis (Signed Calling Card) $125
Philosophical leader of the conservative “Four Horsemen” of the New Deal Court
 Vinson, Fred M. (First Day Cover) $125
1950 Court-related First Day Cover signed by the 13th US Chief Justice
 Vinson, Fred M. (Signed Program) $135
In-person signature on 1953 Washington dinner program
 Warren, Earl (Letter) $250
The Chief Justice sends an autograph at a Congressman’s behest
 Warren, Earl (Letter) $195
California Governor Warren expresses thanks after 2nd reelection victory
 White Jr., Edward D. (Document) $350
1914 DS as Chief Justice temporarily detailing a Cincinnati US District Court judge to New York City’s US District Court
 White, Byron R. (Signed Court card) $85
Engraved Court notecard signed by the College Football Hall of Famer & 1938 NFL leading rusher!
 White, Edward D. (Signed Calling Card) $195
Calling card signed as Associate Justice, 2nd elevated to Chief Justice
 Williams, Edward Bennett (Letter) $40
Legendary Washington super-lawyer /insider, owned Baltimore Orioles & Washington Redskins
 Wilson, James (Document) $1495
1795 MsDS while Associate Justice, hiring real estate agents
 Woodbury, Levi (Letter) $395
Rare Court-related ALS while Associate Justice, offering to present an opinion in Newport
 Woodbury, Levi (Letter) $125
1837 ALS while Treasury Secretary, sends his and Andrew Jackson’s autograph to a major early collector

Law-Law Enforcement
 Burns, William J. (Photograph) $175
1921 signed photo of the famed detective while head of US Bureau of Investigation, FBI forerunner
 Channing, Walter; Bigelow, Jacob; Hayward, George; Webster, John W.; Ware, John (Signatures) $175 Special Offer: $150
Signatures of 5 notable mid-19th century Harvard Medical School professors, 2 associated with sensational 1849 murder case!

Take a bite out of crime!
 Jerome, William Travers (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
Anti-corruption NYC DA 1902-09, prosecuted Harry Thaw for Stanford White murder; cousin of Winston Churchill
 Johnson, Wm. E. "Pussyfoot" (Photograph) $40
Prohibition advocate, US law enforcement officer in Indian Territory & Oklahoma
 McDonald, Maurice "Nick" (Letter) $150
Good content 1967 TLS from the Dallas Police officer who arrested Lee Harvey Oswald after President Kennedy’s assassination
 Pinkerton, William A. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $125
Led Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency 1884-1923

Literature
 Alger Jr., Horatio (Autograph sentiment signed) $195
Children’s fiction author of hugely popular “rags to riches” stories
 Anderson, Maxwell (Document) $195 Special Offer: $175
1945 license for radio broadcast of his play "Elizabeth the Queen"

A price break in honor of a wonderful writer!
 Angell, Sir (Ralph) Norman (Letter) $75 Special Offer: $65
English 1933 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, believed European economic integration would make militarism obsolete

A "special" for a man ahead of his time
 Arthur, T(imothy). S(hay). (Signature) $75
Popular mid-19th century author, most famous for 1854 temperance novel, “Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There”
 Bancroft, George (Letter) $95
1840 ALS while Boston Collector of Customs by the historian, diplomat, future Navy Secretary, and founder of the US Naval Academy
 Barton, Bruce F. (ANS) $35
Successful advertising executive and author, GOP congressional foe of FDR (“Martin, Barton, and Fish”)
 Baum, Vicki (Photograph) $95 Special Offer: $80
Austrian-Jewish writer, her novel became Oscar-winning film “Grand Hotel”

A less "grand" price!
 Beard, Daniel Carter (Signed Portrait) $95
1905 founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone, merged with the Boy Scouts of America at its 1910 founding
 Benchley, Robert (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $60
Vanity Fair and New Yorker humorist, a founder of the Algonquin Round Table, MGM and Paramount screenwriter & actor
 Besant, Sir Walter (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $30
Autograph Sentiment Signed by the 19th century English novelist & historian
 Billings, Josh (Henry W. Shaw) (AQS & Signed Card) $175
Nice AQS & signed card from America’s 2nd most famous humorist of 2nd half of the 19th century
 Brady, Cyrus Townsend (Autograph Sentiment Signed + Quotation) $50
1901 AQS from a novel by the naval biographer & writer of historical fiction
 Brady, Cyrus Townsend (Photograph) $45
Signed photo of the naval biographer & historical novelist
 Bryant, William Cullen (Letter) $295
1847 ALS to an aunt from the popular 19th century American poet & editor
 Bryant, William Cullen (Letter) $295
1840 ALS thanking poetry anthologist Rufus W. Griswold for use of books in his library of American poets
 Buck, Pearl S. (Letter) $150
1965 TLS from the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature awardee, 1st US woman laureate
 Buckingham, James Silk (Letter) $90
1839 ALS from the English traveler & author to Prof. Silliman at Yale, agreeing to lecture on Egypt & Palestine
 Burgess, Thornton W. (AQS) $225 Special Offer: $200
Children's author Thornton Burgess AQS from “Peter Rabbitt”

We "write" off a bit for this children's favorite
 Cain, James M. (Letter) $395 Special Offer: $350
1947 TLS from “hard-boiled” crime ficton novelist

A less hard-boiled price!
 Carnegie, Dale (Signed Card) $125
Legendary speaker, writer and teacher of salesmanship & self-improvement
 Carson of Duncairn, Baron (Photograph) $295 Special Offer: $250
Famed barrister in Oscar Wilde libel suit, Irish & Ulster Unionist leader, foe of Irish Home Rule

A tip o' the hat, a lowering of the price!
 Child, Lydia Maria (Endorsed Check) $125
1871 publisher’s check endorsed by the abolitionist, women’s & Indian rights activist, poet and author
 Claudel, Paul (Photograph) $295 Special Offer: $250
Signed photo of the deeply spiritual French poet, dramatist & diplomat

Your prayers have been answered!
 Clemens (Mark Twain), Samuel L. (Letter) $2995
Twain to his English publisher, approving Italian translations but nothing before “The Gilded Age”
 Clemens, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain") (Check) $2250 Special Offer: $2100
1900 personal check from America’s best-known writer & humorist !

"Check" out Mark Twain!
 Cobb, Irvin S. (Photograph) $135
Colorful Kentucky-born journalist, author & humorist, wrote for and appeared in films
 Cobb, Irvin S. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $35
Colorful Kentucky-born journalist, author, humorist, wrote for, and appeared in, several films
 Cooper, James Fenimore (Check) $275
Signed 1842 Otsego County Bank check
 Coward, Sir Noel (Letter) $325
1933 TLS to friend, writer-historian Philip Guedalla
 Crane, Hart (Signed Envelope) $1250
Rare holograph 1924 envelope addressed to mother “Grace Hart Crane”, also signed “Crane” with return address
 Cronin, A(rchibald). J(oseph). (Document) $40
New York bank signature card signed by the popular Scottish physician-novelist
 Curtis, George William (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
1870 sentiment signed by the influential author, editor, reformer, and opinion-maker
 Dixon, Thomas A. (Letter) $90
Segregationist playwright, lecturer, author, his 1905 “The Clansman” became 1915 silent film classic “The Birth of a Nation”
 Dobie, J. Frank (ANS) $150
1964 note signed by the Texas folklorist on recording promotional flyer
 Douglas, Lloyd C. (Photograph) $60
American minister, authored popular novels “Magnificent Obsession”, “The Robe”, “The Big Fisherman”, successful films
 Du Ponceau, Peter (Letter) $450 Special Offer: $400
1831 ALS from French-born ethnologist & linguist, student of Native American languages

Take him home for the holidays!
 Eberhart, Mignon G. (First Day Cover) $25
Edith Wharton stamp First Day Cover signed by “America's Agatha Christie”
 Edgeworth, Maria (Autograph Manuscript Signed) $495
Manuscript page from her 1834 novel “Helen” by the late 18th-early 19th century popular Irish novelist
 Eliot, George (Signature) $250
One of Victorian England's greatest novelists, one of world's foremost women writers
 Fast, Howard (Photograph) $40
Jailed & blacklisted Communist, best known for novels “Citizen Tom Paine” & “Spartacus”
 Frost, Robert (Letter) $1250
1916 ALS from the great American poet, champion of New England life
 Gardner, Erle Stanley (Photograph) $150
Creator of the great fictional crime-solving lawyer, Perry Mason
 Garland, (Hannibal) Hamlin (Photograph) $115
Wrote of midwestern farm life, 1922 Pulitzer Prize winner
 Gilder, Richard Watson (Letter) $195
1895 ALS as Chairman to NY Governor Levi Morton on Report of the Tenement House Committee
 Ginzburg, Ralph (Letter) $110
Controversial editor, publisher, photo-journalist, convicted in 1963 for violating federal obscenity laws
 Grass, Gunter (Photograph) $115
1999 German Nobel Laureate best known for 1959 “The Tin Drum”
 Guest, Edgar A. (Letter) $35
Michigan’s popular “People’s Poet” declines a public appearance
 Guest, Edgar A. (Letter) $35
Michigan’s only Poet Lauerate offers advice on getting Henry Ford’s autograph!
 Gurney, A. R. (Letter) $50
Author-playwright Gurney encourages another author-playwright on his plot
 Guthrie Jr., A. B. (Photograph) $90
Pulitzer Prize-winning Western novelist, wrote Oscar-nominated script for 1953 film “Shane”
 Halliburton, Richard (Signature) $95
1929 card signed by the world traveller, real-life adventurer , and author
 Harrison, Mrs. Burton (Constance Cary) (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $40
Prolific southern-born author & socialite, one of “Cary Invincibles” who sewed 1st CSA battle flags 1861
 Hay, John M. (Letter) $250
Undated ALS to an author praising a work in progress, would like to read last chapter
 Holland, Josiah G. (Signature) $40
Editor, novelist & poet, authored Christmas hymn "There’s a Song in the Air"
 Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell (Letter) $185
Brief 1861 ALS sending his autograph
 Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell (Letter) $225
Lovely 1891 ALS thanking female fans (“The Teacups”) for gifts
 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) $85
“The Dean of American Letters”
 Howells, William Dean (Photograph) $350
Boston studio cabinet photograph signed by “the Dean of American Letters”
 Kaufman, George S. (Autographed Note Signed) $150
Brief ANS mentioning Sinclair Lewis
 Kaufman, George S. (Typed Note Signed) $175
Characteristically odd 1935 TNS from the Algonquin Round Table member to an actor friend seeking a part
 Keyes, Frances Parkinson (Letter) $75
1955 ALS to Mrs. Alben Barkley from the author, widow of a US Senator, wrote novels & non-fiction based notably in Washington and South Louisiana
 Knoblock, Edward (Letter) $50
British playwright & screenwriter, good content on his 1931 musical play “Grand Hotel”
 Koestler, Arthur (Photograph) $375 Special Offer: $325
Hungarian-English-Jewish author, best known for 1941 “Darkness at Noon”

A somewhat lighter price!
 Kosinski, Jerzy (Signed Program) $85
In-person 1988 program signed by the Polish-Jewish-born novelist, screenwriter & actor
 Locke, John Ross ("Petroleum V. Nasby") (Signed Photograph) $150
Sarony carte-de-visite photo of Locke signed as Nasby with note on verso
 London, Jack (Letter) $1150
London refers a fellow Socialist editor to his rather capitalist European agent
 Luce, Clare Boothe (Signed Card) $35
Card signed by the playwright, author, journalist, conservative congresswoman, diplomat
 Luhan, Mabel Dodge (Signature) $150
Rare autograph of the wealthy patron associated with the Taos Art Colony; author
 Lummis, Charles F. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $125
Author, New Mexico Native American activist, Los Angeles editor, librarian & presevationist
 Mailer, Norman (Letter) $175
1971 letter thanking children for drawings
 Malraux, Andre (First Day Cover) $110 Special Offer: $95
1964 US JFK Memorial stamp First Day Cover signed by the eminent French author & statesman

We took a "oui" bit off the price!
 Markham, Edwin (Signed Card) $40
Card signed by the popular poet, wrote “The Man With the Hoe” & “Lincoln, the Man of the People”, latter read by him at 1922 opening of the Lincoln Memorial
 Marsh, Dame Ngaio (First Day Cover) $50
New Zealand-born author, One of 4 original “Queens of Crime”
 Maurois, André (Photograph) $150
Handsome signed photograph of the eminent French author
 Mencken, H. L. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $90
Frameable card signed by “The Sage of Baltimore”
 Mencken, H. L. (Signed Envelope) $110
1946 envelope signed by the “Sage of Baltimore”
 Metalious, Grace (Letter) $275 Special Offer: $225
Wrote mid-1950’s controversial best-seller “Peyton Place”, died at age 39

A scandalously lower price!
 Miles, Josephine (Signed typescript) $30
Signed typescript of “Lucifer Alone” by the eminent Berkeley poet & critic
 Miller, Joaquin (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $60
1878 card signed by “The Poet of the Sierras” & “The Byron of the Rockies”
 Mitchell, Donald G. (Signature) $40
Popular 19th century American writer under pseudonym “Ik Marvel”
 Mitchell, Donald G. (Photograph) $95
Popular 19th century American writer under pseudonym “Ik Marvel”
 Mitchell, Silas Weir (ANS) $125
Prominent Philadelphia neurologist & notable historical novelist
 Morley, Christopher (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
A founder of “The Baker Street Irregulars” (for Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts), author and editor
 Nash, Ogden (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $60
Master of comic verse, witty & unconventional rhymes
 Nathan, George Jean (Letter) $50
Eminent drama critic, co-founded “The American Mercury” & co-edited “The Smart Set” with Mencken, a founder & editor of “The American Spectator”
 Nye, Edgar W. "Bill" (Photograph) $75
Cabinet photograph signed by a major American humorist of the 2nd half of the 19th century
 Oe, Kenzaburo (Signature) $75 Special Offer: $65
Japanese novelist, awarded 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature

We "sensei" a better price!
 Paulding, James K. (Letter) $60
1838 ALS of the prominent writer while Van Buren’s Navy Secretary
 Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
1902 autograph sentiment signed by the English dramatist
 Pinter, Harold (Photograph) $150
English dramatist & screenwriter, awarded 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature
 Putnam, George H. (Letter) $75
Notable publisher, President of G. P. Putnam’s Sons for 52 years
 Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (Letter) $75
1965 TLS of the Indian philosopher, 1st VP and 2nd President of India
 Rinehart, Mary Roberts (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $30
“The American Agatha Christie”, popular mystery writer
 Rives, Amélie (Letter) $65
1889 ALS on card from the Virginia novelist, R. E Lee’s goddaughter, sending autograph to a woman
 Robinson, Edwin Arlington (Signed Card) $85
Popular poet, won 3 Pulitzer Prizes in 1920s
 Russell, Bertrand (Signed Card) $175
British philosopher, mathematician, social critic, awarded 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature
 Sandburg, Carl (Signed Note) $150
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Lincoln, poet of America’s common people
 Sandburg, Carl (Signed Card) $95
Poet of America’s common people, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Lincoln
 Sedgwick, Catharine M. (ANS) $225
Autographed note signed by of one of the early 19th century’s major female writers, noted for “domestic fiction”
 Service, Robert W. (Signed Magazine Picture) $195
Signed round rotogravure magazine portrait of “The Bard of the Yukon”
 Shaw, Irwin (Photograph & ANS) $60
Successful expatriate novelist, playwright, screenwriter, & short story writer
 Sherwood, Robert Emmet (Document) $225
1933 DS from Pulitzer Prize-Winning playwright, & Oscar-winning screenplay writer for British rights to his play "Reunion in Vienna"
 Sholokov, Mikhail A. (First Day Cover) $250 Special Offer: $225
1973 US Willa Cather stamp FDC signed by 1965 Russian Nobel laureate

We're rushin' to give you a better deal!
 Sigourney, Lydia H. (AQS) $150
The popular American poet misquotes English poet Edward Young
 Sigourney, Lydia H. (ALS & AQS) $425
The popular Connecticut poet provides a quote from one of her most successful works, “Niagara”
 Smith, Samuel F. (AQS) $750 Special Offer: $650
Signed handwritten beginning of first stanza ("My country-'tis' of thee...of thee I sing") of national hymn “America”

A patriotic contribution!
 Spender, Stephen (Letter) $150
English writer, noted for themes of social injustice and class struggle
 Steinbeck, John (FDC) $595 Special Offer: $495
Great literary association - Steinbeck signs1940 Samuel L. Clemens stamp First Day Cover

We've righted this writer's rate!
 Stockton, Frank R. (Signed Printed Story) $150 Special Offer: $125
Signed four-page printed story from limited edition 1893 First Book of the Authors Club, “Liber Scriptorum”

Writ at a lower rate!
 Tarkington, Booth (Signed Card) $115
Popular Indiana-born novelist-dramatist, won 2 Pulitzer Prizes (1919 & 1922)
 Thompson, Ruth Plumly (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $295
Continued popular “Oz” series for children after death of L. Frank Baum
 Truman, Margaret (Signed Portrait) $60
1951 TIME portrait signed by the “First Daughter”, later a succesful mystery writer
 Truman, Margaret (Letter) $75
1950 ALS from “The First Daughter” to “The Second Lady”, alluding to railroad strike-related travel delay
 Van Loon, Hendrik (ANS) $95
1943 ANS on letterhead of the Dutch-American historian, journalist and author
 Van Loon, Hendrik W. (Signed Original Sketch) $125
Lovely original nautical sketch by the Dutch-American historian, journalist and author
 Van Vechten, Carl (Letter) $115
American writer and photographer, patron of “the Harlem Renaissance”
 Vonnegut, Kurt (Photograph) $150
Signed “Slapstick” publicity photo taken by his wife, photographer Jill Krementz
 Wallace, Lew (Signature) $135
Civil War general, New Mexico Territory Governor, authored “Ben Hur”
 Webster, Noah (Letter) $1350
1838 ALS from the lexicographer and education pioneer, his textbooks taught 5 generations of American children to spell & read
 Welty, Eudora (Photograph) $110
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of short stories, novellas and novels on the American South
 Whitlock, Brand (Photograph) $40
Signed photo of the heroic WW I US Ambassador to German-occupiedBelgium
 Wiggin, Kate Douglas (AQS) $150
AQS from the 1887 “The Birds' Christmas Carol” by the popular children’s author, famed for “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”
 Willard, Emma (Document) $375
Early ADS of the founder of the 1st women’s school of higher education
 Willard, Emma (Letter) $495
Uncommon ALS of the author and women's rights advocate, founder of the first women’s school of higher education
 Wister, Owen (Signature) $50
“The father of western fiction”, wrote “The Virginian”, classmate, friend & biographer of Theodore Roosevelt
 Wren, P(ercival). C(hristopher). (Photograph & ANS) $110
British adventure fiction writer, best known for 1924 “Beau Geste” & sequels

Magic
 Blackstone, Harry (Signed Original Sketch) $175
1940 self-portrait sketch of the great magician & illusionist
 Christopher, Milbourne (Signed Flyer) $50
Magician, illusionist, author, debunker, noted collector of magicana
 Henning, Doug (Photograph) $175 Special Offer: $150
Colorful 70’s – 80’s magician-showman

Poof! A lower price!
 Kellar, Harry (Autograph Quotation Signed) $395
Wonderful AQS from “The Dean of American Magicians” comparing success to a lovely woman!

Mayors & Governors
 Banks, Nathaniel P. (Signature) $75
4-time Mass. US Rep,, House Speaker 1856-57, Governor 1858-61, Union Major General (Vols), served in Maryland & Shenandoah Valley, replaced Butler commanding Dept. of the Gulf 1862-64
 Barbour, James (Signature) $75
Virginia’s 18th governor, US senator J. Q. Adams’ Secretary of War, Minister to England
 Bloxham, William D. (Letter) $40
1873 ALS from leading Florida Democratic politician in Reconstruction Era, 13th & 17th governor, precipitated state land boom
 Bricker, John (Photograph) $30
1944 VP candidate on GOP ticket with Dewey
 Burton, Harold H. (Signed Court card) $75
1951 autograph sentiment on engraved Court notecard
 Clayton, Powell (Letter) $65
1889 TLS from Union general, 1st Republican (“carpetbag”) Arkansas governor
 Clinton, DeWitt (Letter) $225
1827 ALS as Governor, seeks information before issuing a pardon to an inmate in the nation’s 1st juvenile reformatory
 Clinton, DeWitt (Letter) $150
1820 LS as New York Governor concerning an identity issue with a pardon recommendation
 Clinton, DeWitt (Letter) $175
1825 LS as New York Governor regarding resolution of a county judicial appointment dispute
 Driscoll, Alfred E. (Signed Official Card) $25
New Jersey Governor 1947-54, proponent of the New Jersey Turnpike & Garden State Parkway
 Ellsworth, William W. (Document) $90
1840 DS as Connecticut Governor to New York Governor Wm. H. Seward, warrant for extradition with initialled docket by Seward
 Eustis, William (Document) $150
1812 partial DS as Secretary of War, appointment of an infantry officer
 Flower, Roswell P. (Signed Card) $25
Card signed by the 30th Governor of New York
 Foss, Joe (First Day Cover) $60
WW II Marine Corps ace, Medal of Honor recipient, So. Dakota statesman, television personality, NRA president
 Foster Jr., Charles W. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
1882 signature as Ohio’s 35th Governor, later Benj. Harrison’s Treasury Secretary
 Herrick, Myron T. (Signed Card) $30
Autograph sentiment signed on official card as 42nd Ohio Governor
 Hickel, Walter J. "Wally" (Letter) $60
3 weeks before being fired by Nixon, Interior Secretary Hickel congratulates Senator Ed Muskie on his re-election
 Johnson, Hiram W. (Signed Card) $60
California progressive Republican Governor 1911-17, 1912 running mate of Theodore Roosevelt, isolationist US Senator 1917-45
 Johnson, Thomas (Document) $2495
1788 ADS of the 1st Maryland Governor 1777-79, US Supreme Court Associate Justice 1791-93 (shortest tenure to date), wrote Court’s 1st opinion
 La Follette, Philip F. (Photograph) $50
Member of the notable Wisconsin political family, early-mid 30s GOP & Progressive governor
 Lehman, Herbert (Letter) $35
1950 TLS of the liberal Democrat New York US senator, 1st Jewish New York governor (1933-42)
 Low, Seth (Letter) $45
1st President of Columbia University, reformist 2nd Mayor of New York City
 Maddox, Lester (Photograph) $75
Segregationist Georgia governor, 1976 American Independent Party presidential candidate
 McDowell, James (Letter) $35
1848 ALS as Virginia US Rep to Treasury Secetary Walker
 McNutt, Paul V. (Letter) $30
Served Indiana, American Legion and Philippines, WW II Federal Security Administrator
 Medill, Joseph (Signature) $110
Signature of the great Chicago newspaperman, Republican stalwart, 23rd Mayor of Chicago
 Meigs Jr., Return J. (Signature) $80
1st Ohio chief justice, 4th state governor, 5th US Postmaster General
 Merriam, Frank F. (Letter) $50
1938 TLS as California Governor to a prominent GOP supporter, laments re-election defeat
 Miller, Nathan L. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $20
New York lawyer for Carnegie and US Steel, 43rd Governor of New York 1921-22
 Moultrie, William (Document) $750
1787 ADS, pay receipt while South Carolina’s governor
 Murphy, Frank (Signed Card) $110
Went from Detroit to Manila to Lansing to the Justice Department to the Supreme Court 1933-1940!
 ODaniel, W. Lee "Pappy" (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
1930s Texas radio music star, populist governor & senator, only person ever to defeat LBJ for elected office
 Opdyke, George (Letter) $75
1862 LS from New York City’s Civil War Mayor
 Ritner, Joseph (Document) $50
1837 DS as 8th Governor of Pennsylvania to the Governor of New York, extradition warrant for 3 men charged with assault and battery with intent to kill
 Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Signature) $50
Signed bumper sticker for 1964 campaign for GOP presidential nomination
 Rolph Jr., James (Letter) $50
San Francisco’s 30th & longest serving Mayor, 27th California Governor
 Ross, Nellie Tayloe (Photograph) $110
1st woman elected state governor, 1st woman Director of US Mint
 Saltonstall, Leverett (Photograph) $150
Large signed photo of the Massachusetts statesman, also signed by the photographer, Yusuf Karsh’s mentor
 Thurmond, J. Strom (Photograph) $55
1948 “Dixiecrat” presidential candidate, served South Carolina in Senate for 47 years
 Tillman, Benjamin R. (Signed Card) $75
“Pitchfork Ben”, South Carolina White supremacist governor & US senator, a founder of Clemson University
 Vance, Joseph (Document) $90
1838 DS as (1st Whig) Ohio Governor, warrant to New York Governor Wm. L. Marcy for extradition of an alleged counterfeiter, docketed by Marcy
 Vanderbilt, William H. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
Great-great-grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt, Rhode Island Governor 1939-41
 Wallace, George C. (Photograph) $115
Segregationist Alabama governor, 1968 3rd party presidential candidate, shot in 1972
 Wallace, George C. (Letter) $115
1973 TLS as Alabama Governor, 4-time presidential candidate, paralyzed in 1972 attempted assassination
 Warren, Earl (Letter) $195
California Governor Warren expresses thanks after 2nd reelection victory
 Wells, Heber M. (Signed Card) $75
1st Governor of State of Utah, presided over transition from territory to statehood
 Whitlock, Brand (Photograph) $40
Signed photo of the heroic WW I US Ambassador to German-occupiedBelgium
 Wise, Henry A. (Letter) $225
1838 ALS from the Virginia Congressman, as Governor signed John Brown’s death warrant, later Confederate Major General
 Yorty, Sam (Letter) $50
Mayor Yorty defends the LAPD & Chief Parker 2 weeks after the August 1965 Watts Riots

Military-American Revolution
 DeLancey Jr., Oliver (Letter) $275 Special Offer: $250
Succeded Major Andre as Clinton’s spymaster, Adjutant General of British Army in North America 1781-83

I spy with my eye a good buy!
 Hull, William (Document) $375 Special Offer: $325
Served notably in Revolutionary War, Governor of Michigan Territory, surrendered Detroit to British in 1814 without a fight, death sentence stayed by Madison

A Hull of a deal!
 Knox, Henry (Letter) $850
1798 ALS to his Brigadier’s Island farm superintendent & artillery veteran
 Lafayette, Marquis de (Letter) $1495
1811 ALS of Marquis de Lafayette, seeking to arrange a meeting
 Moultrie, William (Document) $750
1787 ADS, pay receipt while South Carolina’s governor
 North, Frederick, Lord (Signature) $195
1776 signature of Lord North, America’s last Prime Minister
 Phillips, William (Letter) $395 Special Offer: $350
Commanded artillery in Canada in American Revolution, captured at Saratoga 1777, exchanged for Benjamin Lincoln 1780, died 1781 and buried in Virginia

A bit of a break on a brave Briton!
 Pickering, Timothy (Document) $495
Quarter Master General Pickering's 1783 receipt for funds for forage signed also by William Hull, vilified in War of 1812
 Schuyler, Philip (Letter) $550
1796 handwritten letter to the younger brother of one of his former staff officers
 Washington, George (ON HOLD) (Signature) $6995
Frameable signature from vellum presidential document

Military-Civil War
 Banks, Nathaniel P. (Letter) $90
ALS of the House Speaker, Massachusetts US Rep. & Governor, Union Major General
 Banks, Nathaniel P. (ANS) $90
ANS likely while House Speaker (1856)
 Banks, Nathaniel P. (Signature) $75
4-time Mass. US Rep,, House Speaker 1856-57, Governor 1858-61, Union Major General (Vols), served in Maryland & Shenandoah Valley, replaced Butler commanding Dept. of the Gulf 1862-64
 Blair Jr., Francis P. ("Frank") (Letter) $295
Good 1871 Civil War content ALS while US Senator by the Missouri soldier-politican, 1868 Democratic Party VP candidate
 Brownell, Francis E. (Signature) $350
Rare signature of “Ellsworth’s Avenger”, Medal of Honor recipient
 Burnside, Ambrose E. (Signature) $150
Led Army of the Potomac 1862-1863, signature while new Rhode Island Senator
 Butler, Benjamin F. (Signature) $75
Signature of the controversial Massachusetts politician, Union General, 1884 presidential candidate
 Campbell, John A. (Letter) $1500
1865 letter of reference for his jailer from imprisoned former Justice & CSA official
 Clayton, Powell (Letter) $65
1889 TLS from Union general, 1st Republican (“carpetbag”) Arkansas governor
 Custer, George Armstrong (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $4750
Matted & framed early signature of the controversial 7th Cavalry commander
 Dahlgren, John A. (Autographed Note Signed) $250
Likely War-time note to Navy Secretary Gideon Welles from John A. Dahlgren
 Davis, Jefferson (Letter) $1250
Near mint 1856 LS as Secretary of War to Rep. Justin S. Morrill
 Dent, Frederick T. (Signed Album Page) $65
Grant’s West Point classmate, brother-in-law, military secretary, ADC and secretary to the President 1869-73
 Dow, Neal S. (Letter) $185 Special Offer: $165
1887 ALS from the “Father of Prohibition”, Civil War general, 1880 presidential candidate

The price has "kneeled down" a bit!
 Elzey, Arnold (Document) $1250
War-dated ADS as CSA Major General while commanding Richmond defenses, pass for a family to Loudon & back
 Ferry, Orris S. (Signature) $40
Connecticut US Rep & Senator, Brigadier General in Civil War, at Battle of Winchester, Valley & Peninsula campaigns
 Fremont, John C. (Signature) $295
Signature as Arizona Territory Governor by the Army officer, western explorer, 1st Republican presidential nominee
 Gordon, John B. (Document) $225
Georgia Governor & US Senator, CSA Major General, 1st UCV commander-in-chief, alleged Georgia KKK leader
 Gordon, John B. (Letter) $250
1880 ALS from the Georgia Senator, former Governor & CSA Major General; 1st UCV commander-in-chief, alleged Georgia KKK leader
 Grant, U. S. (Signed Album Page) $750
Beautiful large signed autograph album page
 Hampton, Wade (Document) $250
1880 Senate DS by the South Carolina Confederate who replaced Jeb Stuart as head of Lee’s cavalry
 Harrison, Mrs. Burton (Constance Cary) (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $40
Prolific southern-born author & socialite, one of “Cary Invincibles” who sewed 1st CSA battle flags 1861
 Henderson, David B. (Document) $40
Future House Speaker (last Civil War veteran to serve in the House), receives Chickamauga & Chattanooga battlefields atlas
 Hindman Jr., Thomas C., et al. (Letter) $950
18 Congressmen (3 future CSA generals) endorse a pick for Arkansas District US Attorney
 Hunter, Robert M. T. (Letter) $225
Postwar ALS of the Virginia, US and CSA statesman, youngest ever House Speaker, pictured on CSA $10 bill
 Logan, John A. (Letter) $195
1876 ALS from the Illinois politician, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, 1884 VP candidate with Blaine
 Mahone, William (Letter) $295
CSA Major General, hero of The Crater, 1883 ALS as US Senator seeking federal job for a constituent
 Morgan, George W. (Signature) $50
Fought in Texas Revolution, Mexican-American War, Civil War Brig. General in Western Theater, conservative Ohio Democrat in Congress 1867-69 & 1871-73
 Negley, James S. (Signature) $50
Major General (Vols) in Civil War, fought in Georgia & Tennessee, Penna. US Rep 1869-75 & 1885-87
 Pettus, Edmund W. (Document) $195
Alabama Confederate general & US Senator, “Bloody Sunday” Selma bridge named for him
 Quay, Matthew S. (Document) $90
Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, powerful Penna. GOP boss, US Senator 1887-99 & 1901-04
 Root, George F. (AMQS) $650
1893 AMQS & lyrics from his Civil War hit song, “The Battle Cry of Freedom”
 Schenck, Robert C. (Signature) $50
Ohio US Rep 1843-51 & 1863-71, diplomat, Major General in Virginia & Maryland
 Scott, Winfield (Letter) $450
“Old Fuss and Feathers” offers a staff position to a West Point graduate, son of a friend (relative?)
 Scott, Winfield (Letter) $195
1855 ALS, while Commmanding General of the Army, to a New York lawyer & journalist
 Sherman, William Tecumseh (Signature) $395
Signed card as General, successor to Grant as US Army commander
 Slocum, Henry W. (Signature) $125
2nd youngest Union Major General (Vols), fought at 1st & 2nd Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Tennessee, Atlanta & Carolinas; NY US Rep 1869-73 & 1883-85
 Stokes, William B. (Letter) $95
1864 ALS from the former Congressman, led (Union) 5th Tennessee Cavalry against Confederate guerrillas
 Stoughton, William L. (Signature) $40
Led 11th Michigan Infantry 1861, Army of the Cumberland Brigadier General at Stones River, Chickamauga & Chattanooga, US Rep 1869-73
 Thomas, Lorenzo (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
US Army Adjutant General, his nomination to replace Secretary of War Stanton precipitated Andrew Johnson’s impeachment
 Toombs, Robert (Letter) $235
1856 ALS from Senator Toombs sending his autograph
 Totten, Joseph G. (Letter) $295
Good content 1825 ALS to a friend seeking help with position at Fort Adams (Rhode Island) from the future Army Chief Engineer
 Walcutt, Charles C. (Document) $90
US Army brigadier general, with Ohio regiment from Shiloh to March to the Sea
 Wallace, Lew (Signature) $135
Civil War general, New Mexico Territory Governor, authored “Ben Hur”
 Walthall, Edward C. (Document) $175
Mississippi CSA Major General, post-War US Senator
 Wise, Henry A. (Letter) $250
ALS while Virginia Governor, signed John Brown’s death warrant; CSA general
 Wise, Henry A. (Letter) $225
1838 ALS from the Virginia Congressman, as Governor signed John Brown’s death warrant, later Confederate Major General
 Wool, John S. (Signature) $80
Oldest officer (77) in active command in either army during the Civil War
 Zollicoffer, Felix K. (Letter) $1250
1856 ALS while Tennessee Congressman, CSA general killed 1862

Military-Cold War
 Ridgway, Matthew B. (Letter) $195
1952 ALS as Supreme Commander of Allied Powers Europe to Mrs. (VP) Alben Barkley

Military-Great Britain
 DeLancey Jr., Oliver (Letter) $275 Special Offer: $250
Succeded Major Andre as Clinton’s spymaster, Adjutant General of British Army in North America 1781-83

I spy with my eye a good buy!
 Jervis, Sir John, 1st Earl St. Vincent (Letter) $235
Distinguished late 18th- early 19th century English naval commander
 Maude, Frederick S. (Letter) $175
1904 LS as secretary to Canada’s Governor General, later led allied forces in Mesopotamia, captured Baghdad 1917
 Napier, Field Marshal Robert C., 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (Letter) $250
British Soldier in India, Afghanistan, China & Ethiopia, Commanded Army In India, Governor of Gibraltar
 Phillips, William (Letter) $395 Special Offer: $350
Commanded artillery in Canada in American Revolution, captured at Saratoga 1777, exchanged for Benjamin Lincoln 1780, died 1781 and buried in Virginia

A bit of a break on a brave Briton!
 Smuts, Jan Christiaan (Letter) $295
South African statesman, only person to sign peace treaties ending WW I and II
 Swinton, Ernest D. (Signature) $95
British officer credited with coining term "no man's land" and influencing invention of the tank, trained first tank units, wrote first tactical instructions for armored warfare
 Williams, Sir William Fenwick (Signature) $195
Led British forces in British No. America, organized Canada’s defenses when US Civil War began
 Wilson, Field Marshal Henry M. (Signed Card) $90
1946 card signed by “Jumbo” Wilson, senior WW II British General in Middle East & Mediterranean
 Yonge, Sir George, 5th Baronet (Letter) $295 Special Offer: $250
British Secretary at War 1782-94, Toronto’s main street named for him

A better price, eh?

Military-Indian Wars
 Custer, George Armstrong (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $4750
Matted & framed early signature of the controversial 7th Cavalry commander
 Reno, Marcus A. (Signature) $895
Highest ranking officer under Custer at Little Bighorn debacle
 Sherman, William Tecumseh (Signature) $395
Signed card as General, successor to Grant as US Army commander

Military-Korean War
 Hershey, Lewis B. (Letter) $150 Special Offer: $125
Controversial Selective Serivce System Director 1941-1970, spanned WW II thu Vietnam drafts

A lower price got drafted!
 Ridgway, Matthew B. (Letter) $195
1952 ALS as Supreme Commander of Allied Powers Europe to Mrs. (VP) Alben Barkley
 Taylor, Maxwell (Letter) $95
General Taylor salutes the 25th anniversary of NBC’s “Meet The Press”
 Wedemeyer, Albert Coady (Letter) $75
1951 Letter as 6th Army Commander

Military-Mexican-American War
 Morgan, George W. (Signature) $50
Fought in Texas Revolution, Mexican-American War, Civil War Brig. General in Western Theater, conservative Ohio Democrat in Congress 1867-69 & 1871-73
 Scott, Winfield (Letter) $450
“Old Fuss and Feathers” offers a staff position to a West Point graduate, son of a friend (relative?)
 Scott, Winfield (Letter) $195
1855 ALS, while Commmanding General of the Army, to a New York lawyer & journalist
 Tompkins, Daniel D. (Document) $110
1848 MsDS as New Orleans quartermaster to future CSAMajor General S. G. French
 Totten, Joseph G. (Letter) $295
Good content 1825 ALS to a friend seeking help with position at Fort Adams (Rhode Island) from the future Army Chief Engineer
 Wool, John S. (Signature) $80
Oldest officer (77) in active command in either army during the Civil War

Military-Miscellaneous
 Bonneville, Benjamin L. E. (Document) $495
1818 DS signed 3 times as 2nd Lieutenant of Light Artillery, before his explorations in the American west
 Butler, Smedley D. (Signed Card) $40
At his 1940 death, most decorated US Marine ever, awarded 2 Medals of Honor
 Chaffee, Adna R. (Document) $125
Document signed as Chief of Staff to US Military Governor of Cuba, General Leonard Wood
 Lyautey, Marshal Louis H. G. (ANS) $150 Special Offer: $125
Led 1896 French invasion of Madagascar, governed Morocco 1907-25

We marshaled a better price!
 Powell, Colin L. (Photograph) $60
1st African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff & Secretary of State, oversaw 1991 “Desert Storm” & 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein
 Rabin, Yitzhak (First Day Cover) $225
Israeli military leader, 5th PM, 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, assassinated after Oslo Accords
 Snow, William J. (Letter) $85
1926 ALS while (1st) US Army Chief of Field Artillery, “Father” of Fort Bragg
 Tompkins, Daniel D. (Document) $110
1848 MsDS as New Orleans quartermaster to future CSAMajor General S. G. French
 Totten, Joseph G. (Letter) $295
Good content 1825 ALS to a friend seeking help with position at Fort Adams (Rhode Island) from the future Army Chief Engineer
 Williams, Sir William Fenwick (Signature) $195
Led British forces in British No. America, organized Canada’s defenses when US Civil War began
 Wright, Adm. Jerauld (Letter) $85 Special Offer: $75
NATO Atlantic Commander invites Ambassador Grew to North Atlantic Council luncheon

A lower price makes waves!

Military-Napoleonic Wars
 Clarke, Henri-Jacques-Guillaume, Duc de Feltre (Letter) $285
1811 LS as Napoleon's Minister of War
 Jervis, Sir John, 1st Earl St. Vincent (Letter) $235
Distinguished late 18th- early 19th century English naval commander
 Leopold I, King of the Belgians (Document) $325
1st King of Belgium, led Russian cavalry division against Napoleon, father of Empress Carlota of Mexico, uncle of Britain’s Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
 Moncey, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de, duc de Conegliano (Letter) $395
1795 ALS From Spain to General Suchet's division adjutant
 Saint-Hilaire, Louis Vincent Le Blond de (Letter) $395 Special Offer: $350
Likely to have been named one of Napoleon’s Marshals had he not died of wounds in 1809

A Le Blond price bombshell!

Military-Spanish-American War
 Chaffee, Adna R. (Document) $125
Document signed as Chief of Staff to US Military Governor of Cuba, General Leonard Wood
 Hobson, Richmond P. (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $50
Received Medal of Honor (1933) for failed heroic attempt to blockade Santiago, Cuba harbor in Spanish-American War

Military-US Navy
 Dahlgren, John A. (Autographed Note Signed) $250
Likely War-time note to Navy Secretary Gideon Welles from John A. Dahlgren
 Gravely, Jr., Samuel L. (Photograph) $95
1st African-American US Navy officer, 1st to command a ship and 1st flag officer
 Hamilton, Paul (Letter) $150
1810 LS as Navy Secretary, a misdirected letter to the commander of the schooner Enterprise, early Navy hero
 Hobson, Richmond P. (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $50
Received Medal of Honor (1933) for failed heroic attempt to blockade Santiago, Cuba harbor in Spanish-American War
 McDonald, David L. (Letter) $40
As Chief of Naval Operations 1963-77, credited with building Navy’s combat air force in Vietnam War
 Moorer, Thomas H. (Letter) $50
WW II naval aviator, only one to serve as CINCLANT & CINCPAC, CNO & Joint Chiefs Chairman in Vietnam War
 Moreell, Ben (Signed Envelope) $60
“Father of the Seabees”, famed US Navy construction force
 Peary, Adm. Robert E. (Letter) $325
1917 TLS appreciating remembrance of anniversary of his “discovery of the North Pole”
 Stark, Harold R. "Betty" (Letter) $175
Post-War ALS from Commander of US Naval Forces in Europe, oversaw Navy’s role at Normandy D-Day landings
 Truxtun, Thomas (Letter) $350
1809 ALS from one of the 1st 6 American Navy captains, commanded 1st US ship to defeat an enemy vessel in 1799
 Wright, Adm. Jerauld (Letter) $85 Special Offer: $75
NATO Atlantic Commander invites Ambassador Grew to North Atlantic Council luncheon

A lower price makes waves!

Military-Vietnam War
 Hershey, Lewis B. (Letter) $150 Special Offer: $125
Controversial Selective Serivce System Director 1941-1970, spanned WW II thu Vietnam drafts

A lower price got drafted!
 McDonald, David L. (Letter) $40
As Chief of Naval Operations 1963-77, credited with building Navy’s combat air force in Vietnam War
 Moorer, Thomas H. (Letter) $50
WW II naval aviator, only one to serve as CINCLANT & CINCPAC, CNO & Joint Chiefs Chairman in Vietnam War
 Shoup, David M. (Photograph) $115
Received Medal of Honor leading 2nd Marines on Tarawa, 22nd USMC Commandant 1961-63

Military-War of 1812
 Armstrong Jr., John (Document) $195
1813 notification of appointment of a North Carolina officer who served in Georgia in the War of 1812
 Hull, William (Document) $375 Special Offer: $325
Served notably in Revolutionary War, Governor of Michigan Territory, surrendered Detroit to British in 1814 without a fight, death sentence stayed by Madison

A Hull of a deal!
 Scott, Winfield (Letter) $450
“Old Fuss and Feathers” offers a staff position to a West Point graduate, son of a friend (relative?)
 Wool, John S. (Signature) $80
Oldest officer (77) in active command in either army during the Civil War

Military-World War I
 Brereton, Lewis H. (Letter) $195
One of first US military aviation commanders, served in nearly all theaters in WW II
 Crowder, Enoch H. (Photograph) $95
US Army Judge Advocate General 1911-23, as Provost Marshal, implemented & administered WW I military conscription
 Lloyd George, David (Signed Card) $75
British Liberal PM 1916-21, led the Empire to victory in WW I, one of “The Big Four” at Versailles Peace Conference
 Maude, Frederick S. (Letter) $175
1904 LS as secretary to Canada’s Governor General, later led allied forces in Mesopotamia, captured Baghdad 1917
 ORyan, John F. (Signed Card) $35
Led 27th Division in France & Belgium, only National Guard general in command throughout the war
 Rickenbacker, Eddie (Letter) $195
1955 TLS as Eastern Air Lines Board Chairman, to a job seeker
 Rickenbacker, Eddie (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $115
1944 sentiment signed by the WW I Medal of Honor aviator and auto racing pioneer after his 2nd near-death experience
 Snow, William J. (Letter) $85
1926 ALS while (1st) US Army Chief of Field Artillery, “Father” of Fort Bragg
 Swinton, Ernest D. (Signature) $95
British officer credited with coining term "no man's land" and influencing invention of the tank, trained first tank units, wrote first tactical instructions for armored warfare

Military-World War II
 Bradley, Omar (Signed Philatelic Cover) $125
1956 philatelic envelope signed by “The Soldier’s General”
 Bradley, Omar (Letter) $225
ALS on 5-Star notecard to Vice President Barkley’s widow , praising 1963 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “The Guns of August”
 Bradley, Omar N. (Letter) $195
The Army Chief of Staff dines with Texas Governor Jester
 Brereton, Lewis H. (Letter) $195
One of first US military aviation commanders, served in nearly all theaters in WW II
 Cates, Clifton B. (ANS ) $50
War-dated ANS as Major General, US Marines
 Chase, William C. (Letter) $125
Led Army’s 1st Cavalry: “First in Manila, First in Tokyo”
 Clark, Mark W. (Letter) $195
Good content 1946 TLS while Military Governor of Austria saluting “The home front”
 Clark, Mark W. (First Day Cover) $110
Signed 1968 First Day Cover
 Clement, William T. (Signed Card) $75
Commanded 4th Marines in first landing on Japan 2 weeks after surrender
 Collins, Harry J. (Signed Envelope) $60
Led “Rainbow” Divison in Europe, liberated Dachau, post-War Military Governor of W. Austria
 Doenitz, Karl (Typed Quotation Signed) $325
Admiral Dönitz signs his statement denouncing the “fuehrerprinzip” for Nuremberg prosecutor Justice Jackson’s biographer
 Eaker, Ira C. (Letter) $175
Nice content postwar TLS as Hughes Tool Co. vice president
 Eaker, Ira C. (Letter) $195
Uncommon ALS of deputy USAAF commander, led bomber command in Europe
 Eberbach, Heinrich (Photograph) $150
Led German Panzer Group West in No. France July 1944, relieved for failing to halt Allied advance
 Ferebee, Thomas (Photograph) $95
Bombardier on 1945 "Enola Gay" Hiroshima atomic bomb mission
 Foss, Joe (First Day Cover) $60
WW II Marine Corps ace, Medal of Honor recipient, So. Dakota statesman, television personality, NRA president
 Gavin, James M. (Photograph & AQS) $125
Signed Photo/AQS of the WW II 82nd Airborne commander on retirement as Army chief of R&D
 Gericke, Walther (Photograph) $135
German paratroop officer, captured Italian Army headquarters in September 1943 “Operation Student”
 Hershey, Lewis B. (Letter) $150 Special Offer: $125
Controversial Selective Serivce System Director 1941-1970, spanned WW II thu Vietnam drafts

A lower price got drafted!
 Hoge, William M. (Letter) $125
Engineer & tank commander, built ALCAN Highway, led Omaha Beach engineer brigade & 9th Armor at Ardennes & Remagen
 Kemnade, Friedrich (Photograph) $110
Much-decorated German naval officer, top E-boat commander
 Kenney, George C. (First Day Cover) $60
Led MacArhur’s air war in the South West Pacific
 MacArthur, Douglas (ANS) $450
ANS below 1946 collector’s fawning ALS, displaying unusual modesty!
 Magee, James C. (Signed Card) $50
Army Surgeon General 1939-43, led wartime US Army Medical Corps
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $295
General of the Army Marshall appreciates Senator & Mrs. Barkley’s (76th) birthday wishes
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $295
General of the Army Marshall declines Amb. Grew’s invitation to Washington National Monument Society luncheon
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $275
General Marshall happy to be with Mrs. Marshall, home & garden after past decade’s many separations
 Marshall, George C. (Letter) $225
General of the Army Marshall appreciates (76th) birthday wishes
 Moreell, Ben (Signed Envelope) $60
“Father of the Seabees”, famed US Navy construction force
 Mussolini, Benito (Signature) $450
1929 frameable signature of “Il Duce”, Italian Fascist dictator 1922-45
 Osher, Ernest (Letter) $35
WW II P-38 ace in European Theater of Operations
 Phillipson, Irving J. (Letter) $95 Special Offer: $75
The Home Front: Irving Berlin’s “This Is the Army” comes to San Francisco

A bit of San Francisco WW II nostalgia!
 Richardson, Robert C. (Signed Cover) $45
Commanding General of US Army Forces in Pacific
 Ridgway, Matthew B. (Letter) $195
1952 ALS as Supreme Commander of Allied Powers Europe to Mrs. (VP) Alben Barkley
 Robinson, Ray A. (Letter) $45
US Marine Corps officer on Guam & Iwo Jima, trained 1st African-American Marines 1942
 Rommel, Erwin (Letter) $2250
1938 ALS from Colonel Rommel to a friend, also recently promoted
 Ruge, Friedrich (Letter) $110
Senior GermanNavy officer in command of minesweepers, Naval Advisor to Rommel before and after D-Day
 Schmidt, Harry (Photograph) $95
Led 4th Marine Division at Kwajalein & Saipan, led 5th Marine Amphibious Corps at Tinian & Iwo Jima
 Shoup, David M. (Photograph) $115
Received Medal of Honor leading 2nd Marines on Tarawa, 22nd USMC Commandant 1961-63
 Somervell, Brehon (Letter) $195
The General who built the Pentagon, led US Army Service Forces 1942-45, in charge of logisitics
 Stark, Harold R. "Betty" (Letter) $175
Post-War ALS from Commander of US Naval Forces in Europe, oversaw Navy’s role at Normandy D-Day landings
 Taylor, Maxwell (Letter) $95
General Taylor salutes the 25th anniversary of NBC’s “Meet The Press”
 Tibbets, Paul W. (Signature) $95
Piloted “Enola Gay” on August 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb mission
 Turnage, Allen H. (Photograph) $95
Led USMC 3rd Division at Bougainville & Guam, awarded Navy Cross
 Volckmann, Russell W. (Photograph) $250
Rare signed photo of leader of guerrilla army on Luzon after fall of Bataan, a founder of Green Berets
 Wedemeyer, Albert Coady (Letter) $75
1951 Letter as 6th Army Commander
 Wiese, Friedrich (Photograph) $110
Commanded German Army defense of Southern France August 1944
 Wilson, Field Marshal Henry M. (Signed Card) $90
1946 card signed by “Jumbo” Wilson, senior WW II British General in Middle East & Mediterranean
 Wright, Adm. Jerauld (Letter) $85 Special Offer: $75
NATO Atlantic Commander invites Ambassador Grew to North Atlantic Council luncheon

A lower price makes waves!

Miscellaneous
 Angell, Sir (Ralph) Norman (Letter) $75 Special Offer: $65
English 1933 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, believed European economic integration would make militarism obsolete

A "special" for a man ahead of his time
 Browning, "Peaches" (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $95
Centerpiece of scandalous 1920s marriage & divorce
 Buchanan, Pat (Letter) $25
Arch-conservative journalist, White House aide, sought 1992 & 1996 GOP Presidential nominations, 2000 Reform Party nominee
 Culbertson, Ely (Signed Card) $35
Dominant contract bridge player of the 1930s & 40s
 Culbertson, Ely (Photograph) $125
Dominant contract bridge player of the 1930s & 40s
 Culbertson, Josephine (Signed card) $50
1st woman bridge champion
 Goren, Charles H. (Photograph) $125
1950s-60s champion bridge player, wrote numerous books & columns that popularized the game
 Hall, A. Oakley & Connolly, Richard B. (Check) $50
1871 check signed by "Tweed Ring" members, NYC Mayor Hall & City Comptroller Connolly
 Marshall, Frank J. (Signature) $150
1917 signature as US Chess Champion
 Roosevelt (Longworth), Alice (Letter) $325
The 16-year old “first daughter” assists a genealogist – good content 1900 ALS!
 Truman, Margaret (Signed Portrait) $60
1951 TIME portrait signed by the “First Daughter”, later a succesful mystery writer

Music-Ballet & Dance
 Baryshnikov, Mikhail (Photograph) $110
One of greatest 20th century ballet dancers
 Bennett, Michael (Signed card) $75
Tony Award-winning choreographer-director, best known for “A Chorus Line”
 Bonfiglio, Giuseppe (Photograph) $50 Special Offer: $40
Lead male dancer at the Metropolitan Opera 1905-35

We danced down the price!
 Dunham, Katherine (Photograph) $125
Vintage signed photo of the "Matriarch & Queen Mother of Black Dance"
 McKechnie, Donna (Photograph) $25
Musical theater dancer, singer, actress & choreographer, starred in Broadway classic “A Chorus line”
 Nureyev, Rudolf (Signature) $115
Signature of the great Russian dancer & choreographer
 Pavlova, Anna (Signature) $325
Signed autograph album page of the great Russian ballerina with image for framing
 Saddler, Donald (Photograph) $75
Ballet, Broadway & film dancer, award-winning choreographer
 Villella, Edward (Letter) $30
1967 TLS by the foremost 20th century American-born ballet dancer

Music-Composers
 Argento, Dominick (AMQS) $135
Lengthy AMQS, words & music from his opera “From the Diary of Virginia Woolf”
 Berlin, Irving (Signed Sheet Music) $750
Sheet music for 1947 patriotic composition “The Freedom Train” inscribed to 1924 presidential candidate John W. Davis, defended “Separate But Equal” doctrine in 1954!
 Copland, Aaron (Photograph) $225
Photo signed by one of America’s foremost 20th century composers
 Corigliano, John (photograph) $60
Color photograph of the contemporary American composer signed by him
 Coward, Sir Noel (Letter) $325
1933 TLS to friend, writer-historian Philip Guedalla
 Damrosch, Walter J. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $30
Composer & conductor, led US premieres of Gershwin & Wagner works, NBC Radio Music Director 1928-42
 Dawes, Charles G. (Signed Card) $50
Coolidge’s 1925-29 VP, awarded 1925 Nobel Peace Prize, songwriter
 De Koven, Reginald (Signed Photo & Music Quotation) $125 Special Offer: $110
Signed photo/ AMQ by the American composer & conductor

We composed a nicer price!
 Dello Joio, Norman (AMQS) $150
AMQS from his 1969 composition, “Mass for Mixed Chorus, Brass, and Organ”
 DIndy, Vincent (AMQS) $275
AMQS from an unidentified work by the controversial French composer-music teacher
 Druckman, Jacob (AMQS) $225
AMQS from “Windows”, his 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning composition
 Ellington, Edward "Duke" (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $175
Autograph Sentiment Signed at 1947 University of Minnesota Senior Prom
 Ellington, Edward "Duke" (Photograph) $295
Nice signed & inscribed photo of the jazz legend
 Floyd, Carlisle (Photograph) $65
Signed photograph of one of America’s foremost contemporary opera composers & librettists
 Garner, Erroll (Photograph) $225
Jazz pianist, composed standard “Misty”
 Gershwin, George (Check) $1495 Special Offer: $1395
1935 personal check, year “Porgy and Bess” premiéred

It's summertime and the price is easier!
 Glass, Philip (Signed Mini-Poster) $85 Special Offer: $75
Signed mini-poster for CD signing appearance

A more contemporary note!
 Gretchaninoff, Alexander (AMQS) $495 Special Offer: $450
1944 AMQS by the distinguished Russian composer, protégé of Rimsky-Korsakov

We removed a few notes!
 Grofé, Ferd (Letter) $195
Composed “Grand Canyon Suite”, arranged Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” for Paul Whiteman
 Harbach, Otto A. (Signature) $75
Broadway playwright, composer, lyricist-librettist
 Hovhaness, Alan (Letter) $295 Special Offer: $250
Prolific 20th century Armenian-American composer of 67+ symphonies

We removed a few notes from this piece!
 Kahn, Gus (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
Popular Broadway & Hollywood composer
 Lehár, Franz (Photograph) $225
Hungarian composer best known for operettas Inc. "The Merry Widow”
 Lerner, Alan Jay (Photograph) $195 Special Offer: $175
Award-winning librettist-lyricist of musicals, inc. “Brigadoon”, “Gigi”, “My Fair Lady”, "Camelot”

We could have danced all night, but lowered the price instead!
 Root, George F. (AMQS) $650
1893 AMQS & lyrics from his Civil War hit song, “The Battle Cry of Freedom”
 Schmidt, Harvey (Photograph) $225 Special Offer: $195
Tony Award-winning composer of longest running musical ever, “The Fantasticks”

A "fantastic" deal!
 Schwarenka, Franz Xavier (Letter) $95
1895 ALS of the German pianist-composer mentions prominent Wagnerian dramatic basso
 Smith, Samuel F. (AQS) $750 Special Offer: $650
Signed handwritten beginning of first stanza ("My country-'tis' of thee...of thee I sing") of national hymn “America”

A patriotic contribution!
 Sondheim, Stephen (Letter) $125
One of Broadway’s great composers & lyricists
 Walton, Sir William (Signed Card) $125 Special Offer: $110
Card signed by the eminent British 20th century composer

We lowered the price a few notes!
 Williams, John (Photograph) $115
Signed photograph of the eminent composer-conductor, noted for his film scores
 Willson, Meredith (Photograph) $225
Composer-lyricist-playwright of “The Music Man” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”
 Zimbalist, Efrem (AMQS) $225
AMQS from his composition that premiered 7 months later!

Music-Conductors
 Campanini, Cleofonte (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $30
Italian conductor, led world premiere of “Madama Butterfly”, US premieres of “Otello”, “Thais”, Etc.
 Casals, Pablo (Photograph) $250
1963 inscribed & signed photo playing his cello
 Damrosch, Walter J. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $30
Composer & conductor, led US premieres of Gershwin & Wagner works, NBC Radio Music Director 1928-42
 De Koven, Reginald (Signed Photo & Music Quotation) $125 Special Offer: $110
Signed photo/ AMQ by the American composer & conductor

We composed a nicer price!
 Kostelanetz, Andre (Photograph) $35 Special Offer: $25
Popular orchestra conductor-arranger, pioneered “easy listening” music

An easier price!
 Menuhin, Yehudi (Letter) $90
Optimistic as to the success of a French documentary about him, Menuhin consoles the producer
 Reeves, David Wallis (Letter) $95
ALS of the prominent 19th Century bandmaster & march composer on his pictorial letterehad
 Voorhees, Donald (Photograph) $20
Emmy-nominated “Bell Telephone Hour” radio & television program conductor for 28 years
 Williams, John (Photograph) $115
Signed photograph of the eminent composer-conductor, noted for his film scores

Music-Instrumentalists
 Casals, Pablo (Photograph) $250
1963 inscribed & signed photo playing his cello
 Goodman, Benny (Signed Program) $175
1982 concert program signed by Al Hirschfeld cover portrait of “The King of Swing”
 Goodman, Benny (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $125
Card signed by “The King of Swing”, one of the preeminent clarinet and jazz greats
 Heifetz, Jascha (Signature) $195 Special Offer: $165
Lithuanian-Jewish-born prodigy, one of the great violinists of the 20th Century

We cut a few strings on the price!
 Horowitz, Vladimir (Signed Card) $175
Vintage collector's card signed by one of the greatest 20th century pianists
 Menuhin, Yehudi (Christmas Card) $110 Special Offer: $95
1955 Christmas card from one of the great violinists of the 20th Century!

Holiday deal on a holiday card!
 Menuhin, Yehudi (Letter) $90
Optimistic as to the success of a French documentary about him, Menuhin consoles the producer
 Schwarenka, Franz Xavier (Letter) $95
1895 ALS of the German pianist-composer mentions prominent Wagnerian dramatic basso
 Spalding, Albert (Letter) $60
Foremost 20th century American violinist, son of sporting goods manufacturer and Baseball Hall of Famer
 Stokowski, Olga Samaroff (Letter) $35
ALS from the renowned pianist, music critic and teacher
 Zimbalist, Efrem (AMQS) $225
AMQS from his composition that premiered 7 months later!

Music-Jazz & Big Band
 Barnet, Charlie (Document) $40
1947 DS by the jazz composer, saxophonist, and bandleader, agreement with Sam Goldwyn Productions for film “That’s Life” (“A Song Is Born”)
 Bechet, Sidney (Signed Program) $450
1955 program for Lausanne, Switzerland performance signed on cover portrait
 Benny Goodman Trio (Signed Card) $250
Card signed by the great jazz trio: Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa & TeddyWilson
 Bigard, Barney (Photograph) $195
New Orleans-born clarinet/tenor sax soloist with Oliver, Ellington, Ory & Armstrong, co-wrote “Mood Indigo"
 Dorsey, Tommy (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $75
In-person sentiment signed by the popular bandleader, signed also by 2 of his vocalists (one a future mistress!)
 Duchin, Eddy (Signed Postcard) $50
Popular “sweet” music pianist-bandleader, died at 42 of leukemia, subject of 1956 bio-pic starring Tyrone Power
 Ellington, Edward "Duke" (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $175
Autograph Sentiment Signed at 1947 University of Minnesota Senior Prom
 Ellington, Edward "Duke" (Photograph) $295
Nice signed & inscribed photo of the jazz legend
 Fitzgerald, Ella (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $115
Vintage autograph album page inscribed & signed by the “First Lady of Song”
 Garner, Erroll (Photograph) $225
Jazz pianist, composed standard “Misty”
 Goodman, Benny (Signed Program) $175
1982 concert program signed by Al Hirschfeld cover portrait of “The King of Swing”
 Goodman, Benny (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $125
Card signed by “The King of Swing”, one of the preeminent clarinet and jazz greats
 Hirt, Al (Photograph) $50
Popular 1950s-60s New Orleans jazz trumpeter and bandleader
 James, Harry (Photograph) $125
Signed photo of the popular "swing era" bandleader with trumpet
 James, Harry (Signed Card) $50
1930s-50s trumpet player and bandeader
 Kyser, Kay (Signed Postcard) $25
Wisconsin ballroom postcard signed by the popular 1930’s-40’s bandleader, radio star & film and tv performer
 Kyser, Kay (Photograph) $50
Popular ‘30’s & ‘40’s bandleader, radio star & film performer
 Lewis, Ted (Photograph) $75
1920s-50s bandleader noted for catchphrase “Is Everybody Happy?” and song, “Me And My Shadow”
 Lombardo, Guy (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $40
Canadian-American bandleader noted for New Year’s Eve broadcasts, champion hydroplane speedboat racer
 McCoy, Clyde (Signature) $50
Popular jazz trumpet player, known for “Sugar Blues" theme song & "wah-wah" sound
 Mercer, Mabel (Signed Sheet Music) $150 Special Offer: $125
Sheet music signed by the great cabaret singer

An more enchanting price for this chanteuse!
 Spanier, "Muggsy" (Photograph) $395 Special Offer: $350
Famed Chicago Dixieland jazz cornet player & bandleader

A jazzier price for you!
 Vaughn, Sarah (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $115
1949 sentiment signed by “The Divine One”
 Waller, Thomas "Fats" (Document) $395
1936 receipt signed by the popular songwriter, master of the stride piano
 Weems, Ted (Signed Postcard) $30
In-person signature of the popular bandleader of the 1930s-40s
 Whiteman, Paul (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
“The King of Jazz”, popular 1920s-30s band & orchestra leader, commissioned and first recorded Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”

Music-Opera
 Alvary, Lorenzo (Photograph) $45 Special Offer: $40
Portrait in costume from Orff’s “Die Kluge”

Offered at a lower note!
 Anderson, Marian (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
1944 autograph sentiment signed by the famed contralto
 Anderson, Marian (Photograph) $175
Small photo postcard signed by the noted contralto
 Arroyo, Martina (Photograph) $30 Special Offer: $25
One of the first African-American opera stars

A lower price but not lower in our esteem!
 Beeson, Jack (AMQS) $135
Lengthy AMQS from Act 1, Scene 1 of his opera “Lizzie Borden”, with lyrics
 Bonfiglio, Giuseppe (Photograph) $50 Special Offer: $40
Lead male dancer at the Metropolitan Opera 1905-35

We danced down the price!
 Bumbry, Grace (Photograph) $30 Special Offer: $25
Pioneer African-American mezzo & high soprano opera singer

A sweeter price for a sweet singer!
 Caruso, Enrico (Signed Sketch) $1100 Special Offer: $950
1915 signed self-portrait pen & ink sketch

We take a couple of "ten-ers" off!
 Caruso, Enrico (Signed Caricature) $750
Signed caricature of Broadway musical comedy star, Maurice Farkoa
 Chaliapin, Feodor (Photograph) $295
Austrian Willinger photo card signed by one of opera’s greatest bassos
 Chaliapin, Feodor (Signature) $110
Autograph album page signed & inscribed by the great Russian bass
 Christoff, Boris and Gobbi, Tito (Signatures) $95 Special Offer: $85
Signed 1958 Royal Festival Hall benefit concert program

Sung at a slightly lower note!
 Costa, Mary (Photograph) $20
50’s-60’s soprano, voice of Princess Aurora in Disney’s 1959 “Sleeping Beauty”
 De Reszke, Edouard (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $75
1901 Autograph sentiment signed by the renowned Polish basso, one of the great late- Victorian Era singers
 De Reszke, Jean (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $75
1895 autograph sentiment signed in French by the great Polish tenor saluting Philadelphians
 Della Chiesa, Vivienne (Photograph) $20
Lyric soprano, with Chicago Opera 1930s-40s, popular nightclub & radio singer
 Farrar, Geraldine (Letter) $35
1930 ALS of the retired soprano opera singer and silent screen actress
 Gadski, Johanna (Photograph) $85
1913 Postcard Photo of the German leading Wagnerian soprano at the Metropolitan Opera
 Giannini, Dusolina (Photograph) $90
Portrait as Aida inscribed to her teacher Marcella sembrich’s accompanist, pianist- composer Frank La Forge
 Gruning, Wilhelm (Photograph) $75
Signed 1905 German postcard photo in costume as Siegfried
 Kronold-Koert, Selma (AQS) $50
Opera “Golden Age” Polish-Jewish born soprano, sang in US premieres of “Cavalleria Rusticana”, “L’Amico Fritz” & “I Pagliacci “
 Lehmann, Lotte (Photograph) $75
1948 photo as The Marschalin in Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier”
 Melchior, Lauritz (Photograph) $75
1938 photo of the great Danish 1920s-40s Wagnerian tenor
 Milnes, Sherrill (Photograph) $15
Signed postcard photo as Rodrigo in Verdi’s “Don Carlo”
 Milnes, Sherrill (Photograph) $20
Early signed photo of the baritone famed for his Verdi repertoire
 Mitchell, Leona (Photograph) $25
Renowned African-American lyric-spinto soprano
 Novotna, Jamila (Signed Portrait) $25
Program Portrait “The Bartered Bride” as Marenka/ Marie
 Patti, Carlotta (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $110
1863 autograph aentiment signed by the popular concert soprano, elder sister of Adelina Patti
 Pavarotti, Luciano (Photograph) $175
Signed color photo in costume fFrom “Pagliacci”
 Peerce, Jan (Photograph) $40 Special Offer: $30
Popular Jewish-American opera, concert & recording star

We took a "tenor" off the price!
 Pinza, Ezio (Signed Program) $75
Italian basso, opera and Broadway star, notable for “South Pacific”
 Soderstrom, Elisabeth (Photograph) $40
The renowned Swedish soprano as Emilia Marty in “The Makropoulos Affair”
 Sutherland, Dame Joan (Photograph) $75
“La Stupenda”, Australia’s great dramatic coloratura soprano in “La Sonnambula”
 Swarthout, Gladys (Letter) $35
1949 TLS to composer Chas. Wakefield Cadman’s sister on pleasure of singing his song, “At Dawning”
 Talley, Marion (Photograph) $45
1935 signed & inscribed Clarence Bull glamour matte finish photo
 Tamagno, Francesco (Autograph Quotation Signed) $150
AQS by the celebrated Italian tenor, created role of Otello in Verdi’s 1887 opera
 Thursby, Emma (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
1882 autograph sentiment signed by “The American Nightingale”
 Upshaw, Dawn (Photograph) $20
Signed portrait of the popular Grammy Award-winning American soprano
 Vickers, Jon (Photograph) $45
Signed photo of the Canadian heldentenor as Canio in “Pagliacci”
 Voigt, Deborah (Photograph) $25
American dramatic soprano noted fchiefly or Strauss & Wagner repertoire

Music-Popular, Rock, R&B
 Comden, Betty & Green, Adolph (Photograph) $175
Famed Broadway & Hollywood musical comedy duo
 Harbach, Otto A. (Signature) $75
Broadway playwright, composer, lyricist-librettist
 Horne, Lena (Signed Card) $110
Singer, dancer, actress, civil rights activist, 1st Black performer to sign long-term studio contract
 Kahn, Gus (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
Popular Broadway & Hollywood composer
 Kingston Trio, The (Photograph) $175
The original, influential, popular, and successful folk music group of “Tom Dooley” fame
 Mercer, Mabel (Signed Sheet Music) $150 Special Offer: $125
Sheet music signed by the great cabaret singer

An more enchanting price for this chanteuse!
 Mills Brothers (Photograph) $195
1936-57 photo signed by the fabulous Mills Brothers
 Peter, Paul & Mary (Photograph) $175
Early signed photo of the popular & successful folk rock trio
 Sinatra, Frank (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $495
Scarce authentic mid-40’s autograph sentiment signed

Presidents of the US
 Adams, John Quincy (Letter) $1695
1839 ALS while Massachusetts Member of Congress assisting a constituent
 Buchanan, James (Letter) $1100
1847 ALS while Secretary of State regarding a (commercial) agency
 Bush, George H. W. (Letter) $150
1979 TLS at start of 1980 presidential run, to a friend, composer of “Hail to The Redskins”
 Bush, George H. W. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $175
1983 TLS as VP to the composer of “Hail to The Redskins”, appreciating his friendship
 Carter, Jimmy (Letter) $450
The President salutes Ralph Yarborough on election as Texas Carter-Mondale delegate to 1980 Democratic convention
 Carter, Jimmy (In Person Signed Brochure) $110
Presidential Campaign brochure signed in person during 1976 Democratic Convention
 Cleveland, Grover (ON HOLD) (Letter) $395
1883 ALS as New York Governor, requests meeting with Board of Education committee
 Coolidge, Calvin (Letter) $395
1925 White House TLS, moving letter of sympathy to the widow of a friend
 Coolidge, Calvin (White House Card) $295
Signed White House card
 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Letter) $425
The former President to his ex-National Security Assistant, promoter of the National Security Council
 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Letter) $595
1954 White House letter on Radio Free Europe to a renowned statesman and diplomat
 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Letter) $595
White House lunch invitation to a renowned diplomat to boost the Crusade for Freedom & Radio Free Europe’s 1957 campaign
 Eisenhower, Mamie Doud (Photograph) $90
Signed portrait while First Lady
 Ford, Gerald R. (Letter) $895
Rare post-White House ALS thanking a friend for Christmas “treats”
 Ford, Gerald R. (Signed Inaugural Cover) $195
Signed 1973 Nixon Inaugural cover
 Ford, Gerald R. (Signed Bookplate) $150
Signed bookplate as 38th US President
 Ford, Gerald R. (Signed Steel Engraving) $195
Signed BPE steel engraving portrait
 Ford, Gerald R. (Signed Card) $125
1974 in-person signature while Vice President
 French, Benjamin Brown (Signature) $50
Diarist, Commissioner of Public Buildings under Presidents Pierce & Lincoln, Chief Marshal of Lincoln’s 1861 Inaugural parade, oversaw funeral arrangements for Lincoln & son Willie
 Garfield, Eliza Ballou (Signed card) $95
First presidential mom to see her son inaugurated and to live in the Executive Mansion
 Garfield, James A. (Signed Album Page) $5500
1881 autograph album page signed while President – 2nd rarest presidential signature!
 Grant, U. S. (Signed Album Page) $750
Beautiful large signed autograph album page
 Harrison, Benjamin (Letter & Endorsement) $825
Senator Harrison recommends an engineer to Army Chief Engineer Gen. Horatio Wright
 Hayes, Rutherford B. & Lucy W. (Document) $1295
Rare joint DS, the soon-to-be President & First Lady sell Ohio land 2 weeks before his 1876 controversial disputed election
 Herndon, William H. (Document) $1495
1853 legal ADS “Lincoln & Herndon” in hand of Lincoln’s law partner, friend and biographer
 Hoover, Herbert (Letter) $195
Former President Hoover praises Building and Loan League official
 Hoover, Herbert (Signature) $110
Signature of President Hoover & son Herbert Hoover Jr.
 Hoover, Herbert C. (Letter) $2750
Scarce ALS, 1925 letter of sympathy as Secretary of Commerce
 Hoover, Herbert C. (Signature) $125
Signature of the former President sent from his Waldorf-Astoria Towers NYC residence
 Jackson, Andrew (Document) $2750
President Jackson’s draft of a diplomatic nomination
 Johnson, Andrew (Signed Envelope) $750
Envelope addressed by the “Ex Pres US”
 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Letter) $250
Ex-President Johnson on his “pleasant” present and “fascinating and challenging” future
 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Letter) $250
Ex-President Johnson thanks former Treasury Secretary & Mrs. Fowler for (his last) birthday telegram
 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Signed Bookplate) $395
Presidential bookplate inscribed (misspelled!) to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Hearst editor & publisher
 Kennedy, John F. (Photograph) $5750
Nice Presidential photograph inscribed (misspelled!) to a Georgia Congressman
 Kennedy, John F. (Signed Menu) $1895
In-person pencil signed & inscribed 1958 Senate restaurant menu
 Kennedy, John F. (Letter) $4250
August 1963 TLS as President thanking Mrs. Alben Barkley for her comforting message on death of newborn son Patrick
 Lincoln, Abraham (Document) $5750
Ca. 1844-47 draft bill in chancery, 261 words in Lincoln’s hand authenticated by Springfield law partner Wm. Herndon
 Madison, James (Autographed Note Signed) $1850
1821 ANS praising a work on international law by the Supreme Court’s Reporter of Decisions
 McKinley, William (Letter) $1450
1880 ALS from Ohio Congressman McKinley to wife Ida at home in Canton
 McKinley, William (Document) $1250
1894 State of Ohio $1,000 bond signed as Governor
 McKinley, William (Document) $150
1870 ADS as Stark County, Ohio Prosecuting Attorney
 McKinley, William (Letter) $1450
1880 ALS from Ohio Congressman McKinley to wife Ida at home in Canton, reports of coming morning visit to President Hayes
 McKinley, William (Letter) $1450
A most tender and affectionate 1880 ALS to wife Ida while Ohio Congressman
 McKinley, William (Letter) $895
1886 ALS while Ohio Congressman to Judge William R. Day, his future appointee as Secretary of State and Supreme Court Justice
 Monroe, James (Letter) $2250
1807 ALS to co-Minister to England William Pinkney, hoping to renegotiate the Monroe-Pinkney Treaty rejected by President Jefferson
 Monroe, James & Adams, John Quincy (Document) $1995
1820 Mediterranean ship’s passport signed by President Monroe & Secretary of State Adams
 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. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $495
1955 TLS as Vice President to Ambassador Joseph Grew, complaining about lack of press coverage of two “Cold War” related addresses
 Reagan, Ronald (Photograph) $525
President Reagan color photo inscribed to DC police officer
 Reagan, Ronald (Signed Album Page) $395
Late 1938 inscribed & signed autograph album page
 Reagan, Ronald; Carter, Jimmy; Ford, Gerald R.; Nixon, Richard M. (Photograph) $3250
Signed 1981 classic group photograph of 4 US Presidents 1969-1989
 Ronald Reagan 1981 Presidential Inauguration (Unsigned Presidential Inaugural Memorabilia) $20
Unsigned 1981 Engraved Reagan-Bush Commemorative Inaugural Invitation
 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Photograph) $1495
ISP while President to key Texas Democrat
 Taft, William H. (Signed Card) $275
Nice signed card with photo portrait for framing
 Taft, William H. (Letter) $450
Chief Justice Taft forwards a threatening letter to the Justice Department!
 Taft, William H. (Letter) $325
1911 White house TLS to a Ohio federal dudge, a life-long Cincinnati friend
 Taft, William H. (Letter) $350
President Taft tells a federal judge, a life-long friend, he expects to reappoint a US Marshal “on principle”
 Truman, Harry S (Letter) $325
The former President complies (twice) with an autograph request
 Truman, Harry S (Letter) $350
Truman declines soldier’s request owing to “tremendous” post-White House demand for photographs
 Truman, Harry S (Letter) $395
Sweet 1954 TLS to former Vice President Alben Barkley’s wife
 Truman, Harry S (Signed Engraving) $450
Inscribed & signed steel engraved portrait
 Truman, Harry S (Letter) $3995
1951 White House ALS to wife of Vice President Barkley on presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to her husband
 Truman, Harry S (Photograph) $225
1957 group photo inscribed & signed by Truman & two others
 Truman, Harry S (Signed Card) $150
Card signed by the 33rd President of the United States
 Truman, Harry S (ON HOLD) (Photograph) $750
Truman inscribes a photo to the diplomat nephew of his Korean War nemesis, Gen. Douglas MacArthur!
 Van Buren, Martin (Letter) $1250
Martin Van Buren 1831 ALS to Navy Secretary Woodbury assisting a West Point cadet get a Marine Corps appointment
 Washington, George (ON HOLD) (Signature) $6995
Frameable signature from vellum presidential document

Reformers
 Anthony, Susan B. (Letter) $2250
Excellent letter conveying a sentiment from the tireless advocate of women’s right to vote
 Arthur, T(imothy). S(hay). (Signature) $75
Popular mid-19th century author, most famous for 1854 temperance novel, “Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There”
 Baldwin, William H. (Photograph) $75
Boston businessman & philanthropist, led Boston Young Men’s Christian Union 1868-1907
 Bright, John (Signed Envelope) $40
British Quaker, Liberal & Radical reform MP 1843-89, joined with Cobden to repeal Corn Laws
 Child, Lydia Maria (Endorsed Check) $125
1871 publisher’s check endorsed by the abolitionist, women’s & Indian rights activist, poet and author
 Claflin, Tennessee C. (Signature) $450 Special Offer: $400
“Tennie C.”, colorful & controversial women’s rights advocate

Our "feminine side" says to lower the price!
 Clay, Cassius Marcellus (Autograph Quotation Signed) $185
1893 AQS by “The Lion of White Hall", Kentucky abolitionist, diplomat & statesman
 Coxey Sr., Jacob S. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $85
Led 1894 & 1914 “Coxey’s Army” marches on Washington, twice ran for president
 Curtis, George William (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
1870 sentiment signed by the influential author, editor, reformer, and opinion-maker
 Davis, Angela Y. (AQS) $150
1960’s political activist, Black Panther associate, 1980 & 1984 Communist Party VP candidate
 Dewey, John (Signed Card) $110
American educational & social reformer, philosopher, psychologist
 Dickinson, Anna E. (Letter) $175
1864 ALS to controversial physician D. Willard Bliss, then in charge of Washington's Armory Square Hospital
 Dow, Neal S. (Letter) $185 Special Offer: $165
1887 ALS from the “Father of Prohibition”, Civil War general, 1880 presidential candidate

The price has "kneeled down" a bit!
 Gilder, Richard Watson (Letter) $195
1895 ALS as Chairman to NY Governor Levi Morton on Report of the Tenement House Committee
 Gough, John B. (Letter) $30
Popular 19th century temperance reformer & orator
 Hale, John P. (Signature) $50
New Hampshire Free Soil/ Republican US Rep & Senator, 1852 Free Soil presidential candidate
 Howe, Samuel G. (Letter) $195
Noted teacher of the blind seeks ½-price railroad pass for a blind girl
 Jackson, James Caleb (Signature) $110
Abolitionist & health reformer, hydropathy advocate, invented 1st dry, whole grain breakfast cereal
 Jarvis, Anna M. (Letter) $295 Special Offer: $250
1938 TLS from the founder of America’s Mother’s Day holiday

Honor your mama!
 Johnson, Wm. E. "Pussyfoot" (Photograph) $40
Prohibition advocate, US law enforcement officer in Indian Territory & Oklahoma
 Kenyon, Dorothy (Letter) $40
Controversial feminist lawyer-jurist-diplomat
 Livermore, Mary A. (Signed Card) $75
“The Queen of the Platform”, abolitionist, woman suffrage & education, temperance advocate
 Lloyd, Henry Demarest (Letter) $110 Special Offer: $90
1900 TLS to editor Hamilton Holt on labor-management disputes and the International Permanent Court of Arbitration

We labored over a lower price!
 Lummis, Charles F. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $125
Author, New Mexico Native American activist, Los Angeles editor, librarian & presevationist
 McKim, James M. (Letter) $150
The Philadelphia abolitionist thanks a Delaware Quaker abolitionist for a donation to “the Cause”
 Nader, Ralph (First Day Cover) $110 Special Offer: $95
Influential consumer advocate, 3-time US presidential candidate

A consumer special!
 Nader, Ralph (Autograph Quotation Signed) $95
In-person AQS by the prominent consumer advocate, 3-time presidential candidate
 Osborne, Thomas Mott (Signature) $35
Prison reformer & author, learned conditions first-hand as voluntary prisoner
 Peabody, Elizabeth Parker (Signature) $125
American Transcendentalist, reformer, publisher & educator, opened 1st US kindergarten in 1860
 Phillips, Wendell (Autograph Quotation Signed) $250
1864 AQS quoting John Brown
 Phillips, Wendell (Autograph Quotation Signed) $195
1871 “Liberty & Justice” AQS on card
 Phillips, Wendell (Letter) $225
Undated ALS displaying uncommon humor!
 Russell, Howard Hyde (Autograph Statement Signed) $40
Founded temperance Anti-Saloon League & Lincoln-Lee Legion For children
 Straus, Nathan (Signature) $50
Owned R. H. Macy’s 1896-1914, in 1923 voted man who did most for public welfare in 1st 25 years of Greater New York City
 Wald, Lillian D. (Letter) $175
Public health/visiting nurse pioneer, founder of New York City’s celebrated Henry Street Settlement
 Welch Jr., Robert H. W. (Signed Program) $115
Ultra-conservative ideologue, founded John Birch Society 1958 to promote theory that Communists controlled US society
 Willard, Frances E. (Letter) $195
1892 pencil ALS on letterhead as President of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
 Willard, Frances E. (Signature) $95
Women’s suffrage & temperance advocate, 1st woman represented in US Capitol’s Statuary Hall

Religion & Judaica
 Abzug, Bella (Photograph) $65
New York feminist US Rep, a founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus
 Altman, Benjamin (Check) $125 Special Offer: $110
Check signed by the founder of B. Altman & Co. department stores, notable philanthropist

A "B. Altman" bargain!
 Baruch, Bernard M. (Signed Card) $50
Financier, statesman, advisor to presidents Wilson thru Eisenhower
 Baum, Vicki (Photograph) $95 Special Offer: $80
Austrian-Jewish writer, her novel became Oscar-winning film “Grand Hotel”

A less "grand" price!
 Brandeis, Louis D. (Letter) $495
Justice Brandeis cites a pioneer company’s attempt at workplace democracy
 Briscoe, Robert (Letter) $40
Irish statesman, 1st Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin
 Collins, Harry J. (Signed Envelope) $60
Led “Rainbow” Divison in Europe, liberated Dachau, post-War Military Governor of W. Austria
 Douglas, Lloyd C. (Photograph) $60
American minister, authored popular novels “Magnificent Obsession”, “The Robe”, “The Big Fisherman”, successful films
 Duffy, Francis P. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $110
NYC priest, most decorated chaplain in US Army history, served with “Fighting 69th” in France in WW I
 Elath, Eliahu (FDC) $40
Israel’s 1st Ambassador to the US and to Great Britain
 Fast, Howard (Photograph) $40
Jailed & blacklisted Communist, best known for novels “Citizen Tom Paine” & “Spartacus”
 Fortas, Abe (Signed Court card) $150
Uncommon signed Court Chambers Card
 Fox, William (Letter) $650 Special Offer: $575
Pioneer motion picture executive, founder of Fox film & theater empire, namesake of today’s Fox TV network

A more right price for Fox!
 Frankfurter, Felix (Signed Court card) $195
Uncommon engraved Court notecard signed by the conservative 3rd “Jewish Justice”
 Gershwin, George (Check) $1495 Special Offer: $1395
1935 personal check, year “Porgy and Bess” premiéred

It's summertime and the price is easier!
 Gompers, Samuel (Document) $235
Gompers & two others certified as AFL delegates to 1919 International Federation of Trade Unions Conference in Amxsterdam
 Harman, Avraham (First Day Cover) $30
Renowned Israeli Diplomat, Ambassador to US 1959-68
 Heifetz, Jascha (Signature) $195 Special Offer: $165
Lithuanian-Jewish-born prodigy, one of the great violinists of the 20th Century

We cut a few strings on the price!
 Hibben, John Grier (Photograph) $50
Philosopher, Presbyterian minister, succeeded Woodrow Wilson as president of Princeton University
 Iakovos, Archbishop (Signature) $95
Led Greek Orthodox Church in the US 1959-96, marched in Selma, Alabama with Dr. King
 Inge, Dean William R. (Signed Card) $40
1944 card signed by the former Anglican Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, columnist, author, religious philosopher
 Jabotinsky, Ze'ev (Letter) $895 Special Offer: $795
Zionist leader, writer, orator, journalist, and soldier, founded Zionist Revisionist Movement

A rebel with a cause!
 Kahn, Otto W. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $60
Banker, philanthropist, patron of the arts
 Katzir, Ephraim (Photograph) $65
Signed photo of the prominent bio-physicist, 4th President of State of Israel
 Kosinski, Jerzy (Signed Program) $85
In-person 1988 program signed by the Polish-Jewish-born novelist, screenwriter & actor
 Kreisky, Bruno (Photograph) $35
Jewish Socialist Chancellor of Austria 1970-1983
 Lasky Sr., Jesse L. (Photograph) $225
Pioneer movie mogul, co-founder of Paramount Pictures, produced Hollywood’s 1st feature film 1914
 Lehman, Herbert (Letter) $35
1950 TLS of the liberal Democrat New York US senator, 1st Jewish New York governor (1933-42)
 Manning, William T. (Signed Card) $20
Rector of New York’s Trinity Church 1908-21, Episcopal Bishop of New York 1921-46
 Menuhin, Yehudi (Letter) $90
Optimistic as to the success of a French documentary about him, Menuhin consoles the producer
 Milstein, César (Photograph) $60
Argentine Jewish biochemist and antibody researcher, co-recipient of 1984 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
 Mindszenty, Jozsef Cardinal (Photograph) $110
Imprisoned & exiled anti-Communist Hungarian prelate
 Morse, Jedediah (Signature) $50
“The Father of American Geography”, minister, teacher, father of inventor-artist Samuel F. B. Morse
 Muller, David Heinrich (Photograph) $110 Special Offer: $95
1903 signed photo of the eminent Austrian-Jewish orientalist & semitist

For the bargain oriented!
 Niebuhr, Reinhold (Letter) $75
1947 TLS by the Protestant “Christian Realist” theologian
 Nott, Eliphalet (AQS) $225
Latin AQS from the Presbyterian minister, president of Union College 1804-66, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1829-45
 Ochs, Adolph S. (Signature) $95
Progressive “New York Times” owner-publisher 1896-1935, crusaded against anti-semitism in American press
 Oppenheimer, Sir Ernest (Signature) $350 Special Offer: $295
Created modern diamond industry, controlled largest cartel, promoted diamond engagement ring custom

A gem of a deal!
 Peerce, Jan (Photograph) $40 Special Offer: $30
Popular Jewish-American opera, concert & recording star

We took a "tenor" off the price!
 Pike, James A. (Letter) $75
Controversial liberal Episcopal bishop, died in Judean desert
 Pike, James A. (Photograph) $50
Signed photo of the controversial liberal 5th Episcopal Bishop of California1958-66, died in Judean Desert
 Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
1902 autograph sentiment signed by the English dramatist
 Pinter, Harold (Photograph) $150
English dramatist & screenwriter, awarded 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature
 Rivers, Larry (Signature) $75
Frameable signature of the New York School “pop” artist
 Roberts, Oral (Photograph) $50
Signed photograph of the controvrsial Pentecostal televangelist
 Rosenberg, Anna M. (Photograph) $40
Asst. Secretary of Defense 1950-53, then highest post achieved by a woman in the US military establishment
 Rosenwald, Julius (Signed Card) $150 Special Offer: $125
Card signed by the Sears, Roebuck & Co. executive, prominent Chicago philanthropist and benefactor

A Chicago special!
 Rothschild, Baron Nathan M. (Signature) $295
Founder of the London branch of the House of Rothschild
 Rothschild, Lionel (Letter) $595
Led London House of Rothschild 1836-79, 1st Jewish Member of Parliament (1858)
 Sapir, Pinhas (FDC) $45
Father of the Israeli economy, managed from a black notebook
 Schick, Béla (Photograph) $175
Hungarian-American Jewish pediatrician, discovered test to determine susceptibiltiy to dipthereia
 Smith, Eli (Letter) $195
Early 19th century Protestant missionary in the Middle East, Created 1st Arabic type printing press, began 1st Arabic translation of the Bible
 Soyer, Raphael (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $95
Postcard reproduction signed by the noted American social realist
 Soyer, Raphael (Signed Reproduction) $75
Reproduction of self portrait signed by the noted American social realist artist
 Spellman, Francis Cardinal (Photograph) $75
Color portrait as Cardinal signed by the most powerful American Catholic cleric
 Stokes, Rev. Ellwood H. (Autograph Quotation Signed) $95
AQS by the Methodist minister, co-founder of Ocean Grove, New Jersey, popular 19th-20th century “Queen of Religious Resorts”
 Storrs, Richard S. (Signature) $45
1878 Signature while pastor of Brooklyn’s Congregational Church of the Pilgrims
 Straus, Nathan (Signature) $50
Owned R. H. Macy’s 1896-1914, in 1923 voted man who did most for public welfare in 1st 25 years of Greater New York City
 Strong, William (Signed Card) $150
Card Signed as Associate Justice
 Sutro, Adolph (Check) $75 Special Offer: $65
“The King of the Comstock”, noted for Sutro Tunnel & Sutro Baths, San Francisco mayor 1894-96

We tunneled out for a lower price!
 Swaggart, Jimmy (Photograph) $35
Controversial Pentecostal televangelist
 Swope, Herbert Bayard (Photograph) $40
3-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, 1st to employ the “op-ed”, coined term “Cold War”
 Talmadge, T. De Witt (Signed Card) $75
Card signed by the popular prominent 19th century Protestant preacher & lecturer
 Waksman, Selman A. (Photograph) $175
1952 Nobel laureate, coined term “antibiotics”, discovered streptomycin, neomycin, and others
 Waksman, Selman A. (Letter) $225
Discovered streptomycin, neomycin, and others, coined term “antibiotics”; 1952 Nobel laureate
 Zukor, Adolph (Photograph) $250
Pioneer film mogul, founder of Paramount Pictures, a creator of Hollywood as film center

Science & Medicine
 Abbot, Charles Greeley (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
Notable astrophysicist, astronomer, Smithsonian Secretary 1928-44
 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
 Bache, Alexander D. (Letter) $250 Special Offer: $225
1838 ALS to trustee Joseph Hopkinson raising problems with Stephen Girard’s will to further aims of Girard College

Where there's a will, there's a way!
 Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Letter) $225 Special Offer: $195
1878 ALS as 10th president of Columbia College (University), Barnard College named for him

A cheaper educational benefit!
 Bell, Alexander Graham (Letter) $1650
Bell sends an autograph to an American collector
 Blackett, Patrick M. S. (Signature) $110
British physicist, 1948 Nobel laureate, a discoverer of the positron, helped develop cloud chamber
 Bowditch, Nathaniel (Check) $250
Rare 1834 check of the eminent US mathematician, founder of modern maritime navigation, 1st US insurance actuary
 Brown, Herbert C. (Letter) $95 Special Offer: $85
1978 TLS on marking 40th anniversary of the discovery for which he would receive the 1979 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

We changed the price equation!
 Bush, Vannevar (Signature) $110
Led WW II Office of Scientific Research & Development, created 1st analog computer
 Chadwick, Sir James (Letter) $495
ALS from 1935 English Nobel physics laureate, discoverer of the neutron
 Channing, Walter; Bigelow, Jacob; Hayward, George; Webster, John W.; Ware, John (Signatures) $175 Special Offer: $150
Signatures of 5 notable mid-19th century Harvard Medical School professors, 2 associated with sensational 1849 murder case!

Take a bite out of crime!
 Compton, Karl T. (Signature) $40
Member of National Defense Research Committee, MIT President, defended WW II A-Bomb use
 Compton, Karl T. (Photograph) $125
Signed Karsh studio photo of the Princeton & MIT physicist-educator
 Condon, Edward U. (Letter) $95
Nuclear physicist, quantum mechanics pioneer, attacked by Nixon & HUAC, led Air Force-funded study of UFOs
 Cooley, DeBakey, Kantrowitz, Lillehei, Grondin, & 9 Others (First Day Cover) $195
1976 US First Day Cover signed by 14 pioneer cardiothoracic physicians/surgeons
 Coolidge, William D. (Signature) $75
Inventor of the “Coolidge Tube”, made medical x-rays safe and convenient
 Coué, Emil (AQS) $650 Special Offer: $550
French psychotherapist, developed system based on autosuggestion

We "autosuggest" a lower price!
 Cronin, A(rchibald). J(oseph). (Document) $40
New York bank signature card signed by the popular Scottish physician-novelist
 Dale, Sir Henry H. (Signature) $175
English physiologist, discovered acetylcholine, co-recipient of 1936 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology
 DeBakey, Michael (Letter) $50
Dr. DeBakey pleased to be in collection of “Outstanding Scientists of Today”
 DeBakey, Michael (Photograph) $35
Signed photo of the eminent cardiovascular surgeon
 Dewey, John (Signed Card) $110
American educational & social reformer, philosopher, psychologist
 DuBridge, Lee A. (Photograph) $60
US phyicist, Led MIT Radiation Laboratory, Caltech president 1946-69, presidential science advisor
 Espy, James Pollard (Letter) $175 Special Offer: $150
1837 ALS from “The Storm King”, pioneer US meteorologist, 1st federal government scientific weather forecaster

Clear-ance today for a bright tomorrow!
 Funk, Casimir (Photograph) $135
Polish-Jewish biochemist, first to formulate concept of “vitamins” 1912
 Galton, Sir Francis (Note) $195
1888 ANS from the founder of fingerprint identification and the science of "eugenics"
 Henry, Joseph (Document) $275
1873 letter as Smithsonian Secretary introducing Vermont Senator Edmunds
 Higinbotham, William A. (Signed Typescript) $150 Special Offer: $125
Created the first computer game, a precursor to “Pong”, in 1958!

We "pinged" the price re "Pong"!
 Hitchcock, Edward (Signature) $75
Geologist, natural theologian, 3rd president of Amherst College 1845-54
 Hoffmann, Roald (Letter) $35
Brief transmittal letter from the soon-to-be 1981 Nobel chemistry co-laureate
 Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell (Letter) $225
Lovely 1891 ALS thanking female fans (“The Teacups”) for gifts
 Holmes, William H. (Letter) $50
Eminent US anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist & Smithsonian museum director
 Houssay, Bernardo A. (Signed Portrait) $195
1st Latin American laureate in the sciences, awarded 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
 Jackson, James Caleb (Signature) $110
Abolitionist & health reformer, hydropathy advocate, invented 1st dry, whole grain breakfast cereal
 James, William (Letter) $395 Special Offer: $350
Brief 1896 ALS of pioneer American psychologist & philosopher

We shrank the price a bit!
 Jenner, Sir William, 1st Baronet (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $110
English patholgist, discovered distinction between typhus & typhoid, physician to Queen Victoria & Prince of Wales
 Joliot-Curie, Irene (Letter) $595 Special Offer: $550
French physicist, daughter of Pierre & Marie Curie, shared 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband

We "cured" the price!
 Kelsey, Frances O. (Photograph) $75
FDA pharmacologist, led fight to prevent thalidomide from gaining US Government approval
 Kinsey, Alfred C. (Signed Portrait) $250 Special Offer: $225
Noted for research on human sexuality, “Father of Sexology”

A slightly sexier price!
 Langmuir, Irving (Signed Card) $225
GE industrial chemist, 1932 Nobel laureate, invented gas-filled incandescent bulb, hydrogen welding technique, etc.
 Latham, John (Letter) $95
1822 ALS while King George IV’s “Physician Extraordinary”, wrote on rheumatism, gout & diabetes
 Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron (Franked Envelope) $275
“Father of Modern Antisepsis”, promoted idea of sterile surgeries
 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
 Magee, James C. (Signed Card) $50
Army Surgeon General 1939-43, led wartime US Army Medical Corps
 Martin, Archer J. P. (Signed Envelope) $50
British chemist, co-recipient of 1952 Nobel Prize for invention of partition chromotography
 Mason, Max (Signature) $35
Mathematician-physicist-educator-inventor, directed construction of Palomar Observatory
 Mayo, Charles H. & William J. (Signed Cards) $250 Special Offer: $195
Cards signed by the physician founders of the world famous Mayo Clinic

Our price has been surgically altered!
 Mead, Margaret (Signed Album Page) $75
Famed anthropologist, wrote landmark “Coming of Age in Samoa” in 1928
 Menninger, Dr. Karl A. (Signature) $50
Pioneer American psychiatrist & prominent author in the field
 Millikan, Robert A. (Signature) $75
1926 in–person signature of the 1923 Nobel Physics laureate
 Milstein, César (Photograph) $60
Argentine Jewish biochemist and antibody researcher, co-recipient of 1984 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
 Mitchell, Silas Weir (ANS) $125
Prominent Philadelphia neurologist & notable historical novelist
 Nobel Prize-Chemistry: Urey, Harold C.; Karrer. Paul; Robinson, Sir Robert; Martin, Archer J. P.; Sanger, Frederick; Norrish, Ronald G. W.; Barton, Derek H. R.; Leloir, Luis; Herzberg, Gerhard; Anfinsen, Christian B.; Frisch, Ernst Otto (FDC) $250
1963 US National Academy of Science Centennial stamp FDC signed by 11 Nobel Prize laureates for chemistry
 Ochoa, Severo (Letter) $50
1959 Nobel co-laureate for Physiology or Medicine on scouting
 Ochoa, Severo & Carmen (Signatures) $30
1967 US JFK aerogramme signed by 1959 Nobel laureate for synthesis of RNA & wife
 Palmer, Bartlett Joshua ("B. J.") (Photograph) $395 Special Offer: $350
“The Developer of Chiropractic”, hired Ronald Reagan as sports broadcaster for Davenport, Iowa’s WOC Radio

We manipulated the price by hand!
 Pauling, Linus (Photograph) $125
Signed photo of the Nobel chemistry (1954) & peace (1962) laureate
 Perrine, Charles Dillon (Typed Sentiment Signed) $75
American-Argentine astronomer, discovered two of Jupiter’s moons, etc.
 Perutz, Max F. (Letter) $80
British 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry co-laureate for studies of globular protein structures
 Purcell, Edward M. (Signature) $75
Co-recipient of 1952 physics Nobel Prize for research leading to development of the MRI
 Ramsay, Sir William (AQS) $250
Brief AQS from British 1904 Nobel Prize-winning chemist
 Reik, Theodor (Letter) $225 Special Offer: $200
The eminent Ph. D. psychoanalyst is not “a medical personality”!

The price gets a "shrink"!
 Remsen, Ira (Letter) $50
US chemist & educator, co-discovered saccharin, 2nd president of Johns Hopkins University 1901-12
 Rogers, Wm. Barton (Letter) $95 Special Offer: $85
1880 LS as president of the Am. Assn. for the Advancement of Science, by a founder & 1st president of MIT

A scientific breakthrough on price!
 Salk, Jonas E. (Photograph) $150
Developed 1st successful anti-polio vaccine
 Schaefer, Vincent J. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $40
General Electric chemist, developed artificial snow and cloud-seeding to produce rain
 Schick, Béla (Photograph) $175
Hungarian-American Jewish pediatrician, discovered test to determine susceptibiltiy to dipthereia
 Schweitzer, Dr. Albert (Document) $550 Special Offer: $495
Dr. Schweitzer vouches for payment of his Chief of Medical Services tax payments while she is on leave

A medical deduction!
 Seaborg, Glenn (Photograph) $110
Co-discoverer of plutonium, shared 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson (T. J. J.) (Signature) $40
Controversial American astronomer,attacked Einstein’s theory of relativity, favored own theories ignored by his colleagues
 Silliman, Benjamin (Letter) $250
American chemist, one of 1st American science professors (at Yale), 1st to distill petroleum, founded, financed & edited “The American Journal of Science” (1818)
 Stewart, Homer J. (Photograph) $90
US rocket pioneer, helped develop Explorer I, 1st US satellite launched Jan. 1958
 Struve, Otto (Signature) $50
Prominent Russian-American astronomer, encouraged first search for extraterrestial intelligence
 Tatum, Edward L. (First Day Cover) $30
1967 US JFK stamp FDC signed by 1958 Nobel Prize co-laureate & wife
 Tishler, Max (Letter) $75 Special Offer: $65
Led mass production of penicillin in WW II and developed large-scale postwar vaccines and drugs

A lower price will make you feel better!
 Todd, Sir Alexander R., 1st Baron (Letter) $65
Scottish biochemist, received 1957 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research on nucleosides
 Waksman, Selman A. (Photograph) $175
1952 Nobel laureate, coined term “antibiotics”, discovered streptomycin, neomycin, and others
 Waksman, Selman A. (Letter) $225
Discovered streptomycin, neomycin, and others, coined term “antibiotics”; 1952 Nobel laureate
 Wald, Lillian D. (Letter) $175
Public health/visiting nurse pioneer, founder of New York City’s celebrated Henry Street Settlement
 Walton, Ernest Thompson Sinton (Signature) $95
Irish Physicist, Shared 1951 Nobel Prize for development of atom-splitting particle accelerator
 Waterhouse, Benjamin (Signature) $450
Introduced Jenner’s smallpox vaccinations in the US, tested on his own children
 Wilbur, Ray Lyman (Photograph) $40
Signed photo while Hoover Interior Secretary & Stanford President
 Wohler, Friedrich (Signature) $150
German organic chemistry pioneer, synthesized urea isolated several chemical elements inc. aluminium (1827)
 Yukawa, Hideki (Signature) $95
Japanese physicist, postulated existence of the meson 1935, 1949 Nobel laureate
 Zewail, Ahmed H. (Letter) $65 Special Offer: $50
Pioneer in femtochemistry, 1999 Nobel chemistry laureate

We "a-Nile-lated" the old price!

Signers of the Declaration of Independence
 Clymer, George (Autograph Document Signed) $595
1794 ADS, retained copy of a land transaction signed by Clymer in the body
 Ellery, William (Document) $595
1768 ADS certifyling waiter’s attendance at court to the Colony’s Treasurer
 McKean, Thomas (Document) $495
1801 DS as Pennsylvania Governor, signed also by the engrosser of the Declaration of Independence
 Morris, Robert (Document) $795
1795 $3,000 3-year promissory note to his partner - also later jailed for debt
 Penn, John (Document) $4750 Special Offer: $4500
1785 ADS, subpoena filed as plaintiff’s attorney in action for debt

We've "penned" a new price for this scarce Signer!
 Wilson, James (Document) $1495
1795 MsDS while Associate Justice, hiring real estate agents

Sports-Baseball
 Barrow, Edward G. (Check) $225
Hall of Fame New York Yankee executive, oversaw team’s 1920‘s–mid 40’s success
 Busch Jr., August Anheuser (Photograph) $225
Signed photograph of the brewery magnate and baseball executive
 Gibson, George C. "Mooney" (Signed Card) $125
1st baseball player in Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, managed Pittsburgh Pirates & Chicago Cubs in 1920s & 1930s
 Mack, Connie (Signed Card) $295
Longest-serving manager in baseball history, elected to Hall of Fame 1937
 McCarthy, Joe (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $225
Won 7 World Series’ as New York Yankees manager 1931-46, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1957
 Stagg, Amos Alonzo (Letter) $250
Pioneer college football coach & innovator, played in 1st public basketball game, invented baseball batting cage
 Williams, Edward Bennett (Letter) $40
Legendary Washington super-lawyer /insider, owned Baltimore Orioles & Washington Redskins
 Young, Cy (Signed Card) $1595
One of baseball’s greatest pitchers ever, entered Hall of Famer 1937

Sports-Basketball
 Stagg, Amos Alonzo (Letter) $250
Pioneer college football coach & innovator, played in 1st public basketball game, invented baseball batting cage

Sports-Boxing
 Louis, Joe (Signed Magazine Cover) $395
Signed colorful July 1948 Ring Magazine cover highlighting his title rematch with Jersey Joe Walcott

Sports-Football
 Ford Sr., William Clay (First Day Cover) $50
Youngest grandson of Henry Ford, owner of NFL Detroit Lions
 Kemp, Jack (Photograph) $30
Professional football player, Congressman, Presidential Cabinet member, 1996 GOP VP candidate
 Stagg, Amos Alonzo (Letter) $250
Pioneer college football coach & innovator, played in 1st public basketball game, invented baseball batting cage
 White, Byron R. (Signed Court card) $85
Engraved Court notecard signed by the College Football Hall of Famer & 1938 NFL leading rusher!
 Williams, Edward Bennett (Letter) $40
Legendary Washington super-lawyer /insider, owned Baltimore Orioles & Washington Redskins
 Zuppke, Robert C. (AQS) $225
AQS (“Zuppkeism”) from College Football Hall of Famer, coached Red Grange at Illinois

Sports-Miscellany
 Belmont Jr., August (Letter) $175
Financier & sportsman, horse racing’s Belmont Stakes & Belmont Park named for him
 Bennett Jr., James Gordon (Autographed Sentiment Signed) $115
New York Herald publisher, sent Stanley to find Livingstone, established trophies in yacht, aviation & auto racing
 Chadwick, Florence (Photograph) $75
Small photo on beach in bathing suit of 1st woman to swim English Channel in both directions
 Ederle, Gertrude (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $115
American competitive swimmer, 1st woman to swim the English Channel 1926
 Field III, Marshall (Signed Card) $35
Card signed by the Chicago financier, publisher,and philanthropist
 Lasker, Edward (Signed Card) $150
Jewish German-American chess master, won 5 US Open chess championships 1916-17, 1919-21
 Marshall, Frank J. (Signature) $150
1917 signature as US Chess Champion
 Neiman, Leroy (Signed Card) $75
American artist best known for brightly colored expressionistic paintings of musicians & sporting events
 Riefenstahl, Leni (Document) $150
German Filmmaker noted for pro-Nazi Documentaries “Triumph of the Will” (1935), “Olympia” (1938)
 Tibbs, Casey (Signature) $225 Special Offer: $200
Signature of saddle bronc champion and actor, one of rodeo’s greatest stars ever

We took a few bucks aff this bronco!
 Vanderbilt, Harold S. (Signed Card) $65
Great-grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt, champion yachtsman and bridge player
 Whitney, Harry Payne (Document) $225 Special Offer: $175
Stock transfer document signed by the financier-polo player-horse breeder & racer

For the polo player & horse aficionado!

Sports-Motor Sports
 Lombardo, Guy (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $40
Canadian-American bandleader noted for New Year’s Eve broadcasts, champion hydroplane speedboat racer
 Rickenbacker, Eddie (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $115
1944 sentiment signed by the WW I Medal of Honor aviator and auto racing pioneer after his 2nd near-death experience

Sports-Olympic Games
 Dallin, Cyrus E. (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $150
Signed postcard reproduction of sculpture “Appeal To The Great Spirit”, sculpted angel Moroni for LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, etc.

Stage & Screen
 Albee II, Edward F. (Photograph) $225
Vaudeville impressario (grandfather of the playwright), with partner B. F. Keith, first introduced motion pictures in the US
 Anderson, Maxwell (Document) $195 Special Offer: $175
1945 license for radio broadcast of his play "Elizabeth the Queen"

A price break in honor of a wonderful writer!
 Barnet, Charlie (Document) $40
1947 DS by the jazz composer, saxophonist, and bandleader, agreement with Sam Goldwyn Productions for film “That’s Life” (“A Song Is Born”)
 Barrymore, Lionel (Letter) $225
Apologetic 1945 TLS from the Oscar-winning stage, screen & radio actor to composer Charles Wakefield Cadman
 Bateman, Isabel (Letter) $45
1870’s co-star of Sir Henry Irving at London’s Lyceum Theatre
 Beery, Wallace (Signature) $125
Frameable vintage pencil signature of the Oscar-winning actor
 Benchley, Robert (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $60
Vanity Fair and New Yorker humorist, a founder of the Algonquin Round Table, MGM and Paramount screenwriter & actor
 Bennett, Michael (Signed card) $75
Tony Award-winning choreographer-director, best known for “A Chorus Line”
 Bergman, Ingrid (Signed Program) $175
In-person signature on 1972 Wilmington theater program
 Black, Alexander (Letter) $125 Special Offer: $110
Inventor of the “picture play”, made President Grover Cleveland a “film star”!

A nice gift for the film industry "buff"!
 Bowes, Major Edward (Letter) $35
Host of radio’s 1934-52 original “Amateur Hour”, introduced “Wheel of Fortune” & the gong
 Burns, Bob (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $35
1930s-40s radio & film musical comedian, coined term “bazooka” for his unique comic instrument
 Chaplin, Charlie (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $595
Legendary film star of the Silent Era and beyond
 Cobb, Irvin S. (Photograph) $135
Colorful Kentucky-born journalist, author & humorist, wrote for and appeared in films
 Cobb, Irvin S. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $35
Colorful Kentucky-born journalist, author, humorist, wrote for, and appeared in, several films
 Comden, Betty & Green, Adolph (Photograph) $175
Famed Broadway & Hollywood musical comedy duo
 Costa, Mary (Photograph) $20
50’s-60’s soprano, voice of Princess Aurora in Disney’s 1959 “Sleeping Beauty”
 Coward, Sir Noel (Letter) $325
1933 TLS to friend, writer-historian Philip Guedalla
 Crawford, Joan (Letter) $110 Special Offer: $95
Crawford expresses reserved interest in doing a "legitimate production" (a play)

We screen Crawford at a slightly lower price!
 Crawford, Joan (Photograph) $235
1950's matte finish photo portrait inscribed & signed
 Cushman, Charlotte (Letter) $95
Likely invitation to a reading by the major mid-19th century American actress
 Davis, Bette (Signed Card) $195
Card autographed for a GI in 1945
 Dillingham, Charles B. (Letter) $35
Famed Broadway producer sends contract for 1908 Elsie Janis appearance
 Dunham, Katherine (Photograph) $125
Vintage signed photo of the "Matriarch & Queen Mother of Black Dance"
 Durante, Jimmy (Letter) $150
The legendary “Schnozzola” thanks a Canadian fan for a joke line
 Farrar, Geraldine (Letter) $35
1930 ALS of the retired soprano opera singer and silent screen actress
 Flynn, Errol (Signed Card) $195
Swashbuckling film hero of the 1930s-1940s
 Fox, William (Letter) $650 Special Offer: $575
Pioneer motion picture executive, founder of Fox film & theater empire, namesake of today’s Fox TV network

A more right price for Fox!
 Garson, Greer (Signed Card) $150
Oscar nominee 7 times, won 1942 Best Actress Academy Award for “Mrs. Miniver”
 Glaser, Lulu (Photograph) $45
Sepia 1913 portrait of the actress called the embodiment of the ideal 1890s girl
 Grable, Betty (Photograph) $295
Vintage photo inscribed & signed by the dancer-singer-actress, #1 WW II “pin-up girl”
 Henning, Doug (Photograph) $175 Special Offer: $150
Colorful 70’s – 80’s magician-showman

Poof! A lower price!
 Horne, Lena (Signed Card) $110
Singer, dancer, actress, civil rights activist, 1st Black performer to sign long-term studio contract
 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"!
 Kaufman, George S. (Autographed Note Signed) $150
Brief ANS mentioning Sinclair Lewis
 Kaufman, George S. (Typed Note Signed) $175
Characteristically odd 1935 TNS from the Algonquin Round Table member to an actor friend seeking a part
 Knoblock, Edward (Letter) $50
British playwright & screenwriter, good content on his 1931 musical play “Grand Hotel”
 Lasky Sr., Jesse L. (Photograph) $225
Pioneer movie mogul, co-founder of Paramount Pictures, produced Hollywood’s 1st feature film 1914
 Lerner, Alan Jay (Photograph) $195 Special Offer: $175
Award-winning librettist-lyricist of musicals, inc. “Brigadoon”, “Gigi”, “My Fair Lady”, "Camelot”

We could have danced all night, but lowered the price instead!
 Martin, Helena Savill Faucit ("Lady Martin") (AQS) $65
19th century English actress, performed with Macready & Irving, quotes Lord Byron
 McKechnie, Donna (Photograph) $25
Musical theater dancer, singer, actress & choreographer, starred in Broadway classic “A Chorus line”
 Mirren, Dame Helen (Signed Small Poster) $95
Color National Theatre poster signed by one of only 3 actresses to win an Oscar, Emmy & Golden Globe the same year
 Nathan, George Jean (Letter) $50
Eminent drama critic, co-founded “The American Mercury” & co-edited “The Smart Set” with Mencken, a founder & editor of “The American Spectator”
 Novak, Eva (Photograph) $40
1917 photo signed by the popular silent screen actress, Tom Mix co-star in 10 films
 Pastor, Tony (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $75
Impresario, theater owner, a founder of American vaudeville in mid-late 19th century
 Phillipson, Irving J. (Letter) $95 Special Offer: $75
The Home Front: Irving Berlin’s “This Is the Army” comes to San Francisco

A bit of San Francisco WW II nostalgia!
 Pickford, Mary (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
1943 sentiment signed by “America’s Sweetheart”, one of Hollywood’s most powerful women
 Pidgeon, Walter (Photograph) $110
Handsome signed vintage matte finish MGM portrait
 Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $50
1902 autograph sentiment signed by the English dramatist
 Prince, Harold ("Hal") (Photograph) $35
Multi-Tony Award-winning Broadway musical producer & director
 Reagan, Ronald (Signed Album Page) $395
Late 1938 inscribed & signed autograph album page
 Reeve, Christopher (Photograph) $295 Special Offer: $250
Signed & inscribed color photograph as “Superman”

It's not a bird or a plane, just a lower price!
 Richman, Harry (Photograph) $75
Popular entertainer, famed for recording & film “Puttin’ on the Ritz”, co-piloted 1936 1st transatlantic round trip flight
 Riefenstahl, Leni (Document) $150
German Filmmaker noted for pro-Nazi Documentaries “Triumph of the Will” (1935), “Olympia” (1938)
 Russell, Harold (Check) $30
Only actor to win 2 Oscars for one role, activist in fight for employment rights for people with disabilities
 Saddler, Donald (Photograph) $75
Ballet, Broadway & film dancer, award-winning choreographer
 Schmidt, Harvey (Photograph) $225 Special Offer: $195
Tony Award-winning composer of longest running musical ever, “The Fantasticks”

A "fantastic" deal!
 Sherwood, Robert Emmet (Document) $225
1933 DS from Pulitzer Prize-Winning playwright, & Oscar-winning screenplay writer for British rights to his play "Reunion in Vienna"
 Sinatra, Frank (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $495
Scarce authentic mid-40’s autograph sentiment signed
 Stanwyck, Barbara (Signed Card) $75
Film & television star, highest paid American woman in 1944!
 Swarthout, Gladys (Letter) $35
1949 TLS to composer Chas. Wakefield Cadman’s sister on pleasure of singing his song, “At Dawning”
 Talley, Marion (Photograph) $45
1935 signed & inscribed Clarence Bull glamour matte finish photo
 Temple, Shirley (Signed Card) $125
Vintage signature of the very popular child actress, her film career lasting from age 3 to 22
 Terry, Fred (Photograph) $50
Eminent late 19th-early 20th century English actor, Ellen Terry’s brother, husband of Julia Neilson
 Tibbs, Casey (Signature) $225 Special Offer: $200
Signature of saddle bronc champion and actor, one of rodeo’s greatest stars ever

We took a few bucks aff this bronco!
 Velez, Lupe (Signed Card) $115
Signature of “The Mexican Spitfire” while Mrs. Johnny Weismuller (1933-39)
 Warren, William (Autog. Sentiment Signed) $85
19th century American actor noted for playing English gentlemen roles for 50 years
 Warren, William (Autograph Quotation Signed) $35
Famed 19th century Boston comic actor misquotes Shakespeare
 West, Mae (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $195
Buxom 1930’s sex symbol, actress, playwright & screenwriter
 Willson, Meredith (Photograph) $225
Composer-lyricist-playwright of “The Music Man” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”
 Zukor, Adolph (Photograph) $250
Pioneer film mogul, founder of Paramount Pictures, a creator of Hollywood as film center

Vice Presidents of the US
 Agnew, Spiro T. (First Day Cover) $95
First Day Cover signed by the disgraced Nixon “Veep”
 Barkley, Alben W. (Signed card) $40
Senate Majority Leader 1937-47, Truman’s 1949-53 VP
 Bush, George H. W. (Letter) $150
1979 TLS at start of 1980 presidential run, to a friend, composer of “Hail to The Redskins”
 Bush, George H. W. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $175
1983 TLS as VP to the composer of “Hail to The Redskins”, appreciating his friendship
 Calhoun, John C. (Signature) $195
South Carolina statesman, Vice President (JQ Adams & Jackson), Secretary of State (Tyler) & War (Monroe), advocated slavery, states’ rights and nullification in the Senate
 Dawes, Charles G. (Signed Card) $50
Coolidge’s 1925-29 VP, awarded 1925 Nobel Peace Prize, songwriter
 Ford, Gerald R. (Signed Card) $125
1974 in-person signature while Vice President
 Garner, John Nance (Signed Card) $50
Card signed by the Texas congressman, 1931-33 House Speaker, FDR VP 1933-41
 Hendricks, Thomas A. (Signed Card) $75
Signature of the unsuccessful 1876 VP candidate with Tilden, Cleveland’s VP, died in office 1885
 Johnson, Richard Mentor (Check) $250
Check handwritten a year & a day before his election as VP by the Senate
 Marshall, Thomas R. (Photograph) $225
Signed Clinedinst photo likely while Wilson’s VP
 Mondale, Walter F. (Photograph) $40
Minnesota US Senator (D) 1964-76, US VP 1977-81 (Carter), 1984 presidential candidate, lost in landslide to President Reagan
 Mondale, Walter F. "Fritz" (Photograph) $50
Signed Inauguration Day photo as Vice President to DC police officer
 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. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $495
1955 TLS as Vice President to Ambassador Joseph Grew, complaining about lack of press coverage of two “Cold War” related addresses
 Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Signature) $50
Signed bumper sticker for 1964 campaign for GOP presidential nomination
 Wallace, Henry A. (Letter) $150
TLS as FDR’s Agriculture Secretary, later FDR’s 2nd VP & 1948 Progressive presidential candidate
 Wallace, Henry A. (Signed Card) $75
Card signed by the controversial FDR-Truman cabinet member, FDR’s 2nd VP, 1948 presidential candidate
 Wilson, Henry (Letter) $395
Uncommon ALS as Grant’s VP!

Western Americana
 Bonneville, Benjamin L. E. (Document) $495
1818 DS signed 3 times as 2nd Lieutenant of Light Artillery, before his explorations in the American west
 Burke, John M. (Letter) $250
Buffalo Bill’s famed press agent, one of the great public relations legends
 Lummis, Charles F. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $125
Author, New Mexico Native American activist, Los Angeles editor, librarian & presevationist
 Nye, Edgar W. "Bill" (Photograph) $75
Cabinet photograph signed by a major American humorist of the 2nd half of the 19th century
 Smith, Marcus Aurelius ("Mark") (Letter) $40
Tombstone prosecutor, one of Arizona’s first two US Senators
 Tabor, Horace A. W. (Signature) $350 Special Offer: $295
Signature of “The Silver King”, likely while Colorado US Senator for 2 months

A sterling offer!
 Tibbs, Casey (Signature) $225 Special Offer: $200
Signature of saddle bronc champion and actor, one of rodeo’s greatest stars ever

We took a few bucks aff this bronco!

Women
 Abzug, Bella (Photograph) $65
New York feminist US Rep, a founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus
 Anthony, Susan B. (Letter) $2250
Excellent letter conveying a sentiment from the tireless advocate of women’s right to vote
 Astor, Lady Nancy (Signed Card) $75
US-born, 1st woman to sit in British Parliament 1919-45
 Blackwell, Alice Stone (Letter) $225
Daughter of Lucy Stone, women’s and human rights advocate, edited “Woman’s Journal” 1893-1918
 Bonheur, Rosa (Signed Card) $125
1897 signed card by the famed French realist painter
 Chadwick, Florence (Photograph) $75
Small photo on beach in bathing suit of 1st woman to swim English Channel in both directions
 Child, Julia (Photograph) $250
The legendary American French chef at work on a flounder in her kitchen!
 Chisholm, Shirley (Photograph) $135
Photograph signed by the 1st African-American congresswoman
 Claflin, Tennessee C. (Signature) $450 Special Offer: $400
“Tennie C.”, colorful & controversial women’s rights advocate

Our "feminine side" says to lower the price!
 Culbertson, Josephine (Signed card) $50
1st woman bridge champion
 Davis, Angela Y. (AQS) $150
1960’s political activist, Black Panther associate, 1980 & 1984 Communist Party VP candidate
 Dickinson, Anna E. (Letter) $175
1864 ALS to controversial physician D. Willard Bliss, then in charge of Washington's Armory Square Hospital
 Dodge, Grace H. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $125
Social worker & philanthropist,devoted her life & money to improving women’s education, esteem, and safety
 Edgeworth, Maria (Autograph Manuscript Signed) $495
Manuscript page from her 1834 novel “Helen” by the late 18th-early 19th century popular Irish novelist
 Eliot, George (Signature) $250
One of Victorian England's greatest novelists, one of world's foremost women writers
 Ferguson, Miriam A. "Ma" (Signed Card) $65
Controversial 1st Texas woman governor, 2nd female US governor
 Ferraro, Geraldine (Photograph) $50
1984 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1st female major US political party VP candidate
 Garfield, Eliza Ballou (Signed card) $95
First presidential mom to see her son inaugurated and to live in the Executive Mansion
 Godey, Louis A. (Document) $115
1853 10-month $360 promissory note signed twice by the “Godey’s Lady’s Book” founder-editor-publisher
 Harrison, Mrs. Burton (Constance Cary) (Autograph Sentiment Signed ) $40
Prolific southern-born author & socialite, one of “Cary Invincibles” who sewed 1st CSA battle flags 1861
 Hathaway, Sybil, Dame of Sark (Letter) $75
1961 ALS of the 21st Seigneur of Sark, last feudal state in Europe
 Jarvis, Anna M. (Letter) $295 Special Offer: $250
1938 TLS from the founder of America’s Mother’s Day holiday

Honor your mama!
 Joliot-Curie, Irene (Letter) $595 Special Offer: $550
French physicist, daughter of Pierre & Marie Curie, shared 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband

We "cured" the price!
 Kelsey, Frances O. (Photograph) $75
FDA pharmacologist, led fight to prevent thalidomide from gaining US Government approval
 Kenyon, Dorothy (Letter) $40
Controversial feminist lawyer-jurist-diplomat
 Livermore, Mary A. (Signed Card) $75
“The Queen of the Platform”, abolitionist, woman suffrage & education, temperance advocate
 Luce, Clare Boothe (Signed Card) $35
Card signed by the playwright, author, journalist, conservative congresswoman, diplomat
 Luhan, Mabel Dodge (Signature) $150
Rare autograph of the wealthy patron associated with the Taos Art Colony; author
 Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of (Signature) $250
One of most influential women in English history, ancestor of Winston Churchill & Diana, Princess of Wales
 McAuliffe, S. Christa (Signature) $900
1st non-astronaut to be sent to space, killed in 1986 explosion of Shuttle "Challenger"
 Mead, Margaret (Signed Album Page) $75
Famed anthropologist, wrote landmark “Coming of Age in Samoa” in 1928
 Miles, Josephine (Signed typescript) $30
Signed typescript of “Lucifer Alone” by the eminent Berkeley poet & critic
 Mills, Susan L. (Letter) $125 Special Offer: $110
Founder of Mills College, 1st women’s college in the far western United States

A more educated deal!
 Owen, Ruth Bryan (Letter) $35
1937 ALS from the south’s 1st Congresswoman, 1st woman US ambassador, author
 Owen, Ruth Bryan (Signed Portrait) $30
1st congresswoman from Florida & the south, 1st woman US ambassador, author
 Owen, Ruth Bryan (Letter) $45
1935 TLS while Ambassador to Denmark (1st woman US ambassador), invitation to composer Charles Wakefield Cadman
 Parks, Rosa (Signed Card) $195
Signature of “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”
 Peabody, Elizabeth Parker (Signature) $125
American Transcendentalist, reformer, publisher & educator, opened 1st US kindergarten in 1860
 Perkins, Frances (Signed Card) $40
1st woman Cabinet member, FDR Labor Secretary 1933-45
 Rankin, Jeannette (Signed Card) $125
1st woman elected to Congress, opposed US entry in WW I & WW II
 Riefenstahl, Leni (Document) $150
German Filmmaker noted for pro-Nazi Documentaries “Triumph of the Will” (1935), “Olympia” (1938)
 Rives, Amélie (Letter) $65
1889 ALS on card from the Virginia novelist, R. E Lee’s goddaughter, sending autograph to a woman
 Roosevelt (Longworth), Alice (Letter) $325
The 16-year old “first daughter” assists a genealogist – good content 1900 ALS!
 Rosenberg, Anna M. (Photograph) $40
Asst. Secretary of Defense 1950-53, then highest post achieved by a woman in the US military establishment
 Ross, Nellie Tayloe (Photograph) $110
1st woman elected state governor, 1st woman Director of US Mint
 Sedgwick, Catharine M. (ANS) $225
Autographed note signed by of one of the early 19th century’s major female writers, noted for “domestic fiction”
 Seelye, Laurenus Clark (Photograph) $75
1904 photograph as (1st) President of Smith College
 Sigourney, Lydia H. (AQS) $150
The popular American poet misquotes English poet Edward Young
 Sigourney, Lydia H. (ALS & AQS) $425
The popular Connecticut poet provides a quote from one of her most successful works, “Niagara”
 Sims, Naomi (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $25
1st African-American supermodel, businesswoman, author
 Smith, Margaret Chase (Letter) $35
1967 letter of advice to a constituent seeking a US Capitol job
 Smith, Margaret Chase (Photograph) $65
Wonderful photo of a smiling Senator Smith likely while campaigning for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination
 Truman, Margaret (Signed Portrait) $60
1951 TIME portrait signed by the “First Daughter”, later a succesful mystery writer
 Victoria, Queen (ANS +franked leaf) $595
ANS from “The Queen” to Viscount Falkland dictating “VIP” seating arrangements
 Wald, Lillian D. (Letter) $175
Public health/visiting nurse pioneer, founder of New York City’s celebrated Henry Street Settlement
 Willard, Emma (Document) $375
Early ADS of the founder of the 1st women’s school of higher education
 Willard, Emma (Letter) $495
Uncommon ALS of the author and women's rights advocate, founder of the first women’s school of higher education
 Willard, Frances E. (Letter) $195
1892 pencil ALS on letterhead as President of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
 Willard, Frances E. (Signature) $95
Women’s suffrage & temperance advocate, 1st woman represented in US Capitol’s Statuary Hall
 Yandell, Enid (Signed Card) $30
Pioneer late 19th- early 20th century sculptor & humanitarian

World Leaders
 Astor, Lady Nancy (Signed Card) $75
US-born, 1st woman to sit in British Parliament 1919-45
 Astor, William Waldorf, 2nd Viscount (Letter) $110
Astor thanks his sister for a souvenir riding crop for rambling at Cliveden
 Astor, William Waldorf, 2nd Viscount (Letter) $110
Astor invites sister Pauline to sail to the US with he & Lady Nancy
 Avila Camacho, Manuel (Signature) $50
Mexico's World War II Head of State
 Baldwin, Stanley (Signature) $75
3-Time UK Prime Minister, secured peaceful abdication of King Edward VII
 Balfour, Arthur James (Letter) $135
1896 LS thanking noted Scottish bookseller for sending his new edition of Burns’ Poetry and Life
 Benes, Eduard (Signed Card) $125
Dark signature of the eminent Czechoslovak statesman, President 1930-38, 1940-48
 Bismarck, Otto von (Autographed Note Signed) $450
1874 ANS, draft telegram while German Chancellor to Field Marshall Count Albrecht von Roon
 Botha, Pieter W. (Photograph) $40
Apartheid era South African PM 1978-84, 1st State President 1984-89
 Bright, John (Signed Envelope) $40
British Quaker, Liberal & Radical reform MP 1843-89, joined with Cobden to repeal Corn Laws
 Briscoe, Robert (Letter) $40
Irish statesman, 1st Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin
 Carlos II (Document) $750
1679 DS of the last Habsburg King of Spain, succession to his throne sparked 2 wars
 Carson of Duncairn, Baron (Photograph) $295 Special Offer: $250
Famed barrister in Oscar Wilde libel suit, Irish & Ulster Unionist leader, foe of Irish Home Rule

A tip o' the hat, a lowering of the price!
 Chaban-Delmas, Jacques (Signed Official Card) $25
Card signed by the WW II Resistance leader while French Prime Minister 1969-72
 Charles, Prince of Wales (Photograph) $750
1984 signed color photo of Prince Charles with District of Columbia police
 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
 Churchill, Winston (ON HOLD) (Signature) $1250
Signature on letterhead as First Lord of the Admiralty (1911-15)
 Curzon, George, 1st Baron & 1st Marquis of Kedleston (Letter) $50
British Foreign Minister Lord Curzon thanks US diplomat Joseph Grew for a birthday remembrance
 Derby, 14th Earl (Edward Smith-Stanley) (Letter) $150
1865 ALS from one of England’s great Parliamentary orators, 3-time PM, father of the modern Conservative Party
 Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (Free Franked Panel) $275
Free franked address panel while relatively new MP
 Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (Franked Envelope) $295
Franked hand-addressed envelope (likely while Prime Minister) to The Lord Chancellor
 Doenitz, Karl (Typed Quotation Signed) $325
Admiral Dönitz signs his statement denouncing the “fuehrerprinzip” for Nuremberg prosecutor Justice Jackson’s biographer
 Elath, Eliahu (FDC) $40
Israel’s 1st Ambassador to the US and to Great Britain
 Erhard, Ludwig (Signed Portrait) $45
Signed color portrait of the 1963-66 West German Chancellor
 Erlander, Tage F. (Letter) $30
1958 TLS of Sweden’s PM for 23 years, kept Sweden neutral in Cold War
 Fawzi, Mahmoud (First Day Cover) $30
Egyptian diplomat & statesman from Farouk to Sadat
 Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Matted Signature) $3995
1947 matted scarce double signature (Hindi & English) of Mahatma Gandhi
 Garcia, Carlos P. (Letter) $85
1958 TLS as Philippine President to “Meet the Press” producer-host, Lawrence E. Spivak
 George III (Letter) $2250 Special Offer: $1995
Rare ALS of America’s last king!

A royal deal!
 Gladstone, William E. (Letter) $225
ALS while Conservative MP for Oxford University begrudgingly making a charitable contribution
 Harman, Avraham (First Day Cover) $30
Renowned Israeli Diplomat, Ambassador to US 1959-68
 Hathaway, Sybil, Dame of Sark (Letter) $75
1961 ALS of the 21st Seigneur of Sark, last feudal state in Europe
 Holyoake, Sir Keith J. (Letter) $40
1965 TLS as New Zealand’s Prime Minister, only person to be both PM & Governor-General
 Howard, John (In Person Signature) $35
2006 in-person signature while Prime Minister of Australia
 Hussein I , King of Jordan (Photograph) $150
1982 color photo of Jordan’s popular king, inscribed to DC police officer
 Katzir, Ephraim (Photograph) $65
Signed photo of the prominent bio-physicist, 4th President of State of Israel
 Kekkonen, Urho (First Day Cover) $75 Special Offer: $65
Signed 1965 US Winston Churchill stamp First Day Cover while President of Finland

We cut the price by a pair of "fins"!
 Kreisky, Bruno (Photograph) $35
Jewish Socialist Chancellor of Austria 1970-1983
 Lafayette, Marquis de (Letter) $1495
1811 ALS of Marquis de Lafayette, seeking to arrange a meeting
 Leopold I, King of the Belgians (Document) $325
1st King of Belgium, led Russian cavalry division against Napoleon, father of Empress Carlota of Mexico, uncle of Britain’s Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
 Liverpool, Lord (Robt. Banks Jenkinson) (Letter) $175
ALS while British PM, fought Napoleon & United States in 1812
 Lloyd George, David (Signed Card) $75
British Liberal PM 1916-21, led the Empire to victory in WW I, one of “The Big Four” at Versailles Peace Conference
 Lyautey, Marshal Louis H. G. (ANS) $150 Special Offer: $125
Led 1896 French invasion of Madagascar, governed Morocco 1907-25

We marshaled a better price!
 Lyons, Richard P. M., 1st Viscount (ANS) $40
Eminent British envoy to the US during the Civil War
 Magsaysay, Ramon (Letter) $175
“The Idol of the Masses”, WW II guerilla leader, 7th Philippine president, defeated Huk rebellion, killed in 1957 plane crash
 Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of (Signature) $250
One of most influential women in English history, ancestor of Winston Churchill & Diana, Princess of Wales
 Masaryk, Tomas G. (Letter) $750
Early ALS in English of the Czechoslovak statesman, to London publisher Thomas Longman
 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!
 Menocal, Mario Garcia (Signed Card) $50
Signature of Cuba’s 1913-21 President
 Minto, 4th Earl (Signature) $150
Signature while (8th) Governor General of Canada
 Mintoff, Dom (Signature) $30
Signature of the architect of Malta’s independence on 1960 ALS of his wife
 Mollien, Francois Nicolas, Comte (Letter) $125
1802 LS from Napoleon’s future 2nd Minister of Finance, thanks Paris Athéneé Des Artes for an honor
 Mussolini, Benito (Signature) $450
1929 frameable signature of “Il Duce”, Italian Fascist dictator 1922-45
 North, Frederick, Lord (Signature) $195
1776 signature of Lord North, America’s last Prime Minister
 Obregon Salido, Alvaro (Photograph) $350
Signed photograph of the Mexican soldier-statesman, assassinated 1928
 Olmert, Ehud (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $135 Special Offer: $115
In-person autograph sentiment signed by Israel’s disgraced former PM while Mayor of Jerusalem

A more graceful price!
 Owen Jr, Robert Latham (Photograph) $110
1914 photo of one of Oklahoma's 1st US Senators, progressive Democrat of Cherokee ancestry, helped create Federal Reserve System
 Peel, Sir Robert (ANS + Portrait) $125
ANS of the eminent British statesman with portrait for framing
 Peres, Shimon (Signed Card) $40
President of Israel, twice PM, co-recipient of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize
 Rabin, Yitzhak (First Day Cover) $225
Israeli military leader, 5th PM, 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, assassinated after Oslo Accords
 Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (Letter) $75
1965 TLS of the Indian philosopher, 1st VP and 2nd President of India
 Rainier III, Prince de Monaco (Signed Card) $60
One of the longest ruling 20th century monarchs, led Monaco 1949-2005, wed Grace Kelly 1956
 Reuter, Ernst (Letter) $150 Special Offer: $125
West Berlin Mayor Reuter thanks Ambassador Grew for his memoir

A more earnest offering!
 Roxas, Manuel A. (Typed Sentiment Signed) $150
1947 typed sentiment signed by the 1st President of the independent Philippine Republic
 Sapir, Pinhas (FDC) $45
Father of the Israeli economy, managed from a black notebook
 Smuts, Jan Christiaan (Letter) $295
South African statesman, only person to sign peace treaties ending WW I and II
 Spaak, Paul-Henri (First Day Cover) $25
Belgian, United Nations & NATO statesman
 Umberto II (Photograph) $65
Signed photograph of the exiled last King of Italy
 Venizelos, Eleutherios (Photograph) $125
One of Greece’s greatest 20th century statesmen
 Victoria, Queen (ANS +franked leaf) $595
ANS from “The Queen” to Viscount Falkland dictating “VIP” seating arrangements
 Walesa, Lech (Photograph) $110
Polish trade unionist, led “Solidarity”, 1983 Nobel Peace laureate, President 1990-95
 William IV (Letter) $350
1820 ALS while Duke of Clarence (17 days before father George III’s death) to British naval hero Baron Keith of Stonehaven
 Williams, Sir William Fenwick (Signature) $195
Led British forces in British No. America, organized Canada’s defenses when US Civil War began
 Yonge, Sir George, 5th Baronet (Letter) $295 Special Offer: $250
British Secretary at War 1782-94, Toronto’s main street named for him

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