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Sale 35
Manuscript and Collectibles Auction
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Lot 131 |
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(Crockett, Davy) (1786-1836) American frontiersman; killed at the Alamo. Page from the February 21, 1834 issue of the New York Sun, with over two columns taken from the preface of Davy Crockett's biography, in which he responds to books, articles and stories about him, signed in print, Washington City, Feb. 1st, 1834. Crockett claims that "most authors seek fame, but I seek justice." He says, "…obscure as I am, my name is making considerable fuss in this world…everybody seems anxious to get a peep of me." Crockett was then a member of Congress from Tennessee.
Estimated Value $250 - 300.
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$316 |
Lot 132 |
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Oakley, Annie (1860-1926) American markswoman. She toured vaudeville circuits and circuses with her husband Frank E. Butler, whom she married in 1876 after besting him in a shooting contest. She starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1885-1902). Autograph Letter Signed "Annie Oakley Butler," 1 p, 6½x5¼", n.p., n.d. Fine; three tape remnants on verso. To Mr. Waldo C. Moore of Lewisburg, Ohio, enclosing a check to him and telling him that she is placing his "one cent check in my scrap book." Annie was born in Darke County, Ohio. According to a penciled note on the back of the integral leaf, Mr. Moore was a banker with whom Annie Oakley exchanged checks.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 5,000.
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Lot 133 |
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(Sitting Bull). Front page story in the September 1, 1875 edition of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin: "Sitting Bull. His Career Looked Into--The Romance Knocked Out of the History of this Wicked Old Red Skin." Printed only weeks after Custer's defeat at the Little Big Horn. Fine condition.
Estimated Value $100 - 150.
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$127 |
Lot 134 |
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Sitting Bull (Tatanka-yatanka) (c. 1834-1890) Legendary Hunkpapa Sioux Indian leader American Indian. After the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull took his people across the border into Canada, where they remained defiant for four years. In 1881, lack of food caused him to surrender with the remnants of his tribe. He was held as a prisoner of war at Fort Randall until 1883, when he was moved to the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota. He went on the road briefly with Buffalo Bill in 1885, and in 1890 was killed by Sioux Reservation police who feared that he was the leading force behind the Ghost Dance uprising.
Signature on 1¼" x 3¼" paper, laid to a larger paper with "Autograph 'Sitting Bull' Oct 18th 1881 Fort Randall D.T." written below. A 2¢ Columbia stamp is affixed at lower left. Very good; toning and one spot. Matted with an image of Sitting Bull and an 1834 Virginia reward notice for an escaped "tawny or copper colored" slave and framed to an overall size of 16½" x 13".
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
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$5,175 |
Lot 135 |
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Sutter, John A (1803-80) California pioneer; gold was discovered at Sutter's Fort in 1848. Partial Autograph Letter Signed "J.A. Sutter," 1p, in German, 3x7½", no place, no date. Fine. To his unnamed adult child, giving news of domestic and international newspapers received, and adding, "Mama is doing tolerably well. Many greetings to Elisita, Juanita & Carmen. Without anything more for today your loving parents greet you fondly…." With translation, Sutter's visiting card, and a panel of Gold Rush postage stamps.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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$1,035 |
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