JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Signature as free frank on folded letter front (affixed to card), signed upper right "J. Q. Adams" and addressed to Hon. Jared Whitman in Abington, Mass; (Adams' niece was Whitman's mother-in-law); accompanying 1983 letter from archivist at a Unitarian church in Quincy, Mass declares that the signature and handwriting match the JQ Adams material in their archives; bold signature (Image)
Est. $400-600 HWC-SE
Opening US$ 230.00
Sold...US$ 270.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:46:30 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 322
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Cat No: BUSHMILLER
ERNIE BUSHMILLER, Creator of the "Nancy" comic strip, has drawn Nancy in pencil on cream paper, inscribed "Best Wishes" below, VF (Image)
Est. $150-200 LE
Opening US$ 75.00
Sold...US$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:46:57 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 323
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Cat No: CHAGALL
MARC CHAGALL Signature on official FDC for Israel Scott #73, in black crayon as typical for signed covers; VF (Image)
Est. $150-200 SE
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:47:30 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 324
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Cat No: x400
Group of Cosmonaut signatures, incl Maximum cards for Russian stamps Scott #2510 & 2753 signed by German Titov and Valentina Tereshkova; registered cover to Romanian collector, souvenir sheet #3571 signed by the (4) shown on the stamp, Shatalov, Volynov, Yeliseyev and Khrunov, plus Georgy Beregovoi on his stamp #3545; B&W photo of laughing Gagarin & Tereshkova w/ him playing with her ear lobe (not signed); group photo of (10) signed by six of them (not Gagarin or Tereshkova); others incl Baikonur souvenir folder, signed photo of V. Dzanibekov, others; gen F-VF (Image)
Est. $400-500 LE
Opening US$ 260.00
Sold...US$ 260.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:48:15 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 325
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Cat No: x800
Walter Lantz signed drawing of Woody Woodpecker; Zane Grey signed bank check 1928; signed sepia photo of silent screen actreess Alice Brady; signed typed letters from Jawaharlal Nehru, Pearl Buck; signed photos: Mae West, Chubby Checker, Thomas Dewey, Francis Ford Coppola, Nelson Mandela, Clayton Moore (as Lone Ranger), Dalai Lama, Janet Leigh, George Caron (Enola Gay), Bette White w/ cat (many inscribed); signed covers Charles Yeager, Paul Tibbets (Enola Gay), James Baker III (on 1985 Reagan inaugural cover), Double Eagle II balloon flight cover signed; (2) books by Robert Nathan inscribed and autographed (The Color of Evening & The Weans); plus many other less well known actors, space program figures, sports, artists, politicians; bound to be some autopen or secretarial but most appear genuine w/ many inscribed (Image)
Est. $800-1,000 L
Opening US$ 975.00
Sold...US$ 975.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:48:41 EST
Sold For 975
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 326
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Cat No: Collection
(2) Collections of autographs of Scientists; large folio w/ (40) letters, calling cards or other documents signed by various astronomers from the 19th & 20th Cents, incl John Adams (discoverer of Neptune), Pierre Puiseaux, Alvan Clark, Christian Peters, Karl Kreil, Edward Pickering, Asaph Hall and others, plus some correspondence about postage stamps w/ Carl Sagan (incl 3 signatures); second group of (13) Einstein FDCs signed by diff Nobel Prize winners, each IDed incl Bethe, van Vleck, Purcell, Basov, Yang (Image)
Est. $800-1,000 L
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:49:09 EST
Sold For 750
Aviation
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 327
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Cat No: Collection
Group of Lindberghiana, incl First Edition hardcover "We" by Lindbergh in excellent condition; several newspapers and clippings; a catalog of the Lindbergh collection at the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum; Biographical and Philatelic Study also by Spellman; lists and catalogs of various Lindbergh flight covers & cachets; Illustrations of Col Lindbergh's Decorations and Trophies picture book published by Missouri Historical Society; matted photograph, others
Est. $150-200 L
Opening US$ 85.00
Sold...US$ 85.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:49:49 EST
Sold For 85
Collectibles
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 328
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Cat No: x125
Complete set of (6) Esky-Cards set #6, designs by the famous anti-Nazi artist Arthur Szyk, showing caricatures of leaders and minions of both sides of the conflict; produced by Esquire magazine, no outer envelope, four are VF, one w/ adherences on back from previous mounting (Hitler in snow) and one has very minor edge wear (The New Orderlies) (Image)
Est. $125-175 SE
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:50:19 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 329
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Cat No: x250
Interesting mix of collectible items: several decks playing cards incl Delta, Pan Am, Aruba, Carnival Cruise; stack of felt tobacco national flags of diff sizes, some duplication incl US; (11) Golden Legacy "Illustrated history magazine" c.1966-69 comics-like publication w/ each issue honoring a figure from African-American history (Tubman, L'Ouverture, Attucks, Dumas, Frederick Douglass, Amistad Mutiny, Thurgood Marshall, more), couple w/ some cover damage; several 1/5¢ wooden tax tokens from Tenino, WA; group Imperial Tobacco cards (Canada) showing world flags, stamps & mail delivery in various countries; "Stamps" comics, some foreign money, European maps, more; F-VF (Image)
Est. $250-350 L
Opening US$ 125.00
Sold...US$ 125.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:50:50 EST
Sold For 125
Documents
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 331
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Cat No: x100
Fascinating bundle of documents from post-war Greece, relating to all the legalese needed for a widow to prove her husband's identity and death, handwritten documents in Greek filled w/ numerous & a wide variety of revenue stamps, English translations also provided & taxed as well, incl one attestation from the American consul using a $2 stamp (RK35); the husband was shot by communist partisans ("bandits of ELAS") & thrown into a chasm near the village of Molaoi; F-VF (Image)
Est. $100-150 LE
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:51:41 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 332
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Cat No: x200
EGYPT Few (100) from 1870s to 1990s, good variety many w/ revenues, some passports, some college degree statements etc, few in English, most in Arabic, gen Fine or better (Image)
Est. $200-300 B
Opening US$ 210.00
Sold...US$ 210.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:52:10 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 333
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Cat No: Collection
GERMANY Accum (100s) documents and ephemera, mostly related to WWII era and Occupied territories; numerous small booklets or IDs incl work books, health insurance, travel pass; official stamps and labels, documents, various receipts, ration coupons, map of Sudetenland; a few older items or from Austria, gen F-VF (Image)
Est. $250-350 L
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:52:41 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 334
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Cat No: x300
Secretary copy of Nov 20, 1789 letter from Alexander Hamilton as Treasury Secretary to Collectors of Massachusetts with interesting historical content revealing the workings of the newly formed government incl which bank notes were acceptable, guarding against counterfeits & remittance instructions, part of a new find of multiple letters to the Collector in Machias (now part of Maine) that incl original Hamilton signatures, some toning and barely trimmed at right on reverse (one or two letters on some lines missing - still very readable) (Image)
Est. $300-400 HWC-LE
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:53:16 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 335
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Selection 18/19th Cent documents, incl ship documents & other legal documents on vellum; interesting inventories of goods from ports of Gibraltar, Pernambuco, Havana, Philadelphia, Liverpool & San Juan, PR; several have American consular embossed seals; indenture, conveyance & mortgage are mostly British & filled w/ VR & embossed revenues plus wax seals; several other 19th Cent documents mostly American or French; gen F-VF (Image)
Est. $300-400 L
Opening US$ 450.00
Sold...US$ 450.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:53:42 EST
Sold For 450
Ephemera
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 336
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Cat No: Collection
Accum (100s) variety of items, many sleeved & priced, ready for retail sale, incl engravings, photos (some are reproductions), auto adv, invoices & receipts on company letterhead (from wide range of states), deeds, magazine covers, gen F-VF w/ many better (Image)
Est. $125-175 L
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:54:15 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 337
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Cat No: Collection
Random ephemera & such box lot, incl 1830 book on Alchemy w/ some surreal engravings; stack of Mexican LPs, stacks of autographs on letterhead, index cards and photographs, known and unknown persons (Oksana Baiul, Nancy Kerrigan together); random bits of paper incl trade card, check, receipts, programs, magazines, signed basketball & baseball; best preserved item is Esquire's 1945 Varga pin-up calendar; other items have some faults from poor storage; a real hoarder's stash, ready for your inspection
Est. $175-225 L (2)
Opening US$ 725.00
Sold...US$ 725.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:55:24 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 338
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Accum ephemera incl documents & deeds, trade cards, prints, Buick magazine, expo handbooks (Columbian w/ torn cover, 1915 Panama-Pacific photobook), group poster stamps & labels incl stamp shows; a few revenues, gen F+
Est. $200-300 L
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:56:43 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 339
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
UNION EPHEMERA Collection / Accum many (100s) 20th Cent, pocket sized books & related w/ stamps for dues, health & welfare, special assessment, union contract books, membership cards, wide range of unions & trades, sorted on pages in (26) binders & (22) #107 dealer boxes, some unsorted loose; US & some foreign; cond mixed, wear/ faults/ stains from carrying in pocket to sound, gen Fine
Est. $200-250 L (8)
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:57:48 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 340
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Cat No: x200
Small group of ephemera, US & foreign incl adv, checks, receipts, letterhead, invoices, insurance policy; 1910 currency (1) Russian Empire, (1) German Empire; Austrian revenues on document, few US covers, 1780 pay warrant for £500 signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr, (US Treas Secty, Gov of CT); letters from Hauptmann defense fund (Lindbergh kidnapper), 1991 Gulf War surrender pass, Bhutan "record" stamp publicity folio w/ stamp, group of covers from Swan Island, a legal agreement (1838) for the hiring of a slave and her two children; cond varies, VF to Fine (Image)
Est. $200-250 L
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:59:09 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 341
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Cat No: x250
Material from the estate of the press attache' and translator for the Embassy of the Republic of China in the United States throughout the 1960s; several items from the visit of ROC's Vice President Chen Cheng in 1961, incl photo of Cheng w/ his wife leaving Blair House w/ Sec Dean Rusk, signed by him; photo of Rusk, translator, VP Chen and VP LBJ at a table; photo of VP Chen & wife with JFK at their state dinner; Large B&W photograph of VP Chen Cheng which is signed and inscribed to the translator Tao (translations are provided for these items); additional material incl FDCs, White House stationery envelopes and letters, couple signed by Pierre Salinger, Henry Kissinger; presentation folio for Sun Yat-Sun postage stamp presented to Mr Tao incl full pane of stamps, FDC, ticket to ceremony and photograph of the presentation; a few other ROC and US covers & stamps, Japan Airline nice 1960s cigarette case, LBJ tie tack shaped as a cowboy hat, more; interesting historical items (Image)
Est. $250-350 B+FLAT
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 14:59:48 EST
Sold For 400
Photographs
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 343
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Cat No: Collection
Cover album w/ plastic pages holding antique photos, incl (64) cabinet and (56) cartes-de-visite; nice selection of adults & children, incl wedding, (2) funeral flowers; F-VF condition (Image)
Est. $150-200 B
Opening US$ 75.00
Sold...US$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 15:00:37 EST
Sold For 75
Sports Autographs
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 347
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Cat No: x125
Group of (80+) professional hockey player autographs in cut outs or a full magazine from 1975; incl Bobby Clarke (2 diff), Tom Lysiak (2 diff), Darryl Sittler, Walt Tkaczuk, Eric Vail, Bob Leiter, Guy Lefleur and many others (Image)
Est. $125-150 LE
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 15:02:51 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 348
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Cat No: Collection
Selection of autographs, mostly signed photos: Peyton Manning, Jack Dempsey, Tom Brady, Arnold Palmer, Byron Nelson, Shante Carver (Cowboys), Joe Berry Carroll (Golden State), Charles Haley (Cowboys), Duane Sutter (NY Islanders), Dixon Edwards (Cowboys), Evander Holyfield, Nomar Garciaparra, Dennis Rodman and a few others; non-photos incl a 1984 All-Star Game program signed by Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal, signed HOF gold postcard for Robin Roberts; Jim Palmer signed cloth "2" from jersey w/ JSA cert (Image)
Est. $150-200 LE
Opening US$ 290.00
Sold...US$ 290.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 15:03:25 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 349
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Cat No: x250
1975 American Supersports Show program "foto album", issued for an event held in Miami Beach w/ many famous figures in various sports; collector obtained (12) autographs, incl Mickey Mantle, Al Kaline, Willie Mays, Maury Wills, Ken Norton, Bob Seagren, John Havlicek, Gail Goodrich, Dusty Rhodes, Paul Hornung, Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers; signatures VF, program cover w/ some aging (Image)
Est. $250-350 LE
Opening US$ 230.00
Sold...US$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 15:04:09 EST
Sold For 230
Valentines
Sale No: 336
Lot No: 344
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Impressive collection of (300+) vintage Valentines w/ a few going up to 1920s; most are quite elaborate, from small to extra large size w/ pull-outs, fold-outs, fringe, lace, embroidery, add-ons and more; most sleeved in plastic, a few are foreign, some sent and written on, others like new; Bonus: abt (70) envelopes to send your Valentine in, most w/ fancy albino embossing but some w/ color, some have been mailed w/ postage stamps affixed; Another bonus, hard cover book "A History of Valentines" by Ruth Webb Lee; most appear to be in F-VF to VF condition; we seldom offer such a large holding of these beautiful items from a bygone era (Image)
