(100+) Autographs on FDCs, souvenir covers & index cards; wide variety of quasi-famous and more obscure individuals in the spheres of sports, politics, entertainment & art; a couple stamp designers, actress Estelle Winwood, Fred Beck (home run leader 1910), lawyers, college president and others; a few inscribed, likely all genuine as there are no real big names here; gen F-VF

Est. $100-150 B

Mainly Senatorial & political incl many ALS w/free frank envelopes from the 1930s concern FDRs efforts to "pack" the Supreme Court incl Senators Vandenberg, Reynolds, Van Nuys, Wheeler, Gillette, Herring, King (somewhat timely now!) & others, also 1936 Republican candidate Alf Landon & Frank Knox (both ALS) & other political material abt (100) pieces total, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 A

Group of (11) letters, covers & stamps, incl signed typed letter on USPOD embossed letterhead from James Farley/ Postmaster General w/ 1¢ to 5¢ imperf Natl Parks blocks each signed (#756-60 & 778 S/S); signed typed letter from H S Truman dated 5/25/54 (after Presidency); two 1937 signed typed letters on FBI letterhead from J Edgar Hoover to same addressee; signed 1951 typed letter from L B Johnson on US Senate/ Committee on Armed Services letterhead; (6) FDCs of #1193 Project Mercury each w/ astronaut signatures (some appear printed); expect some autopens or secretarial amongst the genuine, gen VF (Image)

Est. $250-300 LE

Small collection of autographs, best is 1944 typed letter on American Foundation for the Blind stationery, hand signed by Helen Keller; also CA Rep Albert Carter on House stationery (1930) & NJ Rep Charles Howell (1954); also autograph reject letters from FDR (signed by LeHand 1939) and Rockefeller (1930); plus autopen Ronald Reagan; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $250-300 A

Collection of political autographs, majority related to Vice Presidents, incl autographs, photographs, cut-outs, letterhead, typed letters; signatures are genuine, a few inscribed, plus some autopens or secretarials; incl Theodore Roosevelt (small cut-out), Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon (as VP and several as Prez), Nelson Rockefeller, Spiro Agnew, George Bush (as VP and several as Prez), Dan Quayle; other autographs incl Herbert Hoover (cut-out), Jackie Kennedy, Lech Walesa, Nixon's Cabinet, George Romney, Sandra Day O'Connor, Warren Burger; one VP Nixon typed campaign letter is signed "Dick Nixon", historic group, F-VF+ (Image)

Est. $450-550 LE

(300+) w/various topics incl movie stars, animals, aircraft, coat of arms, book w/sea fish, book w/tennis & book of trains, overall F or better (Image)

Est. $100-200 B

Group of Civil War related items, incl period covers & letters, April 11, 1863 New York Tribune newspaper and other clippings, 20th Cent souvenir covers or FDC, trade cards, programs, widow's pension document, more; F+ (Image)

Est. $150-200 LE

Group of (4) bank drafts 1855-1858 all from Post Office Dept, for "transportation of the mails", all to J H Higgins, Postmaster, Flemington NJ; two diff designs, three w/ attractive vignettes of G Washington, steamboat, early railroad engine & Lady Liberty w/ shield; other w/ vignetes of eagle, steam & sailing ships & Postmaster General Aaron Brown at lower left; minor edge faults, slight toning, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $200-250 LE

Selection late 19th to mid 20th Cent ephemera, various items incl a few trade cards, photographs, pamphlets and booklets, programs, political, art, cut-outs, documents, more; F+

Est. $140-160 L

(100s) of items in sleeves, baggies or loose, incl old greeting cards, some fancy, trade cards, old photos, documents, commercial stationery, Victorian cut-outs, Masonic directories (Colorado), postcards, guidebooks & pamphlets, travel related, checks, railroad tags, more; gen F+

Est. $200-300 L

Giant unsorted accum ephemera culled from a huge philatelic estate; noted trade cards, stocks & bonds, vintage photographs, product labels, old scrapbooks w/movie star or baseball themes, engravings, tickets, railroad material, labels, sheet music, boxed set Anna Karenina (1939), small French tourist photo books, all sorts of stuff! F+

Est. $200-300 L (2)

Large accum ephemera, variety of items but large groupings of photographs grouped by topic, Vietnam veteran's collection and Johnny Mathis material; photographs incl many obscure references of the past incl culinary, transportation, crime & murders, education and more; veteran's items incl gear (incl helmet w/ insect repellant), Purple Heart and other medals, yearbooks and metal meal kit; Mathis items incl sheet music, official and candid photos, programs, clippings & more; other items incl autographs & secretarials, (20+) 19th Cent engravings, movie star items and more; F-VF

Est. $400-600 L (3)

Several (100) cigar bands and similar, in scrapbooks, photo albums, affixed to pages & loose in a cigar box; wide variety of styles but generally small size; some faults, F+

Est. $80-100 L

(3) binders full of (100s) of early to mid-20th Cent product labels, incl cigars, beer, other alcohol, Soviet razor blade packaging, honey, more; abt half American half European, incl Czech, USSR, Hungary, Germany and other Eastern Europe; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 L

Stack of couple (100) official photographs from various TV or movie studios, mostly B&W glossy, various actors in scenes from films; some well-known, most less so, same goes for actors w/ plenty of widely known names; a few with editing marks for cropping; F-VF

Est. $100-150 B

BASEBALL Collection (40+) items incl small pennants, arcade cards, matchbook covers, baseball cards, couple FDCs & other items, overall F or better

Est. $300-400 B

RAILROAD Stock Transfer receipts, 1830s-1880s, large hoard of (5) diff, incl Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad (abt 4000 sheets/2); NY Lackawanna & Western Railway (abt 1500 sheets/2); Boston & Albany Railroad (abt 2000 sheets/4); Michigan Central Railroad (abt 1000 sheets/3); Mohawk & Hudson Railroad (abt 2000 sheets/1); cond varies, few creases, edge faults, some edge toning, gen VF to Fine (shipping weight abt 175 lbs) (Image)

Est. $300-500 L (4)

Selection of better trade cards (65), plus some Valentines and vintage Valentine postcards; nice scenes of children, history, ladies, ethnic stereotypes, pets, humor; cards incl some fancy, couple minor faults, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $100-150 B

BLACK AMERICANA advertising trading cards (15) items, nice retail value w/ these unusual cards, F-VF (Image)

Est. $125-200 LE