Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 3

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Americana

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 150		Hughes, Rupert (1889-1968) American writer. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, small Quarto, on cobalt blue stationery imprinted with "Bedford Hills, NY, January 31, 1916. Hughes writes a congratulatory letter to a family friend, in which he also gives thanks for her birthday greetings. "Dear ?: / I was deeply touched by your remembrance -- your anticipatory remembrance of my birthday and your beautiful expression of good will… ". Fine. Estimated Value $75 - 125. View details	Unsold
Lot 151		"Judge Dredd". A very popular comic book "anti-hero" personified on the silver screen by Sylvester Stallone in 1993. These drawings were executed by 2001 AD Comic Artist, Ron Smith. Nine Preliminary Sketches Signed. One Color, approximately 7.5 x 12" and eight Black and white, approximately 6.5 x 9", n.d. The Black and white sketches have captions and are lettered. Each sketch is signed in the lower right in black pen. Very Good. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Unsold
Lot 152		Ketchum, Hank. American cartoonist, creator of "Dennis the Menace". Photograph Signed and Original Sketch Signed. A.) Signed Photograph. 8 x 10", Black and white, n.d. Standard headshot of Ketchum holding a drawing of his creation, Dennis the Menace, signed in black marker at bottom. B.) Signed Sketch. "Soccer." Watercolor & Ink, 11.5 x 8.5", n.d. Depicts Dennis and a girl playing soccer, with a caption that reads "F'get it, Margaret! / You just don't / Have the / Knack!" Signed on bottom in black ink. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Unsold
Lot 153		La Motta, Jake & Vikki. "Raging Bull". Two Checks Signed. 3 x 8", Miami Beach, FL. June 17, 1956. A Jake La Motta, Inc. business check pay to the order of, Bank of Miami Beach for $200 in another hand but signed in blue ball point by the boxer. The second check is drawn on Vikki La Motta's personal account and made out to "Dick's American" for $25, signed and dated Jan. 5, 1982 in black pen. Encased together in plexiglass. Very Good. Estimated Value $75 - 125. View details	Realized $150
Lot 154		Larsen, Don. Yankee great. Only man in history to throw a perfect game in the World Series. Inscribed Photograph Signed. 8 x 10", color, n.d., n.p. A classic pitching pose of the famed hurler during his heyday. Inscribed in blue pen"To Martin / Best Wishes / Don Larsen." Very Good. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Unsold
Lot 155		Laurel & Hardy. Though this is only a card-sized photograph, it is a particularly fine example, with both signatures dark and bold. Comedians who formed the first Hollywood film comedy team. Their contrasting personalities, embodied by contrasting physiques, and bumbling calamities made them universally popular. Inscribed Photograph Signed. Black and white, 5 x 3½". Small snapshot of the smiling, nattily dressed comedians inscribed, "Thank you Toni !" in Hardy's hand, and signed by both on either side of their likeness. Very Fine. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details	Realized $489
Lot 156		Liberace. Inscribed Record Album Signed. Approximately 12 x 12", "Liberace at the Americana! Recorded live at the Royal Box, Americana Hotel of New York. Vol. 2" Boldly inscribed across the top reverse, "To Bobby, My best to you always, Liberace" Below the signature is Liberace's trademark piano with candlabra sketch. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Unsold
Lot 157		[Lincoln, Benjamin]. Some age-toning. We believe that this curious document was probably written by the Revolutionary War General Benjamin Lincoln's son of the same name. Autograph Military Document Signed. Ten pages, on two folded Folio leaves, recto/verso, and a two-page Quarto insert, attached by a green military ribbon, n.p., October 21, 1823. To "his Excellency William Eustice Esquire Governor and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." Lengthy military report from "Benjamin Lincoln," on an examination of charges "exhibited" against one of the colonels of the 3rd Regiment, 1st Brigade, 5th Division - a Colonel Fokes [?]. In this studious document, Lincoln relays the findings of the several specifications that constitute the charges against the colonel, whose alleged malfeasance was the mishandling of a recent Regimental parade. Fine. Estimated Value $375-UP. View details	Unsold
Lot 158		Louis, Joe. Signed, "Best Wishes, Joe Louis." 1914-1981. Boxer, Heavyweight champion, a title he held for a record 12 years. Signed Photograph. Black and white, 8 x 10", n.d., of Joe Louis with an X-ray technician, watching a demonstration of an X-ray camera, sports pages in hand. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $173
Lot 159		Mack, Connie. Slight browning to edges, faint clip stain at top. With a brief postscript additionally signed, "C.W." 1862-1956. American baseball player and record-holding manager. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Octavo, on Princess Martha Hotel letterhead, n.p., January 1 [?], 1949. To Joseph Tomlin, founder and program director of "Sandlot Sports Association." In this earnest letter of thanks, in which Mack learns that he will have a "little league" named after him, the famous baseball player and manager expresses gratitude for the honor of participating in the "Connie Mack-Pop Warner Foundation." Mack's name will designate a kids baseball Conference comparable to the Pop Warner football league. He writes: "Dear Mr. Tomlin/ I feel highly honored in your confering upon me the Connie Mack-Pop Warner Foundation for Boys of ages running from eight to thirteen years of age / Was splendid of Frank Palumbo in financing the program/ Frank is always doing something helpful to our youths of the country. As well as yourself. Anything I can do please call upon me/ with best wishes for success/ Sincerely yours Connie Mack." Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $431
Lot 160		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 161		Madison, Dolly P. Some staining to the leaf outside the area that has been franked, otherwise fine. Née Payne Todd. 1768-1849. First Lady. After her first husband died, she married James Madison in 1794. Extremely popular as a first lady and a great asset to Madison's political career. In later life she retained a place in Washington society, and was granted a lifelong seat on the floor of the House of Representatives. Free Frank. Free Franked Address Leaf, Quarto, Orange C.H., Virginia, July 29, 1838. Penned to "Miss Rebecca Todd, Palmyra Square Philadelphia" and franked by the first lady at the upper right, "Free D.P. Madison." With "Orange C.H. Va. Jul. 29" circular postmark, and stamped "FREE." The free frank appears on the verso of the integral address leaf of a letter from Anna Payne to Rebecca Todd, both nieces of Dolly Madison. Dolly's sister Lucy's second husband was Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd. Anna Payne, daughter of Dolly's brother John, was very close to her aunt and often stayed with her at Montpelier. The ALS is two pages, Quarto, dated July 26, 1838, from the Madison home at Montpelier, and concerns personal matters, giving detailed instructions for mailing a medallion from Philadelphia for Mrs. Madison, and touching upon other matters. Fine. Estimated Value $750 - 950. View details	Unsold
Lot 162		Malcolm X. Malcolm X has signed the letter, "As-Salaam Alaikum your brother and servant, Malcolm X" in bold blue ink, written in large letters below his complimentary close. 1925-1965. African-American Nationalist leader. Typed Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, New York, July 19, 1960. To Elijah Muhammad, religious leader of the Nation of Islam, who with Malcolm X made a national movement out of the Black Muslims. Important letter from Malcolm X to the leader of the Black Muslims planning the means to create "controversy" and insure attention by separating themselves from more moderate "Negro leaders," who they have invited to participate in an impending gathering of the leaders of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X writes, in part: "My Dear Holy Apostle: This is meant to be a quick note. 'Controversy creates headlines and headlines draw crowds ! [in red ink].' Last year when you came to New York, your coming was preceded by two weeks of free publicity by the Mike Wallace Television Show, which, thanks to ALLAH, produced a crowd of 10,000. This year we don't have television, and I don't want to "gamble" (take it for granted) that the crowd is coming. I think that we should exert every means and methods for insurance and then if our effort is all-out ALLAH will bless us with success. In trying to think of some way to attract the attention of the press (and the masses) we have launched some "controversy" and excitement here that the press is picking up and so are the masses here in Harlem.…We have been politely inviting the Negro leaders here in the past to come out in an effort for unity which they have repeatedly ignored, plus they've continued to class you as a Ku Kluxer, so we've ceased begging them now and are challenging them to clarify their "reluctant" stand. This approach excites the people of Harlem, because they think we've been too easy on these "Uncle Tom" leaders. If they don't come out they will be the loser with the people, and if they do come out THEY'LL STILL BE THE LOSER in any debate with you before the public…" Very Fine. Estimated Value $6,000-UP. View details	Unsold
Lot 163		March, Frederic. Matted and framed to 14 x 11". Academy Award winning actor. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, on his personal imprinted stationery from West Los Angeles, California, April 19, 1942 to "Bill." March is frustrated and says so: "…you can imagine how this broke my heart the other day. The record "Nightman at Noon" arrived in pieces!! Would you ask them please and try once more - & to wrap it more securely…". Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Unsold
Lot 164		March, Frederic. Academy Award winning actor. Inscribed Photograph Signed. Black & white, 8 x 10", n.d., n.p. A very crisp print of the actor sporting a very purposeful gaze. Inscribed along the left edge, "To / Ann-- / with best wishes / Frederic March". Very Good. Estimated Value $50 - 75. View details	Unsold
Lot 165		Marciano, Rocky. An excellent Maricano item with great content. General toning, especially at edges; insignificant fold nicks without paper loss. (1924-1969) American boxing legend who won the World Heavyweight Championship in 1952 and defended it six times. He retired in 1956 with a professional record of 49 victories and no losses. Holograph Response on Typed Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, Glens Falls, NY. April 30, 1954. On The Post-Star and The Glen Falls Times letterhead from sports editor Ralph D. Hall asking for input on a book about sports figures and their big break to success. Rocky boldly pens in green ink below text, in full: "Al Weill must be consulted on all these matters. Rocky" & "Al Weill Shelton Hotel Lexington & 49th St. New York." Very Good. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $460
Lot 166		Markham, Edwin. Photo is in Very Fine condition, the printed poem is a bit tattered. American poet. Author of "Man with the Hoe"; "Lincoln, the Man of the People". Inscribed Printed Photo Signed. Inscribed. "Your friend, Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y." Accompanied by a copy of his "The Man With The Hoe". Estimated Value $75 - 125. View details	Unsold
Lot 167		McCrea, Joel. 1905-1990. American actor, best known for his understated performances in the films of Preston Sturges. Inscribed Photograph Signed. Glossy Black and white, 8 x 10", "1936," by Kenneth Alexander. Handsome portrait of the actor inscribed, "To Jack - 'O.K. for Sound' Joel McCrea 1936," probably for a sound man on one of his pictures. Very Fine. Estimated Value $50 - 75. View details	Realized $46
Lot 168		Monroe, Marilyn. 1926-1962. American actress who has become a sexual icon of popular culture. Inscribed Photograph Signed. Black and white, 8 x 10", n.d. A stunning portrait of a bright-eyed Marilyn with her head craned slightly back and mouth opened wide in a generous smile. Inscribed, "To Don my warm wishes and Love Marilyn." Handsomely framed in faux marble. Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 169		[Napoleonic Wars]. Browned with age, otherwise Fine. Autograph Letter Signed by John H. Rogers. Rogers was an American missionary fighting for the Spanish against the French during the Napoleonic Wars. His remarkable letter is Four pages, recto/verso, Quarto, Alriante, Spain. To his father, John Rogers Sr. Lengthy detailed letter describing the Napoleonic Wars in Spain, at this time occupied by France, as part of Napoleon's strategy to create a coastal commercial blockade of Britain, and the scene of fighting between France, under Junot, and England, under Wellington, now engaged in an assault of French-occupied Portugal. Rogers reports, in part: "… have had many fights during the last two months but thank God the Spaniards have been victorious on all sides and all the French Troops that can are now leaving Spain - Moncey's army was defeated before Valencia where he lost 2,500 men - he left Madrid with 12,000 & returned with 1,500… Dupont with 3,000 men entered the Andalucies & after 5 weeks was obliged to capitulate & gave up the remaining part of his army which consisted 17,000 - what a humbling thing for Bonaparte's invincibles to yield to Spanish sans coulottes for certainly a great many of them were without breeches - … our new king Joseph entered Madrid the 20 July was proclaimed King the 25 & left Madrid precipitately the 29 with all the French that were in the City…" Estimated Value $500-UP. View details	Unsold
Lot 170		O'Brien, Pat. Actor of the 1930s and 40s, most notable for the title role in the Knute Rockne Story. Inscribed Vintage Photograph Signed. 11 x14", Black and white, matted and framed. Classic, full-face, bust portrait of the actor in a striped suit, holding a cigar. The inscription is in black and along the upper right margin but difficult to decipher. Fine. Estimated Value $75 - 125. View details	Unsold
Lot 171		Patton, George S. Marginal fold tear to second leaf, otherwise fine. Provocative early Patton letter in which the future General already begins to question World War I strategy. 1885-1945. US General, trained at West Point, he became one of the most daring and flamboyant combat commanders of World War II. Autograph Letter Signed. Three pages, recto/verso, Octavo, on green-ruled paper, n.p., December 2, 1915. To his father, George Patton Sr. Wonderful letter which finds the future General commenting on the events which would precipitate our nation into the first World War. Patton questions his father about the Allies recent violation of German neutrality. He writes, in part: "What do you think of the Allies violating German neutrality? I suppose since the Germans did not do it it was all right. Also what do you think of Mr. [Woodrow] Wilson's army ideas. His political rather than his military program…" The letter also mentions a number of personal matters, including a "story" Patton has written and plans to send off, probably to a family friend. Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details	Realized $5,980
Lot 172		Pickford, Mary (1893-1979) Star of the silent screen, referred to as "The World's Sweetheart", thanks to her ingenuous charm and beauty. Star of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917), Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), and Taming of the Shrew (1929). Established United Artists in 1919 with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Inscribed Vintage Photograph Signed. Sepia, 9 x 7", n.d., n.p. An exquisitely sharp, clean print on heavy paper of one of cinema's classic beauties. Inscribed "Sincerely / Mary Pickford" in blue ink along the right edge. Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Unsold
Lot 173		Porter, Cole. Slight fold crease, general toning. (1892-1964) Composer. He studied law at Harvard before entering the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He composed lyrics and music for many stage success reaching the height of his success with Kiss Me Kate (1948) and Can Can (1953) and popular songs such as "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (1944). Document Signed One page, legal Folio, July 24, 1925. New York. A Canadian copyright form for the song "I AM IN LOVE AGAIN." Boldly signed twice in the lower right as "Author" and "Composer". Includes copyright assignment stapled to it. Very Good. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $575
Lot 174		Porter, Cole. Paper clipped to a yellow carbon copy reply, otherwise fine. Famous popular composer and lyricist of the stage and screen. Typed Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, on The Towers of the Waldorf Astoria letterhead (Typed "Cole Porter above, 41C" to the right of letterhead), January 18, 1952. To Mr. A. Harvey Cole, in full: "Dear Harvey: / Regarding the cancelled note and assignment, I would appreciate your sending them to me. / Thanks again for your great help in this matter. / With best regards to everyone, / Sincerely, Cole." Delicately penned "Cole" in black ink. Very Good. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 175		Powell, Eleanor. The photo (4 x 5") is an attractive portrait of the actress in wrapped in a white fur and is inscribed "To- Frank Best Wishes always Eleanor Powell Broadway Melody of 1936". Actress of the 30s & 40s. Typed Letter and Inscribed Photograph Signed One page, Quarto, on personal stationery, April 7, 1939. Los Angeles. In full: "Dear Mr. Caciatore:- / This is just to say "thanks" for writing that grand letter. Being an entertainer is a lot of hard work and heartache, and things are so much easier when you know that that work is appreciated. It was grand of you to take the trouble to write, and I'm very grateful. / I am sending you a new portrait -- Mother's favorite, which means it's the best one to date, and I wanted you to have it. / Again my thanks, and good wishes always for your health and happiness. / Ever sincerely / Eleanor Powell". Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Realized $86
Lot 176		Pownall, Thomas. Horizontal fold repaired on verso, with minor area of paper loss at top margin, not affecting text. 1722-1805. English Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (1757-60) who urged vigorous measures toward driving the French from America. Manuscript Document Signed as Governor. One page, Tall Folio, Massachusetts Bay, August 22, 1757. Curious document granting special powers to Major General John Broadstreet (1711-74), who participated in the attack on Ticonderoga (1758) and captured Fort Frontenac (1758). The document serves to: "… authorize and impower you in the prosecution of your journey on His Majesty's Special Service… to impress a Horse or Horses … and do hereby Command all his Majesty's Justices of the Peace… and all others his Majesty's good Subjects… to be aiding and assisting to you…" . Estimated Value $650-UP. View details	Unsold
Lot 177		Preston, Frances Cleveland (1864-1947) At 22, she was the youngest First Lady to occupy the White House, having married Grover Cleveland in the mansion during his first term. Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages, 16mo., on her personal letterhead. Princeton, NJ. February 18, 1934. Includes transmittal envelope with holograph address, signed above postmark. Plus a bold clipped signature on 3.5 x 1.25" card, adding "Oct. 24, 1933" In part;. "… Mr. Preston has been passing through the same experience these same weeks… and would like you to know how sorry we are… " Boldly penned and signed. Very Good. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 178		Rabin, Yitzchak. Rabin's signature is very slightly uneven in places, where the ink has been repelled by the photograph's glossy surface. With a Letter of Authenticity from the Institute of Documentation in Israel. (1922-1995). Israeli soldier, statesman and Prime Minister (1974-77, 1992-95). Assassinated in 1995. Signed Photograph. Color, 7 x 5", n.d. Group portrait of Rabin and his wife, with the Vice-President Gores in a dayroom of the White House. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Unsold
Lot 179		Roosevelt, Eleanor. Slight center fold and crease of upper left corner. (1884-1962) First Lady of the United States. Diplomat and humanitarian. Typed Letter Signed. One page, Octavo, on personal stationery. New York, NY. May 24, 1956. Signed boldly in blue ink. In full: "Dear Miss Raymond: / Thank you very much for your kind letter regarding the Maskit rug. / I am so glad I can have the rug and I would like to have it delivered here but not until June 5th. When you send it, will you be good enough to enclose the bill and I will send you my check? / Very sincerely yours, Eleanor Roosevelt". Very Good. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Realized $92
Lot 180		Schulz, Charles (1922-) The creator of Peanuts. Having learned cartooning from a correspondence course, he worked as a freelancer for a religious magazine and the Saturday Evening Post (1947) He submitted a sample strip about children entitled Li'l Folks to many newspapers before United Features accepted it, retitling it Peanuts (1950). It went on to become one of the world's most successful strips and has been adapted for both screen and stage. Photograph Signed. Black and white, 8 x 10", n.d., n.p. Signed in black pen at lower right. Very Good. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 181		Schulz, Charles, Walter Lantz & Bob Kane. Charles Schultz (1922-) The creator of Peanuts. Having learned cartooning from a correspondence course, he worked as a freelancer for a religious magazine and the Saturday Evening Post(1947) He submitted a sample strip about children entitled Li'l Folks to many newspapers before United Features accepted it, retitling it Peanuts (1950). It went on to become one of the world's most successful strips and has been adapted for both screen and stage.Walter Lantz (1900-) The creator of "Woody Woodpecker" Started in 1916 in William Randolph Hearst's animation studio, then moved to Hollywood where he took over Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928. He remained at Universal for over 50 years where he created the very popular "Woody Woodpecker" whose trademark laugh was supplied by his wife, actress Grace Stafford. Bob Kane (1916-1998) The creator of "Batman." Three Sketches Signed. One page, 4 x 6", on index card, 1993, n.p. A collection of cartoon portraits by three of the world's foremost cartoonists, each signed by the artist together on one card: Bob Kane's Batman, inscribed, " 'Bats' Wishes"; Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker, and Charles Schulz's famous beagle Snoopy. Fine. Estimated Value $500-UP. View details	Realized $748
Lot 182		[Screen Actors]. Lot of Seven Signed Photographs. Seven Black and white, mostly 8 x 10" signed photographs of screen stars, including Lew Ayres, Eleanor Holm, Viola Dana, Kent Smith, Charles Winniger, Anita Page, and Ward Brown. Fine. Estimated Value $50-UP. View details	Realized $69
Lot 183		Slave Document. Scarce document. One page, Quarto, recto/verso. On "Office of the U.S. Board of Claims" letterhead. Baltimore, MD. April, 1865. an official receipt of payment for a slave, "John F. Woodford", who fought in the Civil War in the 2nd Regiment U.S.C.T. (colored troops). Two fold creases. Very Good. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $288
Lot 184		Stroud, Robert. Much more of Stroud's own political ideology; all from a man who was never allowed to vote in his life! (1890- 1963) "The Bird Man of Alcatraz". American criminal, a convicted murderer who became a self-taught ornithologist during his 54 years in prison, 42 of them in solitary confinement, and made notable contributions to the study of birds. While living with a dance-hall girl in Juneau, Alaska, Stroud got into an argument with a man over the girl and subsequently killed him. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Puget Sound (1909). After stabbing a fellow inmate and proving generally troublesome, Stroud was transferred to the infamous Leavenworth Prison in Kansas (1912). He continued his loner ways but began to educate himself through university extension courses. On March 26, 1916 he stabbed and killed a guard and was sentenced to be executed by hanging; but on April 15, 1920, President Woodrow Wilson commuted his sentence to life imprisonment in solitary confinement. It was during this time that Stroud began raising canaries and other birds, collecting laboratory equipment, and studying the diseases of birds and their breeding and care. Some of his research was smuggled out of prison and published. In 1943, Stroud's Digest on the Diseases of Birds was published and became an important work in the field of ornithology. Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages, recto/ verso, Quarto, Alcatraz, CA. August 11, 1952. Written to his half-sister Mamie, regarding his political beliefs. In part: "… After 20 years of the worst missrule the country has ever known I can't see why any one devoted to the course of free government should vote for any democrat… For that matter, any Republican will be better for the country than the best Democrat. I would rather see Old Hoover again than see Stevenson… who is just another communist stooge… ". Very Good. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $161
Lot 185		Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Very slight stains above and below date, else fine. Handsomely framed with a brass plate engraved with a copy of the letter, and a biographical plaque listing Tennyson's most famous works, together with a portrait of the poet. Overall size 29 x 20". 1809-1892. Influential English poet, whose most famous works include The Lotus Eaters (1832), and In Memoriam (1850), which catapulted Tennyson to Poet Laureate. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Octavo, on embossed personal letterhead, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, March 2, 1878. Interesting letter of thanks for a book, evidently a work of philology, in which Tennyson makes a mocking allusion to his former publisher, in the direction of whom both parties seem to enjoy throwing a bit of scorn. Tennyson writes, in full: "Dear Sir, Thank Herman Kunst Philologist, Professor, whoever he may be, in my name for the book he has sent me. What I have read of it is clever and well done. I suppose you know that I have got rid of my peacock of a publisher, who insulted you, some years back. Yours Faithfully, A Tennyson." . Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $242
Lot 186		The Ground They Walked On: Sale of the Lot Where Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton First Squared Off! Matted and framed with a full-size facsimile of the Tombstone Epitaph, October, 1881, the front page of which is devoted to a detailed account of "yesterday's" Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and which gives an exact account of the events of the night before leading up to the famous Gunfight, mentioning the very streets and parts of town here advertised as being put up for sale. An amazing piece of folkloric history. [Tombstone] Clum, John. Mayor of Tombstone. Publisher of the Tombstone Epitaph. Partly Printed Document Signed. Accomplished in manuscript. One page, Octavo, Tombstone, Arizona, December 9, 1881. Signed by John Clum, Mayor of Tombstone and publisher of the Tombstone Epitaph. Being a Proof of Publication document, signed by Clum as editor, advertising the sale of the exact spot of land in Tombstone where Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton first squared off. This confrontation, which eyewitnesses said ended with Earp disarming and arresting Clanton -- occured the night before the famous Gunfight at the O. K. Corral, and precipitated the famous showdown. This document, which has a newspaper clipping of the original published notice attached, announces the sale at public auction of this piece of Tombstone real estate, to dispose of the property of one Jerome Ackerson, deceased. Fine. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details	Realized $690
Lot 187		Thomas, Heck (1850-1912) Western gunfighter in more than ten recorded gunfights. In his checkered career, Heck Thomas was a soldier, railroad guard, detective and lawman. He served in the Stonewall Jackson brigade as a courier during the Civil War. He was chief agent for The Texas Express Co. and was wounded by the Sam Bass gang in a train robbery. With Bill Tilghman, Thomas cleaned up "Hell's Half Acre," shot Ned Christie, and killed Bill Doolin in July 1896. He was responsible for over 300 arrests in three years, making him one of the deadliest lawmen of the West. Document Signed. One page, legal Folio, Oklahoma Territory, December 3, 1896. Embossed seals present. Affidavit declaring the necessity of "the employment of a posse comitatus at Lawson" in the arrest of George Lane, Walter McLain, Lee Kallian and others in the area of "Osage Creek & Cherokee Nat[ion]…" Boldly signed "HA Thomas". Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 188		Tilghman, William. Also signed by U.S. Marshall Evett D. Nix, who assembled the best known lawman of the day in the pursuit of the Doolin Gang. Bill Tilghman, Heck Thomas, and Chris Madsen formed the core of his "Oklahoma Guardsmen", each man assigned to a different quadrant of Doolin territory. Bill Doolin was finally killed by Thomas in 1896. (1854-1924) A true Western hero, he was an Army scout during the Indian Wars, lawman, saloon owner and state senator. As a buffalo hunter, Tilghman is said to have killed 4,000 buffalo in one year. In more than seven recorded gunfights, he also wounded Clay Allison. He was deputy sheriff under Bat Masterson and chief of police for Oklahoma City. He is said to have been paid reward money more than any other law officer. He spent a good deal of time chasing and killing members of the Doolin Gang, arresting him in December 1895. Doolin escaped six months later. Tilghman was killed by a drunk at the age of 70. Partly Printed Document Signed as deputy U.S. Marshall. One page, legal Folio. Guthrie Logan County, Oklahoma Territory. October 16, 1895. Being an affidavit stating the necessity of the "employment of a posse comitatus at Guthrie" to execute a warrant for the arrest of Joe Jennings et. al. in the area of the Creek Nation. Boldly signed twice in spaces provided. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details	Realized $575
Lot 189		Tracy, Spencer (1900- 1967) Film actor. Initially typecast as a tough guy and gangster, he became one of Hollywood's finest actors of the 1940s and 50s. Nominated nine times for an Oscar, he was the only actor ever to receive two consecutive awards, with Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys' Town (1938). Cut Signature with Photograph. Blue ink on a 3 x 2" slip of paper. n.d., n.p. Autograph is in a gold-accented frame with a beautiful fabric lined matte. A black and white "headshot" is situated above the signature. Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Realized $173
Lot 190		[War of 1812]. Signed and endorsed on verso by Captain Samuel Ranlet, and Abraham Morril. Two small areas of paper loss at top right and bottom right corners, otherwise fine. Autograph Document Signed. One page, Quarto, Boston, Augusta, May 12, 1813. From Major Joseph Chandler to the Quartermaster General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Being a military requisition order for "Powder, tubes & other stores for the Company of Artillery Commanded by Capt. Sammuel Ranlet, particularly some cannister shot as he has never received any." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 191		Warner, Pop. Signed in full, "Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner." Very slight thumbprint stain at bottom, not affecting text, else fine. 1871-1954. American football coach and father of kids football league. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, on imprinted personal letterhead, Palo Alto, California, July 22 1949. To Joseph Tomlin, founder and program director of the sandlot football program which would go on to become a national kids football league known as "Pop Warner" football. Fascinating letter which finds the two men originating and developing the idea of a sandlot football league for kids using the name "Pop Warner." Warner writes, in part: "It seems to me very unfortunate that there has been so much controversy over the sand lot sports activities of Philadelphia as your letters have indicated. Since you organized those sand lot sports and did such an excellent job in developing them it seems to me a damn shame if you have been shoved aside and the work turned over to someone else. You were the first to honor me by naming your football sand lot program after me and I feel that I would be an ingrate to refuse permission for you to continue to use my name as you have done in the past. With your successful experience in that sand lot work I cannot see why you should not continue to be very useful to the sand lot organization… " . Fine. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details	Realized $299
Lot 192		Warner, Pop. Slight age-toning around the edges, otherwise fine. Signed, "Pop." 1871-1954. American football coach and father of kids football league. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, on imprinted personal letterhead, Palo Alto, California, May 28, 1950. To Joseph Tomlin, founder and promoter of Pop Warner football league. Interesting letter which finds the two men hashing out plans for the new "Pop Warner" football league, and developing the idea of a "kids size" football. Warner writes, in part: "I should have answered your letter of May 8th sooner but I have been on a visit to So. California for about ten days. I doubt very much if your suggestion of a Pop Warner christmas package could be worked out. You are at liberty to use my name and any income from that source if you can get some sporting goods firm interested. The idea of a Pop Warner kids football looks to me more feasable [sic] because there is really a need for a good kids size football and I think there would be a good market for such a ball. I suggest that you contact Wilsons or Spaulding Bros." Warner goes on to comment, with startling candor, on the ideas of producing a biography of the coach: "Regarding the suggestion of a life of Pop Warner I hardly believe such a book would go over very big. I know Grantland Rice very well but I do not feel like making such a suggestion to him personally. Perhaps after my death such a book might pay out, but that may be some years ahead… " . Fine. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details	Realized $259
Lot 193		[Washington, George]. Some separation at corner folds, with a small area of paper loss where the seal has been broken, otherwise fine. Custis, George Washington Parke 1781-1857. The stepson of George Washington. Owing to the early death of his father, he grew up under the charge of Washington at Mount Vernon, where he lived until the death of Mrs. Washington. A colonel in the US Army, he became an aide-de-camp to General Charles Pickney. Father-in-law of Robert E. Lee, thus linking the two great generals in a family tie. Author of "Conversations with Lafayette," recording Lafayette's visit to the United States in 1824, and a series of recollections of Washington, as well as numerous plays. Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages, Quarto, with integral address leaf, Arlington House, December 14, 1850. Marvelous letter in which this practiced raconteur answers queries about the founding fathers use of tobacco. Washington's stepson writes, in part: "My Dear Sir In answer to the queries contained in yr letter, I have to reply, that Washington never used Tobacco in any way whatever, & condemed its use by others. When holding councils with delegations from Indian Tribes, their Great Father was compelled to take a single whiff of the Pipe of Peace, altho' it never suited [?] him very much. "With Adams, Jefferson, Madison, & Monroe, I had the honor of an intimate acquaintance & saw much of them all, in my early life. I have no recollection of either [sic] of these illustrious individuals being in the habit of using tobacco. Some perhaps occasionally the Snuff Box. Indeed chewing was by no means a gentlemanly habit under the old Regime [.] the sugar was unknown, & the smoking of the pipe principally confined to elderly persons… The snuff box was an appendage to genteel society in the olden times, yet I only remember two individuals who were excessive snuffers in the days between 20 and 60 years ago…The money paid for Tobacco to be used by the 23 millions of the modern United States in the next ten years would make a rail road from New York to San Francisco, & secure the mighty trade of China & the East Indies." Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750. View details	Unsold
Lot 194		Whipple, William. Docketed on verso, "Col Weare, June 4th 1776." Minor paper loss at right margin of integral leaf where the seal was originally broken, not affecting text. 1730-1785. American Revolutionary leader. Member from New Hampshire of the Continental Congress. Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Autograph Letter. Two pages, with the second page containing a single line, Octavo, n.p., June 4, 1776. To Meshech Weare (1713-1786), who served as President of the Council which governed New Hampshire. Original draft of a letter concerning the raising of reinforcements for the Revolutionary War. Whipple writes, in part: " …Congress have resolved to send a further reinforcement into Canada 750 will be required of our Colony the officers to be commission'd by the Colony they are to serve as militia untill 1st Decr: - it is absolutely necessary our posts sho'd be supported in that Country for sho'd the enemy get possession we shall certainly have a long war on our hands, but if we are successful which by proper exertions & divine assistance there is no doubt of this Campaign will place us out of reach of their malice. You will soon receive the Resolutions of Congress respecting this reinforcement from the President. The money mention[ed] in our last is not yet gone forward… " On May 24th and 25th, General George Washington met with members of Congress to discuss the conduct of the war. Congress appointed a committee consisting of fourteen members -- two from Virginia, and one from each of the remaining twelve colonies -- to plan "for the carrying on of the ensuing campaign." This included raising reinforcements for Canada. Fine. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. View details	Unsold
Lot 195		Wray, Fay. Classic film heroine, star of the original King Kong. Inscribed Vintage Photograph Signed. Sepia-tone, Large 13½ x 10½" portrait of Fay Wray in a dramatic, over-the-shoulder pose. Inscribed, "To Warner Baxter - With admiration and good wishes -- Fay Wray." Print is slightly dappled, probably with age, but is still becoming. Boldly signed. In a slender black wood frame. Estimated Value $100 - 200. From the Warner Baxter estate. View details	Realized $127
Lot 196		Wright, Frank Lloyd. Wright and his wife exchanged a number of letters during their torturous estrangement. This harrowing account of the end of their relationship must be one of the finest Frank Lloyd Wright letters ever to appear on the market. Other than the first page, which is slightly torn at the centerfold, and some minor wear at the folds of several other pages, the letter is in fine condition. The two letters of Wright's wife, Miriam, totalling twenty-nine pages, are of equal substance and interest. American architect. Known for dwellings and structures designed in powerful conformity with the natural features of the surrounding landscape. Though overshadowed by controversy in his own time, Wright is now considered one of the greatest architects of modern times. Autograph Letter Signed. Seven full pages, Quarto, Tokyo, [Summer, 1919]. On imprinted stationery of The Imperial Hotel, which Wright designed. To his estranged wife Miriam. With the original envelope, addressed "Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright, Iako Hotel, Iako, Japan", and with two lengthy Autograph Letters Signed by Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright to Wright, written from the Iako Hotel, Japan, one fifteen pages, the other fourteen pages, both Quarto, July 1919, laying bare the overwhelming difficulties in their dissolving relationship. A breathtaking, confessional letter from Wright to his wife Miriam, describing the painful internal conflicts that have worn away at their relationship. The architect searches his own nature, and his wife's, for a place to lay blame, exposing the neurotic complexities of their warring personalities. Wright writes in part: "You are quite right. I have no true personal culture. My talent has come between me and the things that bring it usually -- by personal sacrifice. Instead of making the sacrifices myself I have been taking them from others as my right. And I see how it has hardened and roughened the points of contact -- how I even handle my prints as though they were waste paper -- and have hardly patience enough to hear a voice, any voice, beside my own. Why pride in my work has served to give me the self-respect that enabled me to keep on when it were best that I should fail -- for my own souls good… I am a creature of warm animal instincts with something born of heaven thrown in, to sink or swim and but for you it would have sunk. My struggle has been terrible -- in some moments great, but my confusion has been complete and I lose my grip and resourcefulness at last when I see myself face to face -- unequivocally as I do now. "Let me tell you Miriam dear -- the truth. I have not loved you much until I began to understand. My hungry need at first and your gifts came to me in the dark like a ray of hope. I was -- like you -- in love with love -- or the quest for it and as I know now I had never found it. I took you as I take everything I want and then came reaction. So awful it was under those circumstances because conscience still had me in toils and, I could not escape. But then came the self-deception I have practiced always with myself to slip and slide and cheat and what I did to escape is past belief -- but it is a matter of record… I did not love you then enough. I wanted to -- but my weakness and my pet vanities and special pretensions were all antagonized by you -- no matter what they were. You have explained them all. And I had never realized what terrible depths of despair, and to what extremity a sensitive, neurotic woman, highly developed and nervously disorganized by internal change could be… "I watched you for the cause. I was told that after effects of morphine left one subject to depression and hate. That violent hatred and special antipathies were the result, and for life, doctors prescriptions to kill pain -- and even when no longer practiced the previous use of it to any considerable extent in illness often left the patient at the mercy of hatred too violent and bitter for words… Your very look in those days -- the unnatural pallor, all served to make me suspect. And I am quick to suspect as quick as I am to forgive and both so facile because I have been so ignorant of the consequences to others of the use of words, which I have learned now are deeds. … "… I saw the inconstancies of you own thought -- how you turned about and the inconsistencies of your practices in Science. Ordinarily I would have thought nothing of them but when you were holding yourself up so high and so faultless with one hand, tearing me down with the other and nullifying everything I had -- naturally I grudged it, was skeptical and sarcastic and thought I saw hypocrisy. I am skilled in the arts of hypocrisy. I see and can detect it in others quickly, having the tests all well within myself. But then I began to see. On the boat coming across the Pacific something compelled me to see. I had the vision of my own unworthiness and wretchedness and how it had all poisoned you.…" Fine. Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000. View details	Realized $5,520
Lot 197		Wright, Frank Lloyd. There are a number of corrections, in a different hand, with the address Wright has provided being crossed out and rewritten in pencil in the top left margin. American architect. "Who's Who" Application Signed. One leaf, two-sided, Octavo, on partially printed orange stock. "Who's Who In America, published by A.N. Marquis & Company, Chicago, Ill." printed at top, with instructions for completing form. Frank Lloyd Wright's application form for inclusion into "Who's Who in America," completed and signed "Frank Lloyd Wright" in the first blank where the architect has filled in his name. Wright provides his vitals, describes his education, lists his Politics as "Independent," names the Societies and Fraternities to which he belongs, describes his Specialty as "Architecture - (creative)," and in the blank that asks " What have you done that is worthy of special mention?" Wright dryly quips, "The Imperial Hotel of Tokyo Japan and 176 other buildings of note." Fine. Estimated Value $2,500-UP. View details	Realized $2,645

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