Autographs & Free Franks

**Autographs & Free Franks**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
1		adams clara	Clara Adams, Clara Adams should have gotten frequent flyer miles; inscribed 4" x 6" sepia photograph autographed by Clara Adams, fanciful Graf Zeppelin postcard signed by Adams (who writes she is in cabin number 7), pristine mint Passagiegepack (Passenger's Baggage) label (Thomas catalog GE-94) for the Graf Zeppelin; and lovely Hamburg America Line 16 page promotional booklet (also signed by Clara) showing the building of airships; a wonderful grouping. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs adams clara] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $250-350 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
2		armstrong neil	Neil Armstrong, bold signature in blue ballpoint pen on reverse of 1965 cover with Air Force Kokee Station in Kauai Hawaii typed corner card, the cover is also signed by eight other NASA personnel stationed there assigned to track Gemini 3 (one on front and seven on back), an exceptional signature on a beautiful cover. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) Get Market Data for [Autographs armstrong neil] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
3		baden-powell, robert 1901	Robert Baden-Powell, signed typed letter dated Sept. 30, 1901, sent from London to A.E. Skeen, Esq., in Bexley Heath, Kent, thanking him "for the interesting enclosures regarding my old schoolmaster and Tunbridge Wells"; letter with folds and edge faults, none of which affect the signature. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs baden-powell, robert 1901] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $225-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
4		baden-powell robert 1902	Robert Baden-Powell, manuscript signed letter, dated Johannesburg May 26th, 1902, on "South African Constabulary" letterhead; brief note thanking A.E. Skeen for "the interesting football news"; letter with folds and light edge toning, but text and signature strong and clean, the latter unaffected by the folds. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs baden-powell robert 1902] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $225-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
5		curtis glenn	Glenn H. Curtis, bold autograph of Hammondsport NY favorite son Glenn H Curtis on 20th anniversary envelope; racer of bicycles and motorcycles, Curtis began building aircraft engines and then airplanes (and seaplanes) in New York; red overprint document cachet over stamp accompanied by a 1928 duplex cancel; addressed to friend in his hometown. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs curtis glenn] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $300-400 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
6		earhart amelia	Amelia Earhart, tall, lanky and fearless, she was known as Lady Lindy after similarities to aviator Charles Lindbergh; an accomplished pilot in her own right, Amelia Earhart and transatlantic flyer and chief pilot for Bellanca Aircraft George Haldemann have signed this 1930 New York Aviation Show envelope; after numerous aviation feats Earhart was lost over the Pacific in 1937 on the final leg of a round the world flight. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs earhart amelia] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $600-800 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
7		ford gerald & betty	President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford signed Envelope, 1981 Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum Dedication entire with official gold dedication indicia at left; one of about five covers genuinely signed by both President Ford and his wife Betty; This item was presented for work done on the Ford auction catalog; prestine condition; very scarce. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs ford gerald & betty] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $200-300 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
8		garfield, lucretia	"Lucretia R. Garfield, Free", Presidential Widow Free Frank, neat frank on a ladies size mourning cover postmarked with a clear duplex handstamp, "South Pasadena, Cal., Oct 20, 430PM, 1904"; docketed "Mrs. Garfield", backstamped Pasadena, Cal. the same day, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [Autographs garfield, lucretia] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $100-150 SOLD for $90.00 Will close during Public Auction
9		glenn john	John Glenn, strong signature in blank ink on January 15, 1964 TLS with NASA Friendship 7 letterhead thanking the recipient for the birthday card and church bulletin, accompanied by the cover in which it was mailed. (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [Autographs glenn john] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $150-200 SOLD for $110.00 Will close during Public Auction
10		reagan, ronald	Ronald Reagan, signature in bold blue ink as governor of California with three other governors Jack Williams (Arizona), William A. Egan (Alaska's first governor) and the controversial George C. Wallace (Alabama) in bold black ink, on Feb 1971 cacheted cover commemorating the National Governors Conference, Extremely Fine signatures. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs reagan, ronald] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $475-600 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
11		wright orville	Orville Wright, pair of envelopes autographed by Orville Wright; 1928 Airmail envelope commemorating the 25th anniversary of Orville's first flight; the second celebrates the dedication of the Wright Memorial in Dayton in 1940; both are bold signatures that figure prominently. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) Get Market Data for [Autographs wright orville] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $800-1,200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
12			National Air Races Autograph Album, 1932, between Aug and Sep 1932 a little girl shuffled amongst the legends of aviation with her 15 page Waterman's Autograph Album; Waterman encouraged those under 16 yers of ago to collect autographs as a hobby, offering a $1,000 Grand Prize for the album with the best and most interesting signatures as well as Waterman's Fountain Pens and Waterman's Mechanical Pencils for runner ups; this special keepsake contains 138 autographs of the world's great pilots (look for many founders of Amelia Earhart's women pilot organization called the Ninety-Nines) including James Doolittle, Florence Klingensmith, May Hizlip, Jean Le Rene, Frances Marsalis, Casey Jones, Joe Crane, Gladys O'Donnell, Viola Gentry, Edith Holtz, S J Wittman, Faye L Cox, Louise Thaden, Ethyl Sheehy, Annette Gibson, Johnnie Miller, Joe Jacobson, ADM Ernest King, Mary Winstanby, Babe Smith, Tex Rankin, Roscoe Turner, B P Nope, Clara McCormick, George Stevens, Frank Hawks, Yolanda Spirito, Mary Samson, Cecile Hamilton, Clarence Chamberlin, Earle Ortman, and many others; irreplaceable. (Video for this lot) (Image)	Estimate $1,000-1,500 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
13			National Air Races, 1935, lovely National Air Races stationery covered with 28 vintage signatures; includes Amelia Earhart, Penny Rogers, E W "Pop" Cleveland, Tex Rankin, Harold Neumann, Phoebe O'Malie, Roy Hunt, Dick Clark, Evelyn Servesky, Bette Lund, Warren Williams, A P Dell, and Swanee Taylor; a great item. (Image)	Estimate $800-1,200 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
14			A Dozen Great Aviators, 1931, Airmail envelope with a magenta rubber stamp cachet that reads, "The Aero Club of Washington, D.C. Welcoming American Fliers Who Made World Aviation Records in 1930. February 1931"; the 12 autographs include Dwight Zimmerlay, Elinor Smith, Boris Sergievsky, Marion Eddy, Paul Clough, Apollo Saucek, Lee Shoenhair, J Venturi, John Hunter, Clarence Prist, Amelia Earhart, and W Fleming. (Image)	Estimate $750-1,000 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
15			Presidential Autographs on Cover, 1926-30, 3 wonderful signed Airmail envelopes; President Herbert Hoover on Albert Gorham Contract Air Mail 1926 first flight; 1929 Hoover signature on 75th anniversary cover honoring the Grand Old Party (GOP); and a Spirit of St Louis Scott # C10 First Day Cover (Washington, DC) autographed by President Calvin Coolidge (in 1930) along with Postmaster General Harry S New; wonderful material, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) Get Market Data for [Autographs GOP] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
16			Top Aviators Autograph Collection, 1931-39, 17 great aviator autographs on envelopes; includes Jimmy Doolittle (4) including 3" x 5" photograph of him in front of a National Air Races aircraft in 1932, James Haizlip, Bill Warrick, Jack Knight (one on cover and another as a cut square), Harold Neumann (2), Ed Musick, Roscoe Turner, Tony LeVier, Boris Sergievsky, and a pair of covers signed brothers Ben & Joseph Adamowicz (one carried on Polish transatlantic flight); a valuable lot. Shipping charges apply - weight 1 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $600-800 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
17			Collection of Historical Autographs, approximately 60 different, mostly Civil War including many Union and Confederate Generals and Officials (Hiram Berry, Judah Benjamin (small piece), Horatio Wright (small piece), Joseph Bradford Carr (small piece), Carl Schurz (ALS), Confederate General Wiliam Loring (short handwritten note), Howell Cobb free frank, Charles Devens (ALS), also includes few actors, many dubious including fake Robert E Lee signature on large piece with certificate, and fake John Wayne and Andrew Johnson, owner's detailed inventory accompanies, see the entire lot online. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
18			1962-74, Astronauts and Cosmonauts, nineteen autographed cacheted covers -- ten cosmonauts including Alexei Yeliseyev (Soyuz 8), Dr. Borus Yegorov (First Doctor in Space), Georgy Beregovoi, Valentina Tereshkova (First Woman in Space), Gherman S. Titov (first man to orbit earth more than once), Valery Bykovsky, Andrain Nikolayev, Konstantin Feoktostov (first scientist in space), and Pavel Popovich signed mint picture postcard of his face, astronauts include X-15 pilots Scott Crossfield (made the first flight of the X-15A hypersonic research rocketplane) and Robert Rushworth. John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Vance Brand (Skylab backup commander), Duke Slayter, and three others, also includes Space Achievement Decade FDC signed by the stamps designer Robert F. McCall. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs Soyuz 8] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $400-600 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
19			Consignment Balance, consisting of Robert E. Byrd TLS on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II letterhead with original cover in which it was mailed 8 x 10in. signed phot by J.H. Doolittle, signatures of Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager on small pieces of paper -- pilots of the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling (December 14-23, 1986), Gen. Mark W. Clark signed cover with copy of original letter, Pappy Boyington signed magazine full page with his photo (WWII flying ace), an envelope signed by Lady Bird Johnson (Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson), a FDC signed by all four Golden Girls Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, an 8c Tom Sawyer FDC signed by Norman Rockwell and 43 Christmas TLS by State Governors of 1972 including Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and George Wallace, also includes 1925 Orange NJ National Bank check signed by Mrs. Thomas Edison. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $300-400 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
20			Baseball Autographs on Cover Collection, 1983-1986, 25 covers signed by MLB players; Larry Pashnick, Doug Blair, Darrell Evans, Mike Laga, Darnell Coles, Steve Gromek, Dave Tobik, Alan Trammell, Glenn Abbott, John Grubb, Marty Castillo, Bill Scherrer, Darell Evans, John Grubb, Doug Baker, Doug Blair, Reno Bertolia, Darrell Evans, Mark Thurmond, Milt Wilcox, Tom Matchick, Billy Muffett, Joe Ginsberg, Tom Matchick, and Walt Terrell; most have baseball related pictorial cancels and some are signed on baseball cards; for those that enjoy the boys of summer, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $100-140 SOLD for $60.00 Will close during Public Auction