Lot 22
[Nixon Richard M.] Watergate Signatures. Twenty signatures, most on business cards, of people who were involved in the Watergate scandal which caused President Nixon to resign the presidency on March 8, 1974, in the face of certain impeachment and removal from office. The signatures include those of people involved in the break-in and burglary of the Democratic National Committee offices, and of the cover up and/or destruction of incriminating documents: G. Gordon Liddy; E. Howard Hunt (2); Nixon's Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, his aide John Ehrlichman, White House council John Dean; Jeb Magruder; Nixon's secretary Rosemary Woods, who "accidentally" erased 18 minutes of key evidence on Nixon's tapes; Nixon lawyer Herbert W. Kalmbach, who paid hush money to the burglars; "dirty tricks" tactician Donald Segretti and Special Assistant to the President, Dwight L. Chapin who hired Segretti; Egil Krogh, Jr, head of the Special Investications Unit in the White House known as the "Plumbers".
Other signatures include: Judge John J. Sirica, who presided over the trial, Special Prosecutors Archibald Cox (whom Nixon ordered fired) and his successor Leon Jaworski; Sam Ervin, who chaired the Senate Watergate Committee; Judge Henry E. Petersen; Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward (2) and Carl Bernstein, who broke the story and Philip W. Buchen, the lawyer who advised President Ford on his decision to pardon Nixon. Overall fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
Harry Sparks collection.
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