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Next Auction, Wednesday, March 30, 2011
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT $400.00
60036-14
(1882 - 1945) Thirty-second President of the United States who instituted the "New Deal" programs and who led the United States through most of World War II. An interesting from a rather desparate autograph collector, includes a T.L.S., 1p., 4to., Shaker Heights, Oct. 3, 1934, from autograph seeker Martin Miller to FDR's personal valet, Irwin McDuffie, an African-American. Miller requests McDuffie's help in obtaining Roosevelt's autograph, and tries to get chummy: "...When I was a small boy I had the good fortune to have the care of a loving 'colored mammy.' She is now quite old but I frequently cause great joy, for us both, by calling her at home... She takes great pride in my collection of autographed letters from great people throughout the world... I approach you to present a sincere request. Sometime soon, when you are aiding our great President, will you ask him to write a few words of greeting to me over his signature?..." Perhaps not surprisingly, McDuffie did not return Miller's letter. McDuffie's wife, Elizabeth, did reply at a much later date with a holographic note on verso: "...Quite some time ago you sent my husband this letter. The President does not autograph anything for people he doesn't know. So I am sending you a blotter from his desk..." True to her word, Lizzie McDuffie included in her letter Roosevelt's cardboard blotter, measuring 8" x 3", with the President's signature in reverse in several different colors of ink. A unique lot!
WHO CAN KILL TEDDY BEAR? $180.00
60740-16
A fun 1906 children's game by the American Printing Company, 12 1/2 x 24" (sight), entitled "WHO CAN KILL TEDDY BEAR?". Inspired by the hunting exploits of Theodore Roosevelt, apparently the game required blindfolded players to aim their finger in a gun-like fashion to "shoot" the bear. Nicely matted and framed.
GEORGE H. BUSH $150.00
28506-1
(b. 1924) Forty-first President of the United States who ordered the attack on Iraq to liberate Kuwait. T.L.S. "George" as Vice President on his embossed letterhead, 1p. 8vo., [n.p.], Jan. 8, 1986 to a banker friend. In part: "...I'm asking our political people to keep in mind both the Elks and [a physicians' group]...I am delighted you and Zeder are off to Saipan. You'll love it -- I know...". Thinned at corners, else fine.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER $400.00
50407-1
Excellent I.S.P., 8" x 10", b/w, a bust portrait wearing his five star general's uniform, inscribed in the lower left to Mamie's sister Mabel Frances Doud, (nicknamed "Mike") "To my sister Mike with warm affection, Ike". Photographs of Eisenhower inscribed to close family members are rarely seen. Ink a bit light in spots. Accompanied by another unsigned photograph, 8" x 10", b/w, of Ike giving a salute. Both very good.
KENNEDY ASSASSINATION ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS $1,500.00
60130-41
An outstanding grouping of nine original color photographs, all but one 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", showing various scenes concerning the death of John F. Kennedy, with four of the photographs taken the very day of his assassination. Of the photographs taken on November 22nd, the most impressive photo measures 4" x 3" and shows the Kennedys and Connally in their limousine, all four facing the camera, taken just minutes before the fateful shots were fired. Another photo shows is essentially the same view, but taken from another side of the car, the third photo shows Kennedy's seat at the Dallas Trade Mart, his destination before the shooting, with the last November 22nd photo showing a group of people, one of whom was the taker of these photos, standing before the Texas School Book Depository (photo bears a small torn blister just above the sign for the building). The remaining five images were taken in the days following the assassination and show various flower tributes in Dealey Plaza, with a final photo showing Kennedy's grave at Arlington. As stated above, all of the 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" photos were shot by a photographer who had traveled with a group of people to Dallas to view the President, and thereafter had gone north to Washington to view Kennedy's grave. The limousine close-up, the first photo described above, was taken by a Dallas newspaper reporter and remained within the family until 1994. We believe all of the photos to be unpublished, with no negatives remaining. All have been double-matted along with a letter of provenance, and set into a fine wood frame. An excessively rare set of original Kennedy photographs, in overall fine condition. EBAY 1200
RICHARD M. NIXON $180.00
60608-26
(1913 - 1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. T.L.S. "Dick Nixon" on his congressional letterhead, 1p. 4to., Washington, Aug. 2, 1950 thanking a man in Los Angeles for his support during the California Republican Senatorial primary. Nixon crows that he had defeated his opponent by over 170,000 votes. He adds: "...we have a hard battle on our hands this fall....the opposition will be extremely well financed...political figures from outside the state will come to California to speak in behalf of Mrs. Douglas...In view of developments in Korea, I am planning to stay in Washington until after Congress adjourns...". Fine. Two weeks before winning the election, Nixon accused the Democratic candidate, Helen Gahagan Douglas, of being the conduit through which the decisions made by Stalin flowed to the United States Congress: "This action by Mrs. Douglas," Nixon explained, "... came just two weeks after [U.S. Communist Party leader] William Z. Foster transmitted his instructions from the Kremlin to the Communist national committee.... [Thus] this [Communist] demand found its way into the Congress". Because Nixon won the 1950 Senate race he went on to become Vice President in 1953, and President in 1969.
LINCOLN ASSASSINATION RELIC $400.00
60115-2
A set of two relics associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, featuring several strands of hair of Abraham Lincoln and a few from William Seward, who was also the target of Booth's conspiracy, attacked by Lewis Powell. The hair strands were collected by Mrs. Caroline Wright, the wife of Civil War Indiana Governor, Joseph Wright. Matted and ready for display, with provenance present. Ex: Christie's
(ABRAHAM LINCOLN) $250.00
50334-1
Lot of five cartes de visite of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, various views, condition varies, some trimmed.
(JOHN F. KENNEDY) $225.00
23655-1
(1917 - 1963) Thirty-fifth President of the United States. Kennedy faced-down the Kruschev during the Cuban Missile Crisis, re-invigorated NASA, and signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Assassinated. A stunning pair of original vintage photographs, 5" x 7" b/w each, showing John F. Kennedy in an informal head and shoulders smiling pose, while the other shows a gorgeous, early portrait of his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, in an ornamented satin strapless evening gown and pearls with a satin throw about her shoulders. Both photographs are housed in stand-up folder, printed with "Compliments of Dick English" on the front. A most striking pair of images, very fine condition.
(HARDING, WARREN G.) $25.00
27832-1
(1865 - 1923) Twenty-ninth President of the United States.Presidential relics from the grave of Harding consisting of various forms of mortar and stone each measuring approximately 2" to ¾" bearing a manuscript tag reading: "Stones from the grave of Warren G. Harding, Marion, Ohio". Acquired from the collection of a privately owned New York State museum assembled during the 1930's. Overall very good.
RICHARD M. NIXON $125.00
40893-1
(1913-1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. Very early I.S.P. of Nixon, a 3/12" x 5 1/2" b/w chest, pose obtained while Nixon was still practicing law. Boldly signed in black ink in bottom white margin. Very good.
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