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Sale 40
Manuscript and Collectibles Auction
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Lot 260 |
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Hardin, John Wesley (1853-95) One of the West's most notorious gunfighters, Hardin's body count was somewhere between 30 and 44. Born in Bonham, Texas, the son of a Methodist preacher, Hardin's violent career began as a schoolboy and his victims included former slaves, Union soldiers, lawmen, Mexicans, and anybody who crossed him. While serving time for the murder of lawman Charles Webb (1878-94) Hardin earned a law degree and was admitted to the bar after his pardon, but he soon lapsed into his lawless ways. Hardin claimed to have never killed anybody who didn't need killing, but when he was shot in the back by lawman John Selman, some folks thought Hardin had never looked better.
Book Signed "J.W. Hardin" on the inside cover, 6¾" x 4½", no place, no date. Fair condition. The book is DeWitt's Complete American Farrier and Horse Doctor…Showing Plainly How To Breed, Rear, Buy, Sell, Cure, Shoe and Keep That Most Useful and Valuable Animal, the Horse, by Col. Chris Forrest (New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1870, 208 pp.). The book is well worn, with some paper loss on edges of covers; the boards have edge wear and are slightly loose at spine; the interior pages are toned with scattered foxing. Hardin's signature is dark brown and there are a few skips in the ink. A useful book for a man who needed his horse ready for a quick escape.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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Lot 261 |
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(Eight Signed First Day and Other Covers). Cover cancelled on the day the Allies invaded (3 Sept. 1943) signed by General Omar N. Bradley; FDC signed by Albert Speer, Hitler's personal architect and friend; FDC signed by Generals J. Dever, D. Shoup, M. Clark, A.C. McAuliffe, L. Hershey, and C. Spaatz; FDC signed by Generals Wheeler, Gavin, Shoup, Gilles, Westmoreland, Connell and Chenny; FDC signed by Brig. Gen. Clifford B. Drake; FDC signed by Gen. MacArthur's wife, son, and nephew; cover signed by Gen. G.C. Kenney; and special POW Cover signed by former POW Cmdr. John S. McCain. All fine.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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$489 |
Lot 262 |
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Gagnon, Rene A - One of Three Iwo Jima Survivors. First Day Cover Signed "Rene A Gagnon / Cpl. U.S.M.C." in the upper right corner, dated 11 July 1945, Washington DC canceling US Marine Mt Suribachi flag raising stamp, Scott Catalogue #929. Extremely fine. Corporal Gagnon was one of the three survivors out of the six marines who hoisted the U.S. flag over Mt. Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima. The other two survivors were John Bradley (father of James Bradley who wrote "Flags of Our Fathers"); the third survivor was Ira Hayes, a Puma Indian.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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$299 |
Lot 263 |
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Tom Ferebee Signed Silk Aviator's Map. 15½" x 12½" map of "Palau Island Area and N.W. New Guinea" carried by aviators for use in the event they were shot down, Signed "Tom Ferebee / Bombadier, Enola Gay / 6 Aug. 1945," n.p., n.d. The map is from the N.A.C.I.--Hydrographic Office in Washington, D.C. and printed "Restricted / May-Sep / NACI-HO NO. S12-2-20" along the lower edge.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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$127 |
Lot 264 |
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1945 War Bonds Poster. "Care is costly / Buy and Hold lWar Bonds," by Addlyn Treidler, 26" x 18½", Fine; two tiny pinholes, else fine.
Estimated Value $100 - 150.
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$58 |
Lot 265 |
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(Normandy Beach) Wooden Sign Warning For Mines. 14½" x 19¾" Sign with warnings in German and French, "Achtung Minen!" and "Attention aux Mines!" printed at top and bottom, with a skull and crossbones between. This sign was picked up by an American soldier, James A. Long. Mr. Long wrote his name and address in pencil on the left side, and on the right side, he wrote, "From Normandy, France." An unusual piece of World War II memorabilia.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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$863 |
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