Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

U.S. Presidents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 82		Adams, John (1735-1826) 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801). Letter Signed, 2 pp (recto/verso), 10" x 8", Quincy, 30 April 1819. To an unidentified correspondent, with some of the finest John Adams content extant. "Dear Sir, Of republicks the varieties are infinite, or at least as as numerous as the tunes and changes that can be rung upon a complete sett of Bells. Of all the variety's, a Democracy is the most natural - the most ancient - and the most fundamental and essential of all others….In some writing or other of mine I happened currente caloma to drop the phrase 'the word Republic as it is used may signify - any-thing - every-thing - or nothing.' For this escape I have been pelted for twenty or thirty years - with as many stones as even were throw'n at St Steven - when St Paul held the clothes of the stoners - but the aphorism is literal, strict, solemn truth - to speak technically, or scientifically, if you will. There are Monarchical Aristocratical and Democratical Republicks - the government of Great Britain - and that of Poland - are as strictly republicks - as that of Rhode-Island or Connecticut under their old charters. If mankind have a right to the voice of experience - they ought to furnish that experience with Pen, ink and paper to write it - and an amanuensis to copy it. I should have been extremely obliged to you if you had favoured me with Mr. Jeffersons sentiments upon the subject - as I see you have an inquiring mind. I sincerely wish you much pleasure Profit, and success in your investigations. I have had some pleasure in them - but no Profit - and very little, if any success. In one of your Letters you say that my defence has become none - this is strange - Mr. Dilly Published an Edition of it [Adams' 1787 pamphlet A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America], was published in Boston -- another in New-York - another in Philadelphia --before the Adoption of the present Constitution of the National Government - and before one line of the Federalist was printed - since that Mr. Cobbet, alias Porcupine printed a large Edition of the whole work in Philadelphia - and Mr. Stockdale of Picca-dilly has published another large Edition in London - it has been Translated into the French and German Languages - and what has become of all these Copies. I am Sir, with much Esteem your humble servant, John Adams." Adams' signature shows his age; in six months, he would be 84 years old. Estimated Value $40,000 - 60,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $36,800
Lot 83		Arthur, Chester A (1830-86) 21st President of the United States (1881-85). Letter Signed "C.A. Arthur" on Custom House, New York Collector's Office letterhead, 1½ pp, 9" x 5¾", 6 May 1878. Very good; two small tape remnants on verso; minor wrinkling. To Mrs. E. A. Drake, regretting that he can't attend her brother's concert and enclosing a check, assuring her that Mrs. Arthur would be much interested if she were there. Boldly signed. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $334
Lot 84		Buchanan, James (1791-1868) 15th President of the United States (1857-61) Autograph Letter Signed, one page, with integral blank leaf, 1" ' x 8", Wheatland, 23 Mar. 1850. Very fine. To Hon. Edmund Burke, marked "Confidential." In full: "My dear Sir, I desire to recall to your memory a fact which seemed to have escaped the recollection of every person. I mean the letter addressed by Col. Benton & carried by Col. Fremont to the people of California. To counteract the effect of this letter was one of the strongest reasons why my letter to Mr. Voorhies of the 7th October 1848 was written. I am very desirous to obtain a copy of Col. Benton's letter for my own archives. It was published in the New York Herald a short time before the date of my letter. I do not think I ever saw it in any other paper. Could you please procure a copy of it for me? I shall of course pay for the copying. I do not wish to be the instrument of making it public, nor do I desire its publication at the present moment. I am very far from entertaining any unkind feelings towards Col. Benton, and wish the copy merely for my own satisfaction. It is a remarkable fact, however, that whilst Southern members of Congress are barely engaged in discourse, the persons who incited the people of California to form a government independent of the agency of Congress, this important letter should have been entirely overlooked." This letter is packed with references to people and issues in the forefront of the time. Buchanan refers to the admission of California as a free state, which was one of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850, hammered out by Henry Clay in an effort to resolve the slavery issue and forestall civil war. Thomas Hart Benton was a senator from Missosuri (1821-61) who was a champion of the westward expansion doctrine that would become "Manifest Destiny." A staunch party loyalist (Democratic), as well as a southerner and a slave owner, Benton nonetheless declared himself against the institution of slavery in 1849, setting himself against his party and public opinion in his state. John C. Frémont, the famous explorer, military officer, and first Republican presidential candidate (1856) was Benton's son-in-law. Frémont served as one of the first senators from California (1850-51). As commander of the Army's Department of the West from May to November 1861, Frémont imposed martial law in the state, confiscating private property of secessionists and emancipating the state's slaves. President Lincoln revoked Frémont's proclamation and relieved him of his command. Philip Falkerson Voorhees, mentioned in this letter, was involved in a controversial naval incident and court-martialed in 1845, after which he was restored to his full rank in the navy and given command of the East India squadron, the post of an admiral at the present day. Edmond Burke, to whom Buchanan writes, was appointed commissioner of patents in 1846 by President Polk, a post he would hold until 1850. In 1866 he would be a delegate to the Philadelphia union convention. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 85		Bush, George H.W. & Barbara. Oversize White House Christmas Card for 1989 Signed by President Bush in black ink and by Barbara Bush in blue ink, 16" x 11¾." With an embossed Presidential Seal at lower left, and housed in a navy folder with an embossed Presidential Seal on the cover. This image was painted by White House staff artist, William Gemmell, depicting the South Portico of the White House during a snowfall. The Christmas tree in the Blue Room is visible through a window. Some 7500 gift prints were mailed out with autopenned signatures of the President and First Lady; however, these oversize cards, with original signatures by the President and First Lady were given to very few personal friends and personal staff. This was the Bush's first Christmas at the White House. A beautiful collector's item. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. From a former member of President Reagan's staff. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,840
Lot 86		Carter, Jimmy (1924 -) 39th President of the United States (1977-81). Typed Letter Signed "Jimmy" as President, on mint-green White House stationery, 3pp, 10½" x 7", Washington, 9 May 1979. Mint condition; marked "File" at top. To Oklahoma Senator Henry Bellmon, with superb content. In part: "After more than six years of negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union, we have essentially completed our work on a new SALT agreement. President Brezhnev and I have therefore decided to schedule a summit meeting as soon as it can be arranged. At that time we will confirm the agreement and sign the SALT II Treaty and protocol. We will also discuss a wide range of bilateral and global issues, including other arms control matters. The Treaty will then be submitted to the Senate for ratification. I know that the Treaty will receive sober and searching consideration by the Senate, for we share no greater responsibility than the custody of our nation's security. The American people have no more deeply felt wish than to reduce the risk of nuclear war. The Treaty is the culmination of the work of three Administrations. It is the next major step in the continuing process of bringing the nuclear arms race under sensible control. This process has already produced concrete benefits for othe united States. The Limited Test Ban Treaty, signed by President Kennedy in 1963, stopped the poisonous testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere. SALT I, signed by President Nkxon in 1972, helped to contain a costly and potentially destabilizing race in defensive missiles at a time when the Societs were building up and we were not. SALT II continues and strengthens the process of controlling the nuclear arms race. It establishes for the first time the principle of equal numbers of strategic systems, both overall limits and limits as applied to particular kinds of systems, which will result in the first negotiated reductions in operational Societ strategic systems. It will impose the first limited but important restraints on the race to build new systems and improve existing ones -- the so-called 'qualitative' nuclear arms race. The SALT II Treaty is not a substitute for a strong defense…. [It] will not end the political competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. But without the Treaty, each crisis, each confrontation, each point of friction will take on an added measure of significance and an added dimension of danger….If you have any concern or question about the details of the Treaty…I trust that you will give me an opportunity to discuss these matters with you before you make a final judgment…." More excellent content. At the signing of the arms pact in Vienna during June 1979, Carter sought a commitment from Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev to a five percent annual reduction of strategic arms over the five-year life of the treaty and asked Brezhnev to agree that the SALT III talks would aim for limits fifty percent below the level of arms that SALT II allowed. Brezhnev rejected the five-percent yearly cut and remained noncommittal on the SALT III talks. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,945
Lot 87		Carter, Jimmy. Typed Letter Signed "Jimmy" on pale green The White House letterhead, one page, 9" x 6¾", Washington, 25 May 1978. To Virginia Senator William Lloyd Scott, thanking him for his support on the arms sales vote. "I strongly feel that these sales are in our national interest and will promote the prospects of peace in the Middle East." Extremely fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 88		Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) 30th President of the United States (1923-29). Three letters: one Autograph Letter Signed and two Typed Letters Signed, all on personal letterhead, 3 pp total, Northampton, Mass., July and Oct. 1930 and March 1931. All addressed to Thomas Cochran on Wall St., New York. The ALS asks for investment advice regarding some Liberty Loans. One TLS sends thanks for a check and an invitation to come to Massachusetts although "The leaves…are not turning much yet"; the second declines a dinner invitation because of a meeting at which Mr. Morrow was expected to be present. One TLS has a small water stain in upper left corner, else all fine with bold signatures. Accompanied by two carbons of letters from Mr. Cochran. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $805
Lot 89		Eisenhower, Dwight D (1890-1969) 34th President of the United States (1953-61). Typed Letter Signed as President, on pale green The White House letterhead, one page, 9" x 6¾", Newport, 26 July 1960. Very good; light, uneven toning and one small tear at top edge. To Dr. Robert J. Bernard, President of Claremont College, thanking him for Dr. Rabi's book, My Life and Times as a Physicist. "I know I shall enjoy reading it, both because Dr. Rabi is my friend and because of the respect I hold for him as a scientist and humanitarian…." Accompanied by the transmittal envelope. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 90		Eisenhower, Dwight D. Typed Letter Signed as President, on White House letterhead, one page, 9" x 6¾", Washington, 11 June 1960. Very good; lighter toning around edges from a previous framing; laid to cardstock. To Fred B. Snite, regarding a letter from Mr. Snite's granddaughter. In part, "…I did receive her note and am deeply touched by it. With magnificent simplicity she expressed her prayer for peace in the world….With young people, like Teresa…I shall never doubt America's future." Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 91		Eisenhower, Dwight D. Typed Letter Signed with initials, "D.E." as President, on pale green The White House letterhead, one page, 8¾" x 7", Washington, 7 Oct. 1957. Marked "Personal" to columnist Walter Winchell, regarding a column Winchell had written in September and sending "warm regard." Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $219
Lot 92		Ford, Gerald R. White House Card Signed ("Gerald Ford") as President, in black ink, 2½x4", no place, no date. Mint condition. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 93		Ford, Gerald R. White House Card Signed ("Gerald Ford") as President, in black ink, 2½x4", no place, no date. Mint condition. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 94		Ford, Gerald R. Envelope Signed ("Jerry Ford") in black ink on the front, 3½x6½", n.p., n.d. Fine; lightly toned. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 95		Garfield, James A (1831-81) 20th President of the United States (1881); assassinated. Signature as President dated" April 12, 1881," 4x6¼", n.p. Excellent condition. Attractively matted with a 7¾x5¾" portrait of Garfield and a biographical plaque and framed to an overall size of 25¼x18¼". This exceptionally large signature was signed one month and eight days after Garfield's inauguration (March 4, 1881). On 2 July, 1881 he would be shot by Charles Guiteau, a disgruntled office seeker, and would subsequently die on September 19th. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,680
Lot 96		Garfield, James A (1831-81) 20th President of the United States (1881); assassinated. Head and shoulders engraving of President Garfield Signed "James A. Garfield / May 15, 1881" in pencil at the lower edge, 8" x 5". Fine. The engraving by George E. Perine, New York, has a facsimile signature below. Seven weeks after signing and dating this engraving of himself, President Garfield would be shot by Charles Guiteau, a disgruntled office seeker who claimed that Garfield's death was a political necessity and that his death would "unite the Republican party and save the Republic." Garfield died on 19 September, 1881 and Guiteau was hanged for his crime on 30 June 1882. After William Henry Harrison, Garfield's is the rarest signature as President. Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 97		(Garfield, James A.) Charles J. Guiteau (1841-82) American lawyer who shot President James A. Garfield on 2 July 1881; Garfield died from blood poisoning on 19 September after three operations and constant probing by doctors with unsterilized fingers and instruments. Guiteau was convicted of assassinating the President and hanged on 2 July 1881. Autograph Letter Signed on letterhead of "Law Office of Scoville & Bayley," one page, 11" x 8½", Chicago, 9 Feb. 1875. Very good; overall toning; partial fold separations; darker toning and edge chips to right margin, but boldly penned and signed. To Mr. Barnes: "My box was recd yesterday. I wish to say I will send you that money as soon as possible. I am stopping at George's home and I don't like to ask him for it as I expect to have some of my own soon. With many thanks for your kindness to me…." Guiteau makes a couple of holograph corrections and even makes a mistake on the first letter of his own name. George Scoville was Guiteau's brother-in-law and acted as his defense attorney. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 98		Grant, Ulysses S (1822-85) 18th President of the United States (1869-77). Autograph Letter Signed "U.S. Grant" as President, one page, 7½" x 5", West Point, N.Y., 9 June 1871. Fine except for foxing around edges and overall light toning. To General Orville E. Babcock (1835-84), who served as Grant's aide-de-camp from 29 March 1863 and served as his private secretary after the war, until 1877. Babcock delivered Grant's surrender demand to General Robert E. Lee and escorted Lee to Appomattox Court House. During one of the scandals to rock Grant's presidency, the Whiskey Ring, Babcock was indicted as one of those who had diverted liquor taxes into their own pockets. Although Grant had instructed prosecutors, "Let no guilty man escape," he intervened on Babcock's behalf, and Babcock was acquitted, partially due to Grant's testimony. Addressing Babcock as "Dear General," Grant writes, in part: "You may make arrangements with the Q.M. to purchase my forage. I shall return…to Washington Thursday or Friday morning. I am glad to hear that the colt is recovering. I valued both of them highly…." Grant's love of horses was a constant throughout his life. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,783
Lot 99		Grant, Ulysses S. Document Signed "U.S. Grant" as President, one page, 10" x 7¾", Washington, 7 Dec. 1875. Very fine; the exceptionally bold signature is lightly traversed by a horizontal fold. Grant authorizes and directs the Secretary of State "to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the remission of a portion of the fine imposed on John Strachan…." Estimated Value $800 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 100		Harding, Warren G (1865-1923) 29th President of the United States (1921-23). Typed Letter Signed as the Republican candidate for President, on U.S. Senate letterhead, one page, 6¾" x 4¾", Marion, Ohio, 13 Aug. 1920. Fine; minor soiling at lower left. To prominent Lincoln author John Wesley Hill regarding comments Hill had made about the League of Nations "which gave me some ideas which I can appropriate for my own use later…." Harding was strongly against U.S. entry into the League. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 101		Harding, Warren G. Document Signed "W.G. Harding" as Trustee of The Marion Mfg. Co. of Ohio, Bankrupt, one page, 11" x 8½", Marion County, Ohio (23 Feb. 1911). Very good; boldly signed; small stains in blank bottom area; show through from stamp on verso lighly a couple of letters in the signature. An assignment of judgment in bankruptcy proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 102		Harding, Warren G. Document Signed twice as publisher of the Marion Star, one page, 4¼" x 7¾", Marion County, Ohio, 17 April 1896. Fine; upper half has deeper toning. A proof of publication, required for the Probate Court, that an estate sale was advertised for four consecutive weeks, sworn before a notary public and with newspaper notice attached at left side. Both signatures are very bold. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 103		Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901) 23rd President of the United States (1889-93). Letter Signed "Benj Harrison" on personal letterhead, one page, 11" x 8½", folded to 9¼" to conceal old mounting remnants, Indianapolis, Ind., 1 Nov. 1888. Very good; toning and show-through at top edge from glue residue.; two small fold splits. To E.A. Drake in New York City, acknowledging receipt of an invitation from the Harrison & Morton Business Men's Association to review a parade and regretting that he cannot attend. Levi Morton would serve as Harrison's vice president. Boldly signed. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 104		Hayes, Rutherford B (1822-93) 19th President of the United States (1877-81). Autograph Letter Signed "R.B. Hayes" as a member of Congress from Ohio, one page, 4¾" x 5", House of Representatives, 2 April 1866. To the publisher of The Globe requesting "fifty (50) copies Binghams speech on Civil Rights Bill." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 105		Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) 31st President of the United States (1929-33). Inscribed Signed Photograph, "To Gus Venaso with the best regards of Herbert Hoover" in blue ink, 6¾" x 4¾", n.p., n.d. With a Typed Letter Signed in black ink, 10½" x 7¼", New York, NY, 27 Oct. 1948. to J. B. Kirkland, The Southern Industrial Institute, regarding increasing educational opportunities "to students of slender means" and sending a $50 donation (not present) toward a new dormitory. Both very fine. With two blocks of Hoover stamps. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 106		Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) 7th President of the United States (1829-37). Autograph Letter Signed as President, one page plus integral address leaf, 9¾" x 8", n.p., 6 Nov. 1829. Very good; a few clean fold splits professionally repaired on verso; overall toning and some soiling; small area of paper loss at blank top right edge. To the Secretary of the Navy (John H. Eaton), warmly recommending Mr. Samuel P. Walker for an appointment as midshipman. "…He has been well recommended to me as a youth of great merit & much promise and great interest has been manifested by many of the good citizens of this place….I therefore recommend him to your notice…." John Eaton would resign his position in 1831 after his wife Peggy was ostracized by much of Washington society for supposedly having had an affair with Eaton while married to another man who reportedly committed suicide. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,140
Lot 107		Jackson, Andrew. Autograph Letter Signed as President, 2 pp, 9" x 7½", Washington, 1 July 1836. Addressed to Wm. J. Crane, Esq., which is marked through in pen, and a penciled notation added, "Thos D. Grover Esqr, Cols. J. Thompson & others comitte." The letter begins "Sir," which is crossed through and "Gentlemen" added in pencil. These changes, along with the docket, "from President / 1st" would seem to identify this letter as a first draft/retained copy. Very good; light toning and some small archival fold repairs. Very boldly penned and signed; Jackson's signature is over 4½" in length, crossing over on to the blank integral leaf. President Jackson writes: "I have received your polite note of the 20th ulto. on behalf of the Democratic citizins of the first congressional District of Pennsylvania, inviting me to participate with them in the celebration of the anniversary of our Independence. It being out of my power to unite with you on this occasion except in the indulgence of those sentiments of joy and gratitude which it is so well calculated to inspire, I can only tender you my thanks for the honor conferred upon me by the invitation. In compliance with your request I offer the following toast: The state of Pennsylvania -- she has been called the Key stone of the Union. Well has she proved herself to be so…." Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,645
Lot 108		Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) 3rd President of the United States (1801-09); author of the Declaration of Independence. Beautiful, clean Ship's Passport (or Mediterranean Passport) Signed "Th: Jefferson" as President and countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State, one page, 15¼" x 10¼", vellum, n.p., n.d. Very fine; scalloped top with two nautical engravings by E. Savage at top; white wafer seal is intact at lower left. Attractively matted and framed to 21" x 16" and ready for display. Jefferson's signature is bold; Madison's is nice and solid, with one vertical fold between the "a" and "d" in "Madison." In the early years of its independence, the United States paid tribute to the Barbary states in exchange for being able to sail and conduct business in the Mediterranean area without interference. The Mediterranean Passport was a document issued only to vessels that were completely owned by citizens of the United States and was recognized by Algeria and other Barbary states after treaties were concluded with these states. The master of an American vessel paid a fee of ten dollars to the custom's collector for his ship's Passport (the penalty for sailing without one was $200). The various customs districts received these documents pre-signed by the President and Secretary of State. The collector would insert into the appropriate blanks the vessel's name and tonnage, the master's name, number of crew members, and the number of guns mounted on the vessel, then sign the document. Unused Passports were supposed to be returned to the Treasury Department, after being canceled by cutting holes through the seals, but someone obviously saw the value of holding on to this lovely, historic document. (See Douglas L. Stein"s American Maritime Documents 1776-1860 for more information). Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $7,188
Lot 109		Jefferson Land Grant to Two Virginia Line Soldiers. Document Signed ("Th: Jefferson") as President, one page, vellum, Washington, 4 November 1802. Coutersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and, on the reverse side, by Henry Dearborn as Secretary of War. Very good; seal is intact at lower left; age toning; right margin is trimmed and lower right tip is missing, affecting nnothing. Jefferson's signature is a little light and Madison's has skips in the ink. A grant of 300 acres "between the Little Miami and Sciota Rivers, north-west of the River Ohio…" to "Joseph Kerr assignee of Henry Massie." The original grant was given to "Duncan Young (a Soldier for the war) and Lawrence Van Camp (a Soldier for three years)…in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment" in 1799. The land was subsequently assigned to William Rives, William Call, then Henry Massie, who assigned it to Joseph Kerr. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,530
Lot 110		Johnson, Andrew (1808-75) 17th President of the United States (1865-69). Partly-printed Document Signed as President, one page, 10" x 8", Washington, 25 Jan. 1868. Fine. The document reads: "I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a power authorizing William H. Seward to conclude an additional article to the Treaty between the United States and Russia of the 6/18 December 1832 dated this day, and signed by me and for so doing this shall be his warrant." The Monroe Doctrine, issued in 1823 by President James Monroe, had been prompted by concern that Russia might try to expand its claims in Alaska to include the Oregon territory and that Spain might try to reclaim her former colonies in Latin America. From that time, Russia ceased from attempts to increase her influence on the Pacific coast.and regarded Alaska as a possession difficult to defend and of little value. A Treaty on Trade and Navigation was signed between the North American States and Russia on December 6, 1832 and most favored nations status was established in bilateral trade between the two countries. On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million (less than 2 cents an acre). The Treaty was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. Although the purchase was called "Seward's Folly" and "Seward's Icebox," the Senate ratified the Treaty with Russia on April 9, 1867 by a vote of 37 to 2; however, the appropriation of money needed for the purchase was delayed for over a year because of opposition in the House of Representatives. The appropriation was finally approved by the House on July 14, 1868, by a vote of 113 to 48. When gold was discovered in the Klondike in 1896, opposition to the purchase subsided. Next to the Louisiana Purchase, the purchase of Alaska ranks as the most historic land acquisition ever made by the United States. Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $11,500
Lot 111		Johnson, Lyndon B (1908-73) 36th President of the United States (1963-69). Hand-tinted engraving by W.H. Bartlett titled "Washington, From The Presidents House" Signed on the mount "Lyndon B. Johnson," as President and Inscribed and Signed, "To Sanford Fox, with our warm best wishes. Lady Bird Johnson, Christmas 1965" as First Lady. The 4½" x 6" engraving was published in London "for the Proprietors, by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, 1839." It is in the original frame, which is 11" x 12½". Excellent condition. According to Mary Seeley's Season's Greetings From the White House, this engraving was presented to 200 members of the White House executive staff. Sanford Fox was the chief of the White House social entertainment office. The other 950 White House employees were presented with a print by Robert Laessig of "Winter at the White House," which was also used as the 1965 official Christmas card (Seeley, p. 109). Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 112		Johnson, Lyndon B. Photograph Inscribed and Signed, "To John R. Steelman with warm regards Lyndon B. Johnson," on the 13¼" x 9¾" mount; photo is 9½" x 7¼", n.p., n.d. Fine; one faint scratch from top of mount to behind LBJ's ear; soiling in left margin of mount. John Steelman was first Assistant to President Harry Truman from 1946 to 1953. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 113		Johnson, Lyndon Baines. Important Typed Document Signed "Lyndon B. Johnson," one page, onionskin, 13' x 8½", Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 14 Sept. 1960. The document bears an ink date stamp from the New York Department of State. Fine; staple holes and a faint paperclip stain; light overall toning from a previous framing and minor wrinkling.The document, headed "Acceptance" reads, in part: "I, Lyndon B. Johnson, the undersigned, resideing at The LBJ Ranch in the City or Town of Stonewall, in the County of Gillespie, State of Texas, having been nominated as the candidate of the Liberal Party for election to the public ofofice of Vice-President of the United States, in the general election to be held on November 8, 1960, Do Hereby Certify that I have accepted and by these presents, do accept the said nomination tendered to me and I hereby consent to be the nominee of the Liberal Party for election to the public office of Vice-President of the United States as aforesaid. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of September, 1960…." Below Johnson's signature is a typed and signed Notary Public statement that Johnson personally appeared before her and executed the document. Accompanied by a typed Certificate of Authentication, also dated 14 September 1960, signed by the County Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the probate Court of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, certifying the genuineness of the corresponding document. At the Democratic National Convention, held in Los Angeles in July 1960, LBJ lost the presidential nomination to John F. Kennedy, 806-409 on the first ballot. To the surprise of many, including, it is said, Jack and Robert Kennedy, LBJ accepted JFK's offer to run as his vice president and was instrumental in carrying Texas, Louisiana and the Carolinas. This is a historic relic from one of the most pivotal elections in American history. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,175
Lot 114		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 115		Lincoln, Abraham (1809-65) 16th President of the United States (1861-65). Autograph Letter Signed "A. Lincoln" as President, one page, 8" x 5", Executive Mansion, 4 Jan. 1862. To Brigadier General and Quartermaster of the U.S. Army Montgomery C. Meigs: "Gen. Meigs / My dear Sir / Gen. Cooper, who will present this, is anxious to have Alfred A. McGaffey appointed Q.M. for his Brigade; & I am willing to oblige him, only that I have an impression that ["that" is crossed out] you have some objection. If you have not, so write below this, and he may be appointed." Meigs writes below: "The Q M Genl cannot recommend this appointment. MC Meigs / QMG." On 6 January, Gen. Cooper wrote Lincoln that Meigs' objection stemmed from "the belief that McGaffey is a gambler…." There is no record of McGaffey's appointment and he has not been otherwise identified. Gen. Meigs served as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War, establishing a reputation for being efficient, hard-working, and scrupulously honest. He was responsible for the largest amount of money ever disbursed by a single individual in military history up to that point: some fifteen hundred million dollars. The General Orders (January 4, 1892) issued at the time of his death declared that "the Army has rarely possessed an officer … who was entrusted by the government with a greater variety of weighty responsibilities, or who proved himself more worthy of confidence." Gen. James Cooper, once a student in the Gettysburg law office of Thaddeus Stevens and a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, had been a member of the committee which drafted the Compromise of 1850. Because of his Whig antecedents and Maryland birth, Lincoln appointed him a brigadier in May 1861 to recruit "loyal Marylanders." He briefly served under Franz Sigel in the Army of the Shenandoah during Stonewall jackson's Valley Campaign, then commanded parole and prison camps in Ohio before his death in March 1863. Dark bold writing by both Lincoln and Meigs; a few light vertical folds; some mounting traces on blank verso; two minuscule tears and a thread-thin line of toning along the left margin, otherwise fine. Published in CWAL, Vol. V, pp 90-91. Estimated Value $20,000 - 30,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $25,300
Lot 116		Lincoln, Abraham. War-date Autograph Letter Signed "A. Lincoln" as President, one page, 8" x 5", Executive Mansion, 2 Aug. 1861. Very good; toning from a previous matte. Addressed to the Secretary of War [the infamously corrupt Simon Cameron who served as Lincoln's Secretary of War from 1861-62, until Lincoln appointed him minister to Russia to get rid of him], Lincoln writes, "Let Elias Nigh be an Assistant Quarter Master of Volunteers (of Brigade) with rank of Captain." Nigh, an Ohio native, was duly appointed as of August 5, 1861. He was discharged in March of 1863 in order to enter the Quartermaster department of the regular Army, and resigned in July 1864. He was Chief Quartermaster for General Don Carlos Buell in 1862 at the time of Confederate General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, and later was Chief Quartermaster of General Stephen Hurlbut's 16th Corps. Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 117		McKinley, William (1842-1901) 25th President of the United States (1897-1901). Document Signed "Wm McKinley Jr." as a congressman, with holograph note at the bottom of a letter from the Government Printing Office on a form from the House of Representatives. Fine; some contemporary ink smears. The letter asks if a book which will be done on Thursday should be sent to Canton. McKinley replies, "Yes. Is it too far along to add to it. Answer." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 118		Nixon, Richard (1913-94) 37th President of the United States (1969-74). Imprinted White House stationery Signed as President in black ink, 3x4", n.p., n.d. Matted with a 7½x9" color photo. One small puncture at lower right of photo, else fine. Ready for framing. Estimated Value $175 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $127
Lot 119		Pierce, Franklin (1804-69) 14th President of the United States (1853-57). 3½" x 4¾" piece of paper with signature, sentiment, and date: "Very respectfully, yr. Obdt. Servt. Franklin Pierce / 1868." Very good; ink is light but legible. Written the year before Pierce's death. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 120		Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004) 40th President of the United States (1981-89). Official White House color photograph, 20" x 24", being the last photograph of President Reagan's Cabinet and sub-Cabinet, taken on January 11, 1989. With offical White House stamp, the date, and the number C51488-7, on the verso. Signed on the lower mount by President Reagan, Vice President Bush and all eighteen participants during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. Pristine condition. The participants are: Frank Carlucci, Secretary of Defense; John Herrington, Secretary of Energy; Bill Verity, Secretary of Commerce; James Burley IV, Secretary of Transportation; Lauro Cavazos, Secretary of Education; Don Hodel, Secretary of the Interior; Ann McLaughlin, Secretary of Labor; George P. Shultz, Secretary of State; Ken Duberstein, Presidential Chief of Staff; Richard Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture; Joe Wright, Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Vernon Walters, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.; Nicholas Brady, Secretary of Treasury; Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative; Beryl Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors; Samuel Pierce, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services; and Richard Thornburgh, U.S. Attorney General. Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000. From a former member of President Reagan's staff. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,750
Lot 121		Reagan, Ronald. Autograph Letter unsigned, as Governor of California, 1½ pp (recto/verso), n.p. (Sacramento), n.d. (late 1960s). Very fine. While Governor, Ronald Reagan would use plain scratch paper to hand-write a response to a letter from a constituent; then an assistant would type the letter on the Governor's office letterhead. The initial handwritten response was usually thrown out or sent off to files after the Governor signed the typed version of the letter. This well-thought-out letter shares how the Governor felt about the use and effects of marijuana. Written to Mike, in full: "I'm afraid you and I are still in disagreement about legalizing marijuana even with the restrictions you suggest. First of all, I doubt the people would take kindly to the idea of a govt. monopoly of any product. Limiting the THC concentration is practical, but then you have the problem of a black market to meet the demand of those who want more 'lift' than the legal limit. When beer became legal prior to the complete repeal of prohibition, bootlegging & spiking of beer was common place. The remaining point is the one about no proof of harmful effects. In our state anti drug agency there is a growing body of scientific evidence that indicates it is indeed harmful. In view of this difference of opinion dont you think we should wait until we really know one way or the other? Wouldn't we really create a big problem if we proceed with legalization & then discover marijuana is indeed harmful? If we had known the connection between tobacco & cancer before building up the great cigarette business think of the tragedies that could have been prevented. The research is going forward and we should know definitely one way or the other very soon. A little delay might be well worth our patience." Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. From a former member of Governor Reagan's staff. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 122		Reagan, Ronald. President Reagan's last convention speech as sitting President, with over 130 words added in his hand, 17 typed pages, 11" x 8½", n.p., n.d. This is the Presidential address given at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday, August 15, 1988. The speech was written in collaboration with Ken Khachigian, his former Chief of Speechwriting. The President made additions and corrections in both black and blue ink, indicating that corrections were made on two different occasions. This was the final draft of the speech before it was prepared in final form for the teleprompter which he used at the convention. Fine condition; one crease at lower right corners and two paper-clip marks on first page. Truly a unique document. The President pays tribute to his wife, Nancy, and endorses the candidacy of George H.W. Bush. He looks back on the country and the world when he came into office, remembering the summer of 1980 as "a summer of discontent for America around the world." He said "We rolled up our sleeves and went to work in January of 1981; we focused on hope, not despair….we believed that a society is great, not because of promises made by its government, but only because of progress made by its people. That was our change…" He goes into detail about domestic and international events, including his signing "the first treaty in world history to eliminate an entire class of U.S. and Soviet nuclear missiles." After praising George Bush at length, he asks him to "Go out there and make it one more for the Gipper," then he bids a fond farewell, made all the more poignant by what was to come. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. From a former member of President Reagan's staff. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 123		Reagan, Ronald. Four doodles made by President Reagan, three in pencil on a piece of folded typing paper and one in ink on a 6" x 4" engraved "Ronald Reagan" note card. On the typing paper, one figure seems to be the President himself; one is an Asian man's face, and the third is a left profile of a balding, mustachioed man sporting a monocle (Jeeves, perhaps?). The ink sketch is the latter figure but with a bow tie and a jacket lapel visible; the card has one crease from folding. President Reagan found drawing doodles relaxing and would do so infrequently, sometimes while sitting at his desk in the Oval Office sorting out issues and decisions, or, more often, during a lengthy Cabinet meeting which might have grown taxing. He would usually use whatever note paper or card was handy. Generally the doodles were caricatures or self portraits -- usually a single face, or sometimes a few on one page. Cabinet members would linger in the Cabinet Room after a meeting with the President, hoping he would leave a doodle or two behind on the table so they could grab it for their own memorabilia collection. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. From a former member of President Reagan's staff. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 124		Reagan, Ronald. Autograph Note Signed at the top of a White House press release containing the "Remarks of the President At Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp," made on May 5, 1985, 2¼ pp, 13½" x 8½", n.p., n.d. Excellent condition; one horizontal fold. Reagan wrote in blue ink to an unidentified person, "I thought you might like this. Ronald Reagan." Reagan addressed Chancellor Kohl and other guests, evoking the victims of the camp, both those who died there and those who survived. He quoted the Talmud, Abraham Lincoln, and Anne Frank's diary, in which she expressed the hope and belief "that this cruelty too will end and that peace and tranquility will return again." Reagan ended with the words, "Never again." President Reagan's visit to Belgen-Belsen was surrounded by controversy because of his decision to preside, hours later, over a wreath-laying ceremony at a cemetery in Bitburg that contained the graves of nearly 2,000 German soldiers, including 49 SS troops. The Bitburg visit, considered the biggest fiasco of Reagan's presidency, was opposed by both houses of Congress, Jewish organizations, veterans' groups and others. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,450
Lot 125		Reagan, Ronald. Card Signed as President, 2x3½" (The White House, c. 1982-85). Mint condition. The card is simply engraved, "Ronald Reagan" in blue ink; President Reagan signed his name in black ink below. After the assassination attempt on the President (30 Mar. 1981), increased security prevented him from mingling with crowds and signing autographs. Before going out to meet the public, he would sometimes sit down and sign some of these cards so that he would not disappoint people who requested his autograph. This is an original signature by President Reagan. Estimated Value $300 - 500. From the personal collection of the executive assistant of President Reagan's Chief of Staff from 1982-85. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $228
Lot 126		Reagan, Ronald. Card Signed as President, 2x3½" (The White House, c. 1982-85). Mint condition. The card is simply engraved, "Ronald Reagan" in blue ink; President Reagan signed his name in black ink below. After the assassination attempt on the President (30 Mar. 1981), increased security prevented him from mingling with crowds and signing autographs. Before going out to meet the public, he would sometimes sit down and sign some of these cards so that he would not disappoint people who requested his autograph. This is an original signature by President Reagan. Estimated Value $300 - 500. From the personal collection of the executive assistant of President Reagan's Chief of Staff from 1982-85. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $228
Lot 127		Reagan, Ronald. Card Signed as President, 2x3½" (The White House, c. 1982-85). Mint condition. The card is simply engraved, "Ronald Reagan" in blue ink; President Reagan signed his name in black ink below. After the assassination attempt on the President (30 Mar. 1981), increased security prevented him from mingling with crowds and signing autographs. Before going out to meet the public, he would sometimes sit down and sign some of these cards so that he would not disappoint people who requested his autograph. This is an original signature by President Reagan. Estimated Value $300 - 500. From the personal collection of the executive assistant of President Reagan's Chief of Staff from 1982-85. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 128		Reagan, Ronald. Card Signed as President, 2x3½" (The White House, c. 1982-85). Mint condition. The card is simply engraved, "Ronald Reagan" in blue ink; President Reagan signed his name in black ink below. After the assassination attempt on the President (30 Mar. 1981), increased security prevented him from mingling with crowds and signing autographs. Before going out to meet the public, he would sometimes sit down and sign some of these cards so that he would not disappoint people who requested his autograph. This is an original signature by President Reagan. Estimated Value $300 - 500. From the personal collection of the executive assistant of President Reagan's Chief of Staff from 1982-85. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 129		Reagan, Ronald. Card Signed as President, 2x3½" (The White House, c. 1982-85). Mint condition. The card is simply engraved, "Ronald Reagan" in blue ink; President Reagan signed his name in black ink below. After the assassination attempt on the President (30 Mar. 1981), increased security prevented him from mingling with crowds and signing autographs. Before going out to meet the public, he would sometimes sit down and sign some of these cards so that he would not disappoint people who requested his autograph. This is an original signature by President Reagan. Estimated Value $300 - 500. From the personal collection of the executive assistant of President Reagan's Chief of Staff from 1982-85. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 130		Reagan, Ronald & Mikhail Gorbachev. Official White House Photograph Signed "Ronald Reagan" as President and "M. Gorbachev," in Cyrillic script, as Secretary-General of the Soviet Communist Party and last leader of the Soviet Union, 14" x 11" (the actual image is 9½" x 7½"), n.p. (Washington and the Soviet Union), n.d. (c.1988). The photograph was taken in the White House Library on December 8, 1887, the same day the two leaders signed a treaty that for the first time eliminated the entire class of intermediate-range missiles. Official White House stamp and date are on verso. President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev held several "summits" during President Reagan's administration--from Reykjavik to Geneva, to Moscow, The White House and New York. A designated White House travel staff accompanied President Reagan on most of these summit meetings. After this particular photograph was taken, approximately 35 photos were signed by President Reagan and then sent to General Secretary Gorbachev for his signature. They were to be given to President Reagan's traveling staff as a token of appreciation for their participation in the summits. When General Secretary Gorbachev received them and saw the notation of what they would be used for, he thought it was a great idea and signed them all, then decided to keep half for his own staff who had particiated in these same meetings. Consequently, the White House sent another 35 signed photos to Gorbachev and, again, he signed them all and kept half. There are likely fewer than 100 of these signed photos in existence. A historic photograph! Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. From a former member of President Reagan's personal staff. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,900
Lot 131		Reagan, Ronald & Nancy. Card Signed as Governor and First Lady of California, 8" x 5½", n.p., n.d. Extremely fine. With a large, colorful "Seal of the Governor of the State of California XXXIII," featuring a California Republic flag. Very attractive. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold

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