Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 111

The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction

Manuscripts

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		Bartlett, Josiah -- Signer From New Hampshire -- War-date ALS Re Supplying Troops (1729-95) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire. He served on the Committees of Safety, Secrecy, Munitions, Marine, and Civil Government. As a physician, he accompanied John Stark's forces to the Battle of Bennington in 1777. He later served as Governor of New Hampshire and Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature. Autograph letter signed as Chairman of the Committee of Safety, one page, 10¼ x 7¼", Exeter NH, Mar. 9, 1781. To Gen. Moses Nicholls: "We wrote you on the 9th ulto. that application had been made to Coll. Hunt to furnish the necessary supplies for the recruits now raising in the Western District. since which, by a Letter from said Hunt, we find he declines the service. Therefore, agreeably to our first directions, we request you to undertake the business of supplying the Troops to be mustered at Amherst. - & that you call on Francis Blood Esq: for supplies accordingly." The letter is toned, with darker tone lines at top and bottom, denoting a previous framing. Bartlett's signature is nice and dark. Gen. Nicholls (1740-90), a citizen of Amherst, NH, was appointed colonel of the 5th NH Militia Regt. in 1776. In 1777 they participated in the Battle of Bennington and in 1778 in the Battle of Rhode Island. In 1780 he led his regiment to West Point where it formed part of the garrison. *Estimate Value $1,200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,313
Lot 2		Beauregard, Pierre G.T. -- Civil War-date Letter With Orders to Retreat After First Battle of Corinth (1818-93) Confederate general; he ordered the first shots of the Civil War during the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861. Letter signed "G.T. Beauregard / Genl. Comdy," one page, blue paper, 8 x 5¼", Rienzi, Miss., May 30 (18)62. "For Gen'l Bragg, or Officer Comdg. at Tuscumbia Bridge on Shunpike Road from Corinth to Kossuth." After losing the Battle of Shiloh, Confederate forces had retreated to Corinth, but Union forces under General Henry Hallek laid siege to the town in May. Rather than surrender, Beauregard's troops slipped away toward Tupelo. To Bragg he writes: "Unless otherwise instructed before that period expires, you will take up your line of march from your present position to Carollville and Baldwin at sundown tomorrow evening. Meanwhile should you be in need of provisions you can send a part of your Cavalry to this place for some. Be sure to destroy the bridge across the Tuscumbia and otherwise obstruct the road before leaving your position." Light stain does not affect legibility; small pinhole at blank top left margin, else fine. The loss of the important rail center of Corinth prevented further Confederate attempts to regain western Tennessee. General Grant used Corinth as his base of operations to seize control of the Mississippi River Valley, especially the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi. *Estimate Value $1,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,625
Lot 3		Boesky, Ivan -- Check Signed by the Poster Boy for 1980s Wall Street Greed (1937-) American investment banker who was convicted of insider trading in 1986. He cooperated with the SEC and informed on others, including financier Michael Milken, and as a result of a plea bargain, Boesky received a prison sentence of 3½ years and a fine of $100 million. The character of Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas) in the movie "Wall Street"(1987) is based at least in part on Boesky, who said "I think greed is healthy" during a speech he made on the positive aspects of greed in May 1986 at the University of California, Berkeley School of Business commencement ceremony. Yellow personal check signed "Ivan Boesky," 3 x 8¼", New york, Oct. 27, 1975. Written on Manfacturers Hanover Trust Company to Professional Offices for $75. Cancellation stamp lightly touches the top of the "I" in "Ivan." *Estimate Value $75 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $60
Lot 4		Boudinot, Elias -- Revolutionary War-date Military Commission Signed as President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1740-1821) Revolutionary War officer; President of the United States in Congress Assembled from Nov. 4, 1782 to Nov. 2,1783. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint and served from 1795 until 1805. Document signed as President of the United States in Congress Assembled, one page, vellum, 6¾ x 11½", Philadelphia, May 14, 17(83). Appointing Andrew Peters as Lieutenant Colonel in the Massachusetts Line. Countersigned by Secretary at War Benjamin Lincoln. Vellum is translucent in areas and much of the manuscript portion is very light; much of red wax seal remains. Boudinot and Lincoln's signatures are of medium boldness. *Estimate Value $1,500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $900
Lot 5		Braxton, Carter -- Rare War-date ALS by the Signer From Virginia (1736-97) Merchant, planter, statesman; a signer of the Declaration of Independenc from Virginia. Autograph letter signed ("Carter Braxton"), 4 pages, 9¼ x 7 3/8", Delaware Town, July 26, 1777. To an unknown recipient, with details of transactions of salt, tobacco, and pork, and reports of Howe's assault on the central colonies. Braxton asks his unnamed recipient to look after his affairs at the Head of the Elk River, which was of strategic importance to both the British and the Americans as it was the closest point for Patriot forces in the central colonies to debark for travel down the Chesapeake. It was also the closest point in Chesapeake Bay for the British to direct amphibious operations against Philadelphia. In late July 1777, a 265-ship armada carrying 17,000 troops under General Howe's command arrived at the Head of Elk. Braxton writes: "Our Cape is so totally blocked up & so many Vessels taken that all trade seems expiring fast & the want of real necessaries in the Fall will be too great I fear to be endured. Mr Morris and myself have suffered severely in some late Losses & have now several Vessells that cannot get out tho loaded & ready for sea." Braxton risked his large fortune, inherited from his father's prosperous tobacco plantation, in extensive commercial enterprises, and like Robert Morris, he loaned money to the American cause, as well as funded shipping and privateering. About half of the 14 ships in which he held an interest were either sunk or captured by the British, who also destroyed some of his plantations. He fell deeply into debt and was forced to sell off his estate in 1786. The letter is browned, stained, and faded, with small holes and fold separations touching a few words. *Estimate Value $4,000 - UP* James Copley Collection, Sotheby's, New York April 24, 2010, lot 26. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,560
Lot 6		Buchanan, James -- ALS Recommending a Doctor For a Position in the Land Office (1791-1868) 15th President of the United States (1857-61). Autograph letter signed as U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, one page, 9¾ x 8", Washington, Dec. 12, 1836. Countersigned by Samuel McKean, Pennylvania's second senator. Addressed to Hon. James S. Whitcomb (1795-1852), U.S. senator from Indiana, who had been appointed by President Andrew Jackson as Land Commissioner (1836-41). Buchanan and McKean recommend Dr. William Wallace, whom they believe to be well qualified to be a clerk in the Land office. In part, "He is the son of a highly respectable citizen of Pennsylvania who has recently removed to this City; and is himself a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. His appointment would give satisfaction to many friends." Clearly written in Buchanan's neat hand. Small mounting remnants on integral address leaf, else fine. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $400
Lot 7		Buchanan, James -- Letter Signed as Secretary of State (1791-1868) 15th President of the United States (1857-61); he served as Secretary of State under James K. Polk (1845-49). Manuscript letter signed as Secretary of State, one page, 10 x 8", Washington, Dec. 28, 1848. To Hon. N.K. Hall, House of Representatives, regarding the incorporation of the University of Buffalo. He names numerous journals, reports, executive documents of the Senate and House, digests, census documents, etc., including a facsimile of the original Declaration of Independence, which will be forwarded to the university as soon as he has evidence of its incorporation. "The certificate of the Secretary of State of New York will be sufficient evidence to this Department…and upon the receipt of such certificate the works above enumerated will be forwarded to the President of that institution." *Estimate Value $400 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 8		Burgoyne, John -- 1782 ALS as Commander in Chief of Ireland (1722-1792) British general, best remembered for his defeat by American forces at Saratoga in 1777, which was a turning point in the American Revolution. Burgoyne returned to England and from 1782-83 served as Commander in Chief of Ireland before retiring to private life. Autograph letter signed ("J: Burgoyne") as Commander in Chief of Ireland, 3 pages, 9 x 7", Oct. 17, 1782. Written five years to the day after his surrender to American forces at Saratoga and one and a half months before the Treaty of Paris formally ended the Revolutionary War, to Rt. Hon:ble Mr. Townshend and marked "Private." "…I must give my opinion decidedly against the experiment of [Capt. Murray's] corps or any new Corps to be levied in Ireland at this Crisis….I sincerely think Government is bound in policy & honour not to interfere with other…levies till their…time is expired, or nearly so, that their success or failure can be ascertained." He adds, "I am much obliged to you for your confirmation of the success at Gibraltar against the floating batteries. God send it may be a prelude to a victory of the fleet…" George Townshend, brother of Charles Townshend (of the infamous Townshend Acts), had been Viceroy of Ireland from 1767-72. With Lord North, he was instrumental in imposing greater British control over Ireland. He was promoted to full general in November 1782. *Estimate Value $1,500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,313
Lot 9		Burke, Edmund -- ALS re Philip Francis' yet-unpublished "Letter to Lord North" on the idea of social equality, Indian affairs and "this present cursed War in America." (1729-1797). Influential Anglo-Irish politician, orator and political thinker. Autograph letter signed ("Edm Burke"), 3 pages, 9 x 7¼". Docketed twice by the recipient, John Bourke, who had sent Burke an unpublished letter written by Philip Francis to Lord North about the administration of the East India Company's affairs in Bengal (the letter, although written in September 1777, was not published until 1793). Burke exclaims that he had "stayed up the greater part of the Night" reading the papers Bourke had sent him. "This morning I went through the whole. I dont know that I ever read any state paper drawn with more ability; & indeed that I have seldom read a paper of any kind with more pleasure." Burke gives his thoughts on issues raised in Mr. Francis' letter. On property: "a nice scrutiny into the property & tenures of a whole Nation is almost always more alarming to the people, than advantageous to Government. It is never undertaken without some suspicion at least of an attempt to impose some new Burthen upon them ." With regard to the issue of equality, Burke states: "The idea of forcing every thing to an artificial equality has something, at first view, very captivating in it. It has all the appearance imaginable of Justice and good order & very many persons…have been led to adopt such schemes & to pursue them with earnestness & warmth…it has been the admiration of half the reforming Financiers of Europe. I mean the official Financiers, as well as the speculative. You know that it is this very rage for equality, which has blown up the flames of this present cursed War in America. I am, for one, entirely satisfied, that the inequality, which grows out of the nature of things by time, custom, successions, accumulation, permutation, & improvement of property, is much nearer that true equality, which is the foundation of equity & just policy, than any thing which can be contrived by the Tricks & devices of human Skill." Burke adds that Mr. Francis' paper has given him an idea he had not had before. "I find that Mr. Francis thinks, that the occupier of the Soil, & not the government, is the true proprietor of the land in Bengal….I am afraid that Mr. Francis begins, by his distance, to make very nearly as many mistaken judgments on our affairs here as we do on his in India." Boldly penned and signed. Housed in a customized folder. *Estimate Value $4,000 - UP* James Copley Collection, Sothebys New York, April 14, 2010, Lot 33. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,120
Lot 10		Burnside, A.E. -- Civil War-date Signed General Orders No. 36 (1824-81) Union general. Manuscript document signed "A.E. Burnside" as Maj. Gen., one page, ruled paper, 10 x 7¾", Hd. Qrs Dept of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Apr. 13, 1863. Headed "Genl Orders No 36," the document says, in part: "The Commanding Genl has observed with surprise that in this Dept prisoners from the rebel service are frequently allowed, unguarded, the freedom of the vicinity in which they are confined. This practice must cease; prisoners…must be constantly under guard and any officer permitting a violation of this order will at once be arrested and sent to these Hd Qrd. for such action as the Comdy Genl may direct. By order of Genl Burnside / (signed) G Richmond /U.A.G." Hurriedly written. Burnside signed in the lower left corner. The document is matted with an engraving of Burnside and framed to an overall size of 20½ x 28½". Burnside was on a roll on April 13, 1863. On this same day, he issued General Order No. 38, which sought to eliminate open support for the Confederacy in the Department of Ohio, declaring that "any person found guilty of treason will be tried by a military tribunal and either be imprisoned or banished to enemy lines." It was specifically directed at Clement L. Vallandigham, leader of the Copperhead faction, who was arrested on April 21, 1863 and exiled to the Confederacy. *Estimate Value $400 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $350
Lot 11		Burnside, Ambrose E. -- Civil War-date Pass to Visit Rebel Prisoners, Probably From Morgan's Raid (1824-81) Union general. Autograph pass signed, "A E Burnside" as Major General, one page, 8 x 5", on letterhead of Head-Quarters Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, July 23, 1863. In part: "Guards will pass Mrs. York…to the city prison to see the rebel prisoners for ½ hour." Small ink blot at lower edge, else fine. The rebel prisoners were probably from "Morgan's Raid." Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan, launched a 1,000 mile raid, beginning in Tennessee and ending in northern Ohio, in July 1863, hoping to divert Union troops from Gettysburg and Vicksburg. On July 13, General Burnside declared martial law in Cincinnati, all business was suspended until further orders, and all citizens were required to organize. On July 19, 1863, some 700 of Morgan's men were intercepted by Union gunboats while trying to cross the Ohio River into West Virginia. On July 26, near Salineville, Ohio, Morgan and the remainder of his troops were forced to surrender. He escaped on November 26 but most of his troops remained in prison for the rest of the war. Although a great publicity stunt, Morgan's raid, which had been carried out against Braxton Bragg's specific order not to cross the river, gained no tactical advantage for the Confederacy and the loss of his light cavalry was a major setback. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $225
Lot 12		Burnside, Ambrose E. -- Handwritten War-date Pass to Accompany a Prisoner of War (1824-1881) Union general. Autograph document signed "A E Burnside" as Major General, one page, 8 x 5", on Head-Quarters Department of the Ohio stationery, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 26, 1863. Burnside issues a pass for Lieut. S.B. Johnston to proceed to the city with Lieut. Michael Barker, a prisoner of war. Hurriedly written in pencil. Light toning and ink smear to date. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 13		Burr, Aaron -- Check Signed by the Future Killer of Alexander Hamilton (1756-1836) Revolutionary War officer; Vice President of the U.S. (1801-05); best known for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. Partly-printed document signed ("A. Burr"), 2¼ x 7½", New York, July 18, 1800. Being a check drawn on the Cashier of the Manhattan Company and paid to W B Post for twenty dollars. Decorative border; slash cancellations, one of which lightly touches Burr's signature. The check is affixed at upper corners to cardstock. *Estimate Value $600 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $900
Lot 14		Bush, George H.W. and Bill Clinton -- Signed Photo From the Bush-Clinton Houston Tsunami Fund Event. 8 x 10" color photo signed and inscribed "To Richard. Thanks Bill Clinton," and signed "George Bush" below. The event pictured took place in Houston's Westside Tennis Club on May 5, 2005. On January 3, 2005, President George W. Bush asked the two former Presidents to head a nationwide fundraising campaign to aid the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. The Bush-Clinton Houston Tsunami Fund grew out of this national movement, and at the event on May 5, Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton announced that the Fund would donate one million dollars to be used towards the welfare of children in Sri Lanka affected by the tsunami and also announced tsunami reconstruction projects in Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Both Presidents signed in black marker, with the inscription in President Clinton's hand. Fine. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 15		Bush, George H.W., Barbara Bush, and Dan Quayle (1) Two Presidential and Vice Presidential Oaths of Office from Jan. 20, 1989, each one signed by George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle, 8 x 6", each in an official navy holder with a color photo; one has a printed inscription to Chris Diaz. (2) George H.W. Bush, 10 x 8" color photo signed "George Bush" in black marker. The former President sports a Houston Astros cap, smiles and points his finger. The holder notes that the photo was signed in April 2006 at the Astros game. (3) 10 x 8" color photo of George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush at a political rally, holding signs, "We Heart Laura" signed "George Bush 41" at lower right and "Barbara Bush" at center. (4) Three book plates signed "Barbara Bush" for her book "Reflections: Life After the White House." (book not present). *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $313
Lot 16		Camp Fire Girls -- Rare, Original, Vintage Broadside From Their Earliest Days. Large broadside, 19 x 12". Printed in red on thin paper. Linen backed. From the earliest days of the Camp Fire Girls, a group started in 1910 in Thetford, Vermont, but formally organized in 1912. The group was formed after local girls found themselves left out of the community's 150th aniversary celebration, unlike the local Boy Scouts. Luther Halsey Gulick, M.D., and his wife Charlotte took up the young ladies' cause, creating a group similar to the Boy Scouts but calling it Camp Fire Girls. The First Festival celebrated the discovery of fire and was held in 1911, thus the "Repeated!" in the title of this broadside. This is definitely one of the earliest, separately-printed references, and perhaps the first broadside referring to the group. OCLC notes a single copy of a four-page songbook for the 1912 event (Brown University), but no mention of this broadside or any other publication about the group before 1912. Great eye appeal! *Estimate Value $800 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 17		Carroll, Charles -- Signer From Maryland, and Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Signer of the Constitution (1737-1832) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland. Autograph letter signed "Ch. Carroll of Carrollton," one page, 9 x 7½", Baltimore, Mar. 30, 1786. Addressed to The Honble. Robert Carter Esqr. Virginia: "Inclosed you will receive sundry resolutions [not present] entered into by us at this present meeting. We wish you could make it convenient to attend our next meeting on the 25th of June or if you cannot attend that you will give a power of attorney to some person to act on your behalf as matters of great importance to the co-partnership are to be determined on at the said meeting…." Co-signed by Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, a Signer of the Constitution, as well as by three other partners of Carroll's in the Baltimore Company. Fine condition; written on laid, watermarked paper with integral address leaf inlaid. Charles Carroll was the only Catholic Signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as the last surviving Signer and the longest lived. Transcript of Carroll's letter included. Two Founding Fathers on one document. *Estimate Value $1,200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,080
Lot 18		Carter, James Earl -- TLS With ANS Written Aboard Air Force One (1924 -) 39th President of the United States (1977-1981) Typed letter signed "Jimmy" as President, on cream-colored letterhead with the Presidential Seal and engraved "Aboard Air Force One," one page, 9¼ x 6¼", Oct. 22, 1980. With an autograph note signed "J". To Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (1909-2005), the longtime Democratic congressman from New Jersey who, as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, oversaw the impeachment process against Richard Nixon that eventually led to his resignation. As the 1980 presidential election draws near, President Carter thanks "Pete" for joining him in Secaucus and calls New Jersey "a State where the principles and traditions of the Democratic Party are reflected in its spirited citizenry." He adds, "As we enter this last leg of the campaign, I am grateful for your continued encouragement and support," and in a holograph note, he emphasizes, "Mr. Chairman, your support will be crucial. Thank you! J." Accompanied by the original Aboard Air Force One transmittal envelope. Very fine. Aided by the Iran hostage crisis and a worsening economy at home, Carter's Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, won the election in a landslide. *Estimate Value $800 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 19		Civil War -- Two Stereoviews and a Fall-of-Vicksburg Document. One stereoview shows a Union soldier killed by a shell at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, by The War Photograph & Exhibition Company, Hartford, Conn. Called "The Horrors of War," the soldier's body is dismembered and disemboweled. The second stereoview, called "Filling their Canteens," by Taylor & Huntington, Hartford, Conn. shows black soldiers and servants around a well, filling their canteens with water. Accompanied by a handwritten Union document headed "Head Quarters Dist of the Tenn. July 7th 1863," 5 x 4", giving official passwords in red ink, "By Order of Maj. Genl U.S. Grant." Signed by Major (afterward General) W. P. Richardson as Post Adjutant. Fine condition. *Estimate Value $250 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $375
Lot 20		Civil War Era -- Four Grapeshot Cannon Balls. Two of the cannon balls are 3" in diameter and two are 3½" in diameter. Weights are: 4 lbs. 14 oz; 3 lbs. 3.6 oz; 4 lbs 15.3 oz; and 3 lbs 14.7 oz. Condition is good; some pitting. *Estimate Value $100 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $84
Lot 21		[Clay, Henry] 1829 Letter Wishing Clay Were President, & Re the Negative Effects of Dayton's Growth. Manuscript letter from D.C. Baker, 3 pages, 12¼ x 8", Dayton, Oct. 19, 1829. To Samuel F. Bacon in Philadelphia, in part: "If the making of a President of these United States is left to the people and Time, I'm in hopes that both him and them -- working together, will try and bring to maturity one of the greatest projects that ever was, and see if something great can't be made mature, by a mere project with Clay." Baker expresses strong opinions, including bemoaning the envy--pride and affectation which have accompanied the growth of Dayton: "If the swift and great growth of a town, causes fools to spring up in all parts of it, to the discomfiture of good sense and happiness--my prayer! that Dayton mayt stop short its growth then lull back into its former littleness…" He writes long and forcefully about a woman to whom he had been attracted before she chided him for drinking "four bottles of differents kinds of stuff"on July 4 1828, and being much the worse for wear. The letter is boldly penned has fold separations and small holes on page 3 and address panel (which is soiled), which as a handwriten 25 cent rate and circular Dayton date stamp. Ohio had been a state for just over 25 years at this time, making this an early political letter for Ohio. *Estimate Value $200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 22		Cleveland, Grover -- Signed and Dated Album Page (1837-1908) 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1885-1889, 1893-1897), the only President to serve non-consecutive terms. Toned autograph album page signed "Yours truly / Grover Cleveland / Sept 7, 1890," 3 x 5", no place. An image of Cleveland was pasted at left. One small stain in blank upper right background. This page was signed while Cleveland was between his two terms. Housed in a 12 x 9½" frame. *Estimate Value $200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $156
Lot 23		Clinton, Henry -- Revolutionary War-date Pay Order For British Convalescents Left at New York (1730?-95) British commander in chief in America during the Revolutionary War. Partly-printed document signed "H Clinton" as "General and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Forces, within the Colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean., from Nova-Scotia to West-Florida…," one page, 12¾ x 7¾", New York, April 18, 1781. Ordering payment of fifty-eight pounds Sterling to Captain John McPherson of His Majesty's 82nd Regiment, "Being a Subsistence for the Convalescents left by the aforesaid Regiment at New York from the 24:th February to 24:th April 1781…." Captain McPherson signed on verso. With light toning and folds. Tipped to a larger sheet at left edge. Clinton resigned in 1782 and returned to England after Cornwallis, his second in command, surrendered at Yorktown. *Estimate Value $900 - UP* Swann, Nov 14, 2002, lot 6. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $780
Lot 24		Clymer, George -- Signer From Pennsylvania (1739-1813) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution from Pennsylvania. Beautiful oversize vellum manuscript document signed "Geo Clymer" twice, 16¾ x 29½", Philadelphia, April 23, 1800. An indenture between George Clymer and his wife Elizabeth and Anthony Morris selling land bounded by the Delaware River and Front Street that Clymer's grandfather, George Fitzwater, had left him in his will, dated Oct. 3, 1748. The Clymers received "fourteen thousand dollars lawful silver money" from Morris. Both George and Elizabeth Clymer signed at lower right by their red wax seals. George Clymer signed again at bottom center that he received the money from Morris. An Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Reynold Keck, signed by his red wax seal and James Tucker and Henry Tucker signed as witnesses. Scallopped top edge, some yellowing to vellum. Displayed on foam board. *Estimate Value $400 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $656
Lot 25		Colonial America: 1734 Proclamation Re Tax Apportionment and Assessment to the Collector of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Partly-printed Order issued in the name of George II, with British coat of arms and small paper and wax seal at top, signed "Jer. Allen," (he was the Treasurer and Receiver General of the Province of Massachusetts Bay), one page, 12¾ x 8", Nov. 11, 1734. To Mr. Daniel Woodwood, Constable or Collector of Sudbury, Massachusetts, regarding "An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Sixteen Thousand and fifteen Pounds and twelve Shillings, paid the Representatives for their Service and Attendance in General Court, and Travel, in the Years 1732 and 1733. And also for apportioning and assessing a further Tax of Three Hundred and Twenty seven Pounds sixteen Shillings and four Pence, as a Fine laid on the Several Towns…for not sending a Representative." The amount required from the town of Sudbury is Forty nine Pounds thirteen Shillings & Six pence." The manner of collection is laid out in detail. Paper is toned; breaks at two horizontal folds with small repairs on verso. Print is bold and script easily read. Very good condition. *Estimate Value $600 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 26		Confederate States of America -- Excavated Pike Head, Bridle Cutter, and Piece of Rail From a Confederate Munition Train. Pike 18" long with bridle-cutter, approximately 4"; two pieces of rail, one 9" x ¾" and the other 4¾ x ¾". Mounted to board with identification tag #218 and a hand-printed note: "Confederate States of America. 1861-1865. Bridle Cutter Pike Head and piece of Rail from a Confederate Munition train traveling between Camden and Bentonville, South Carolina. Destroyed by General E.E. Potter's Raiders. U.S. Army in 1865."With. A second tag with "A.A.C." reads: " I hereby certify that the pike to which this is attached is an original Confederate arm and was excavated from the right of way of the old Wilmington & Manchester Railroad"; signed by William A. Adams, president of Atlanta Cutlery Corporation. *Estimate Value $800 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $525
Lot 27		Confederate States of America Banknotes -- $5, $10, $50, and $100. Four Confederate States of America banknotes: $5, issued in 1864; $10, issued in 1863; $50, issued in 1864; and $100, issued in1862. All are hand-signed, XF to New. All have nice vignettes, the $100 being especially nice with a vignette of a push train, which is very popular with collectors. No printing on back of $100, just bank stamps. An attractive group, ready for display. Double framed together to 17¾ x 11¼". *Estimate Value $150 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 28		Cornwallis, Lieutenant General Lord Charles -- 1782 ALS Ten Months After His Surrender at Yorktown (1738-1805) British general best remembered for his surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolution. Autograph letter signed "Cornwallis," one page, 9 x 7¼", Culford near Newmarket, Aug. 19, 1782. Ten months after his surrender at Yorktown, now back in England, Cornwallis writes to Mr. John Spottiswood, "I desired Col: Schutz, who is coming in a few days to my neighbourhood, to call or send to your house for the parcel of papers left for me by the Lord Advocate. I am, Sir, Your Most Obed:t Servnt. Cornwallis." One contemporary ink smear and two vertical folds, else fine. Matted with a biographical plaque and a color image of Cornwallis and handsomely framed to an overall size of 22 x 25". On October 19, 1781, General Cornwallis claimed illness and refused to attend the surrender ceremony at Yorktown. General George Washington considered the gesture an affront and refused to accept the sword of surrender, according the pleasure to General Benjamin Lincoln, who had been humiliated by the British at Charleston. Cornwallis continued serving the British government as Governor-General and commander-in-chief in India. *Estimate Value $1,200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 29		Cortés, Hernando -- 1527 Document Signed in Full by the Spanish Conquistador (1485-1547) Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519-21) and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. Manuscript document signed in full "Hernando Cortés," one page, in Spanish, 6 x 8½" (Mexico), April 27, 1527. To (Doctor) Palacios Rubyos (Cortés' secretary), instructing him to give to Maestre Francisco twelve gold pesos for certain pink amber that he is carrying for the pharmacy and to take note for his accounts. The document reads, in Spanish: 1)"(fol.1r) Palaçios Rubyos dad a Maestre Francisco doze pesos de 2) oro de lo que corre que son para çierto amvar 3) rosado para la botica que lleva y tomad carta de 4) pago para vuestro descargo. Fecho en XXVII de 5) abril de MDXXVII años 6) [Firmado y rubricado: Hernando Cortés]". *Estimate Value $7,500 - UP* Museum of World Treasures, Wichita, KS. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $15,600
Lot 30		Davis, Jefferson Davis -- Civil War-date Autograph Endorsement Signed As CSA President (1808-89) President of the Confederate States of America (1861-65). He served as U.S. Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce from 1853-57 and represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives (1845-46) and the U.S. Senate (1857-61). Autograph endorsement signed "Jeffer Davis" as President of the CSA, on 4½ x 3½" paper, n.p., July 25, 1863. Directed to "Secy of War for attention," Davis writes "If there be no objection let the commissions issue as recommended." Matted with an engraving of Davis and framed to an overall size of 10¾ x 14¼". Fine condition; ready for display. James Seddon was Davis' fourth and longest-serving Secretary of War, serving from November 21, 1862 to February 5, 1865. July 1863 began with Confederate losses at Gettysburg and at Vicksburg, both of which were turning points in the war. *Estimate Value $1,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,200
Lot 31		Dewey, Thomas, & Barry Goldwater -- Elegant Portraits of Two Presidential Aspirants. Sepia-toned photograph of Thomas E. Dewey by Fabian Bachrach, noted on back, stating "1940 election", when he first sought the Republican Presidential nomination, 14 x 11 inches (image 9¼ x 7¼"). Crease in upper left corner, some white specks to background and on lapel; waviness at top and bottom edge, not affecting image. Dewey lost the 1944 election to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Harry S. Truman in one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history With an elegant 14 x 11" head-and-shoulders portrait of Barry Goldwater in 1960. Copyright notice of photographer Philippe Halsman on reverse. Goldwater served five terms as U.S. senator from Arizona and in 1964 won the Republican Party's nomination for president. He was defeated by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson. *Estimate Value $125 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 32		Dickinson, John -- 1784 Document Signed as President of Pennsylvania (1732-1808) Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-76) from Pennsylvania; called the "penman of the Revolution." His "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies," helped turn opinion against the Townshend Acts (1767). He helped prepare the first draft of the Articles of Confederation but voted against the Declaration of Independence (1776) because he still hoped for conciliation with the British, but he later served in the Pennsylvania militia, rising to the rank of brigadier general. Partly-printed document signed as President of Pennsylvania, 12 x 14¾", Philadelphia, Sept, 7, 1784. Appointing William McIlvaine and John Praul Justices of the Peace in Bucks County. Also signed "James Trimble for John Armstrong, junr. Secry" and recorded by John Hart (not the New Jersey Signer), with his paper and wax seal. Dickinson signed below the large state seal at upper left; prongs are folded and tip of one is missing. Numerous tape repairs to folds on verso. Condition is good to very good. *Estimate Value $250 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 33		Douglas, Stephen Arnold and James Shields -- Illinois Senator Who Debated Lincoln in 1858, and a Former Union General (1813-61) Douglas was an Illinois senator best known for his 1858 debates with Abraham Lincoln, whom he bested in the senatorial race. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1860 election, but was defeated by Lincoln. James Shields (1806-79) was the only person to serve as senator from three states; he was a brigadier general in the Union Army. Both men served as associate justices of the Illinois Supreme Court. Signatures of both Douglas and Shields on a 2½ x 4" piece of blue paper engraved "Illinois." Douglas added "Chicago Ills." under his name. Attractively matted with an engraving of each man and framed to an overall size of 14½ x 18½". *Estimate Value $150 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 34		Early Engraved Philadelphia Powder Horn, Attributed to Pointed Tree Carver. 12 inches, with smooth spout having an engrailed (scalloped) edge; missing original base. Having a honey-colored patina, covered with intricate carvings, including: "Ino Pvrviance Anno 1768" [John Purviance, year 1768], with an angel above; British coat of arms with "Honi soit qui mal y pense" and a rampant lion and unicorn to each side; a banner with "Dieu et mon droit"; a hunter and his dog pursuing a deer; a man in a carriage, and a British fort and harbor below a banner with "Philadelphia." In fine overall condition. Horns engraved "New York"are more often found. There are only six known powder horns engraved "Philadelphia." Carved between the end of the French and Indian War (1763) and the beginning of the American Revolution (1775), a period during which Britain maintained troops in America, creating tensions with the colonists. *Estimate Value $10,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
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Lot 36		[Edward VII and Alexandra] Woven Silk Portraits. Individual portraits of His Majesty King Edward VII and Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, each 4 x 2½", made by William H. Grant & Co., Coventry England, c. 1901-1910. Each is on a 7 x 5½" card mount and framed to 8¼ x 6¾". Some staining to the mounts, which does not affect the silk portraits. The generic term for woven silks such as these is Stevengraphs because they were first made by Thomas Stevens of Coventry, England in the 1880s. W.H. Grant was the second most important weaver, having learned from Stevens. *Estimate Value $100 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 37		Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- Signed, Inscribed Photograph (1890-1969) Five-star general in the United States Army who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe; 34th President of the United States (1953-61). Matte-finish photograph of a portrait painted by Thomas E. Stephens in 1953, inscribed and signed, "For : Stephen Benedict with best wishes and with lasting appreciation of invaluable service on the White House Staff. Dwight D. Eisenhower," 9¾ x 11½". Benedict served on the White House staff, first as assistant to Dr. Gabriel Hauge, who was Eisenhower's personal assistant for economic affairs, then as Assistant Staff Secretary of the White House. When Benedict left to join the United States Information Agency in 1955, the President presented him with this personally-inscribed portrait. Fine condition. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $425
Lot 38		[First Ladies] Edith K. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, and Patricia Nixon. Edith Kermit Roosevelt (1861-1948) 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt and 26th First Lady. Free-franked envelope, "Free / Edith K. Roosevelt," 3½ x 6", Brooklyn, Conn., July 14, 1937. With holograph address to Miss Susie E. Barnum in Washington D.C. Matted with a color image to 14 x 11". Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) Wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd First Lady, diplomat and activist. Typed letter signed, on personal stationery, 2 pages, New York, N.Y., Dec. 15, 1958. To Mr. Cunfer, president of the Young Democrats in Lancaster, regretting that she cannot attend the Fifth Annual F.D.R. Dinner and thanking him for what he as done for the Democratic Party. Bess Truman (1885-1982) Wife of Harry S. Truman and 33rd First Lady. Typed note signed "Bess W. Truman" as First Lady, on The White House letterhead, one page, Washington, Nov. 24, 1950. To Mrs. Cobina Wright, thanking her for her note and saying, "I shall be happy to see you on Monday afternoon at three o'clock." Small blemish to paper over "B-e" in signature. Matted with a color image to 11 x 14". Original transmittal envelope affixed to verso. Patricia Nixon (1912-93) Wife of Richard Nixon, 37th First Lady. White House Card signed as First Lady. Matted with a photo in evening dress and matted to 12 x 16". All four items are overall fine. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 39		Ford, Gerald R. -- Signed Souvenir Copy of Ford's Warren Commission Letter (1913-2006) 38th President of the United States (Aug. 9, 1974-Jan. 20, 1977). Typed letter signed, one page, 8½ x 6¼", on post-presidential stationery, Aug. 27, 1997. Confirming the 1964 conclusion of the Warren Commission, of which Ford was a member, regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Ford states that the Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin, and that the Commission found no evidence of a conspiracy, foreign or domestic. Ford adds, "As a member of the Commission, I endorsed those conclusions in 1964 and fully agree now as the sole surviving Commission member." Fine condition. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 40		Franklin, William -- Marriage Certificate Signed by Benjamin Franklin's Son As Governor of New Jersey (1730-1813) American soldier, attorney, colonial administrator and the acknowledged illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was a steadfast Loyalist throughout the American Revolutionary War, while his father was a Patriot, causing an irreconcilable break between them. Document signed ("Wm. Franklin") as Colonial Governor of New Jersey, one page, 8 x 12"., Burlington, New Jersey, Dec. 11, 1770. A certificate of marriage between Aron Mershon and Mary Pearson, with decorative calligraphy accomplished in black ink. Age toned; some chipping around the edges and a couple of small holes at fold intersections. Slight fold separation at left edge barely touches the top of the "W" in the bold signature, which looks amazingly like his father's. *Estimate Value $800 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 41		French and Indian War Land Grant -- Three Soldiers Sell Their Shares to a British Surgeon. Manuscript legal document, 2 pages, 13 x 8", New York, April 9, 1765. Being a deed whereby Peter Blair, "Surgin of His Majestys Ship Coventry" buys from "James McDonald Sergent Peter McDonald Corplr and Charles Doyle private all of the 80th Regiment whereof Montague Wilmot Esqr is Colonel" 450 acres which they had received as a land grant for their service in the "Late War." He pays them "the sume of Twenty two Pounds Current mones of the Province of New York." By a proclamation of the 7th October 1763, George the Third pledged "certain allowances of Land in North American to the Reduced officers and Soldiers that served their During the Late War." With two wax and paper seals of witnesses. Uneven toning and trimmed tightly at right margin. Boldly penned. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 42		French Revolution/French Republic/Napoleonic Wars -- Military Discharge Papers, and a Low and High Relief Bronze of Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. Group of four documents granting military leave or discharge, naming injuries or other cause, with numerous signatures of officers who made up the administration counsels for the various regiments/brigades. Various sizes, two with attractive red wax seals, one with embossed seal of the French Republic, and one with Napoleon's royal coat of arms. The documents are for: a rifleman in the 27th Regiment of Infantry, 1793 (Year 2 of the French Republic, which lasted from 1792-1804); a lieutenant in the 68th Brigade of Infantry, 1794 (Year 3 of the Republic); and a rifleman in the 86th Infantry and Line Demi-Brigade, 1800 (year 9 of the Republic). The fourth document is for a soldier in the 50th Infantry and Line Regiment, 1814, given leave by a July 26, 1814 order of the Minister of War (after Napoleon's exile to Elba). Verso has numerous notations, one of which, dated Dec. 24, 1814, authorizes the soldier to rejoin his regiment. The latter document has one tape repair at lower edge of vertical fold. Document are in overall very good condition Accompanied by a low and high relief bronze, 4 x 8¼", on a slightly larger wooden mount, engraved by Chardigny (1757-1813) after Gerard (1770-1837). With a scene from the Battle of Austerlitz (Dec. 2, 1805), showing General Rapp arriving to tell Napoleon about the defeat of the Russian Imperial Guard. Also with a document signed at Versailles, Nov. 23, 1776, by Claude Louis, Compte de Saint Germain, Minister of War for Louis XVI from 1775-77, appointing S. Pierre Corneille as Lieutenant of Dragoons in the Legion of Dauphiné. Saint Germain signed Louis' name then drew a line down to his own name, showing that he was signing for the King. An attractive document. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 43		Garfield, James A. - ALS Asking for Consideration for a Poor Clergyman (1831-1881) 20th President of the United State (1881). Autograph letter signed as U.S. Congressman from Ohio, on House of Representatives letterhead, 1½ pp, Washington, June 19, 1878. To Glenn W. Scofield, Register of the Treasury, asking for favorable consideration for Mr. Jabez Fox, a poor clergyman who worked as a clerk in the Treasury office and was "mainly dependant upon his salary in your office…I hope in any changes that may occur, his position will not be disturbed." Minor soiling, else fine. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 44		Garfield, James A. -- Rare Document Signed as President (1831-1881) 20th President of the United States (March 4-Sept. 19, 1881). Partly-printed document signed as President, 14 x 17", Washington, May 16, 1881. Appointing Edwin F. Tomlinson Postmaster at Plainville, in the County of Hartford, State of Connecticut. Countersigned by Postmaster General Thomas L. James. With lovely full red ribbon and gold foil seal (missing a couple of prongs) makes this document very attractive. Two tiny brown spots at outer right margin, otherwise very fine condition. One of Garfield's accomplishments as President was purging corruption in the Post Office. Signatures of Garfield as President are second in rarity only to William Henry Harrison. Garfield had only been President for four months when, on July 2, 1881, deranged drifter Charles J. Guiteau followed him to the Potomac and Baltimore Railroad Station and shot him twice as Garfield prepared to leave for New England on vacation. Guiteau had stalked Garfield for weeks because he felt he was owed a diplomatic post, preferably a consulship in Paris. One bullet grazed Garfield's right arm but the other struck him in the lower back. Although European doctors were widely practicing Joseph Lister's ideas of antiseptic surgery by the time of Garfield's shooting, most American doctors disdained the notion that they could cause infection by probing the wound with unsterilized hands and instruments. By the time of his death on September 19th, a massive infection had ensued; Garfield was covered with abcesses and in excrutiating pain. Guiteau said at his trial, "I deny the killing, if your honor please. We admit the shooting." His plea of not guilty by reason of insanity did not convince the jury and on June 30, 1882, nearly a year to the day after he shot the President, Guiteau was hanged by the neck until dead. Before his execution, he read a poem he had written that morning called "I am Going to the Lordy." *Estimate Value $10,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,720
Lot 45		Garnett, Robert S. -- Confederate Brigadier General Who Was the First General From Either Side to be Killed in the Civil War. Rare early war-date Confederate printed document signed "R.S. Garnett" in type, one page, 9¾ x 7¾", Headquarters Virginia Forces, Richmond, May 26, 1861. Issued by Gen. Robert S. Garnett (1819-1861) to Col. Fletcher Archer, in part: "The commanding general desires you to require all official letters or papers…destined for the Headquarters of the Virginia Forces, to pass through you…." Signed twice on verso and made official on June 6, 1861 by Lt. Col. Samuel S. Anderson, who served on the staffs of CSA Generals Huger, Holmes, Kirby Smith and Taylor. On July 13, 1861, while directing his rear guard at Corrick's Ford, Garnett became the first general on either side to be killed. *Estimate Value $250 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 46		George III -- 1763 Document Signed Regarding the Care of Old and Disabled Soldiers, to be Drawn From the Pay "of Our Forces in the Plantations…" (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and of Ireland (1760-1820). Document Signed as King, one page, 13½ x 9", Court at St. James, Dec. 30, 1763. The document orders that "one Day's Pay yearly for the Use of Our Royal Hospital near Chelsea…be drawn out of the Payments…of our Forces in the Plantations, and the Garrisons of Annapolis Royal, Canso, Placentia and St. John's, and applied towards the better Maintenance of…superannuated and disabled Officers & Soldiers…." Countersigned by Frederick, Lord North ("North"), who was prime minister during the American Revolution, as well as by Treasury officials Sir John Turner and Thomas Orby Hunter. Minor paper loss in blank upper right corner, one edge tear and a horizontal crease. Written on laid paper with a royal watermark. *Estimate Value $1,200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 47		George III -- 1782 Military Commission (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820), best known for losing the American colonies. Document signed "George R" as King, one page, vellum, 11 ½ x 16", Court of St. James, June 19, 1782. Appointing I. Delap Halliday Captain of the Independent Company of Foot which had been captained by the late Dugald Campbell. Countersigned by Shelborne (William Petty), who was Home Secretary until July 4, 1782, then Prime Minister. Blue British revenue stamp affixed at left margin. Vellum is a light toast color, with browning around edges. George III signed boldly at upper left. The document declares George III to be "King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland…" stemming from Edward III's medieval claim to the French throne. In 1801, when Great Britain united with Ireland, the title "king of France" was dropped. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $500
Lot 48		George V -- Appointing a Minister Plenipotentiary (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1910-36). Document signed "George R.I.," one page, 16½ x 21", Court of Saint James, April 14, 1934. Appointing Ernest Frederick Gye "to perform the functions of Minister Plenipotentiary in our Diplomatic Service." George V signed at upper left above a royal embossed seal. John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs signed at the bottom, under "By His Majesty's Command." Paper is lightly toned; both vertical and horizontal folds are worn; and there is a small, reddish stain is in the blank right margin. George V's signature is bold. *Estimate Value $250 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $313
Lot 49		Gerry, Elbridge -- Signer From Massachusetts (1744-1814) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation from Massachusetts; Governor of Massachusetts and Vice President under James Madison. In 1787 he refused to sign the U.S. Constitution because it did not then include a Bill of Rights; he was actively involved in drafting and passing the Bill of Rights. The term "gerrymandering" was named after Gerry. Partly-printed document signed "E Gerry" as Governor, one page, 9½ x 15" (Boston), May 1, 1811. Countersigned by Benjamin Homans, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Being a commission for Samuel Moody, Gentleman, appointing him to be Lieutenant of a Company in the Third Regiment of Infantry in the First Brigade Sixth Division of the Militia of Massachusetts. Document is printed on laid, watermarked paper; affixed with tape at edges and vertical fold of verso to mylar; old mounting strip on verso of vertical fold. Gerry signed below the seal in the left margin. *Estimate Value $650 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $425
Lot 50		Gershwin, George -- Signature With Autograph Sentiment and Date (1898- 1937) American composer and pianist who, with his brother Ira, became the songwriting team synonymous with the sounds and style of the Jazz Age. His best-known works include the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris, the songs Swanee (1919) and Fascinating Rhythm (1924), the jazz standard I Got Rhythm (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935). Signature, autograph sentiment, "With admiration," and the date, "Sept. 24, 1931" on 3½ x 4¾" paper. Matted with a photo of George at the piano working on the Porgy and Bess score, framed to an overall size of 12½ x 16". *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $425

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