1808 Printed form from notary public Nicholas Diehl, Jr. of Philadelphia, w/ handwritten declaration by the owner & some crew of the schooner Shadow, about a recent trip to "St. Johns (Porto Rico)," several signatures, measures 7.5x12.5" notary seal LL, light foxing o/w VF condition (Image)

Est. $80-100 LE

Civil War era newspaper The Philadelphia Saturday Bulletin, dated December 7, 1861, complete 4-page edition which prints the full text of President Lincoln's message to Congress; obviously there are many other articles on the war & reports of the military departments; only minor typical wear, XF condition

Est. $100-150 HWC-FLAT

"A Map of the Country from Rariton River in East Jersey to Elk Head in Maryland, Shewing the several Operations of the American and British Armies, in 1776 & 1777" This is Plate V of (10) that were produced in 1807 to accompany Justice Marshall's work "The Life of Washington," the map was published by C.P. Wayne of Philadelphia; folded in half, some separations, one margin tear & overall some foxing (Image)

Est. $140-180 HWC-LE

"The Liberator" Complete original 4-page issue of the anti-slavery newspaper, dated July 26, 1861, Boston, in excellent condition w/ only a small tape repair (Image)

Est. $200-250 FLAT

(4) Land Grant forms 1854-55 for Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, printed forms filled by hand, each with signature of President Franklin Pierce, one appears close to genuine signature, others appear secretarial; (2) are for veterans of the War of 1812 from NY & PA; (2) are for outright purchase; each with General Land Office seal at LL; folded, light soiling, F-VF (Image)

Est. $200-300 SE

FIRST LADIES Group (12) TLS or ALS from Lady Bird Johnson (9) & Pat Nixon (3) 1968-82, incl handwritten notes, free frank envs & stationery from Stonewall, TX & La Casa Pacifica; all written to Miss Adele Simpson the Manhattan fashion designer, the letters are less formal as they are discussing outfits & accessories; VF (Image)

Est. $250-350 LE

EVEL KNIEVEL The daredevil's signature on a July 7, 1975 typed letter on official stationery, his logo & image at bottom; letter in response to a $50K offer to purchase his skycycle & equipment, countering with a price of $100K! first class env used to mail letter also included; VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 LE

JERRY LEWIS Signed typed letter dated Dec 15, 1953, to Jack Fisher, who worked with Lewis & Dean Martin "on the picture," a person by that name was also on their TV show the previous year & several Martin & Lewis films were released 1952-53; letterhead is simply caricature heads of Martin & Lewis; also incl special delivery env used to mail the letter; VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 LE

(2) Artist signed items; Marc Chagall signed Israeli maximum card for his stained glass window issue Scott #510; Salvador Dali signed Spanish S/S Scott #585c in black marker; neither expertised (Image)

Est. $100-150 SE

1969 Inauguration cover signed by Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew & many cabinet members incl George Shively, Maurice Stans, William Rogers, George Romney, Clifford Harden & more, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $200-300 LE

Collection abt (100) diff autographs, all from one collector, some famous, most generally less famous persons known more in their fields of poetry, religion, historians, journalism, entertainment & more; noted Steve Allen, Paul Simon, Jeane Dixon, James Michener, Sandi Patti, Chuck Colson, Wayne Newton, others; some request letters denied so signed by a secretary, interesting letterhead, some signed or autopen photographs, signed cuts, etc; many are inscribed to same collector; gen F-VF+ (Image)

Est. $300-400 L

Collection of abt (67) autographs of actors & actresses, majority are signed photos inscribed to one collector; several have COAs & others were obtained at conventions; large amount are from Sci-Fi shows, incl several main cast members of Star Trek: Next Generation, also Twilight Zone, Leave it to Beaver (Tony Dow), other lesser known TV actors, Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart, James Arness, Jack Ging, more; also a cap signed by Scott Bakula; most IDed, genuine, VF (Image)

Est. $350-450 B

Collection of abt (40) signed B&W photographs of WWII era Iron Cross winners from Germany or Austria; collector has IDed each & included internet bio; soldiers are wearing uniforms w/ Iron Cross in their photos; VF (Image)

Est. $400-500 LE

Collection of autographs on abt (143) postage stamp FDCs, (a few not on FDC), a couple cvrs have multiple autographs; signers are related in some way to the postage stamp; for instance Edward Albee on 1964 Shakespeare FDC; Michael Dukakis on Massachusetts statehood FDC, Stokely Carmichael on 2¢ Americana Series FDC; signers from the fields of entertainment, sports, politics & academia, incl Geraldine Ferraro, Malcolm Forbes, Rajiv Gandhi, Thomas Foley, Jane Goodall, Hamill & Fleming on one cvr, Jack Lord, Lee Iacocca, Oveta Culp Hobby, T Boone Pickens, William Rehnquist, Bayard Rustin, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Neil Simon, Margaret Thatcher (on Magna Carta stamp), Pierre Trudeau, Desmond Tutu (on photo), Orson Welles, Kurt Vonnegut & others, gen from the 1960s-80s; all sleeved & IDed, from one collector, gen VF (Image)

Est. $500-700 B

1936 Bilder Deutscher Geschichte Vol 12, complete tobacco card book w/ (200) color images of events, battles & people from German history 772-1914 AD; cards w/ full original colors, cover to album w/ some wear

Est. $100-150 L

BORIS GEORGIEV (14) diff professionally made photographic reproductions of paintings & sketches by the famous Bulgarian artist, c.1950s in sepia on Agfa Brovirfa paper, several w/ Indian themes from his time living there, incl Mahatma Gandhi & the beautiful Princess Nilufer; others incl Einstein, Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, other portraits; most w/ European style pencil writing on back incl description & year of painting; perhaps from the artist's estate or an exhibition; VF & attractive (Image)

Est. $200-300 LE

Toy Soldiers Assortment (6) boxes w/ (24) each unpainted toy Revolutionary War soldiers, ea marked "AWI" & an ID number for the figure, likely all diff in a box (Image)

Est. $80-100 B

TIBET Items sent by 1950s era pen-pals from Tibet, incl set of (28) B&W photographs on Velox paper, most IDed by local as to which temple or deity is shown, many are thangka style artworks; beautiful 95x62mm hand-painted card w/ two colorful images of seated Buddha style figures; incl envs in which they were mailed, photos from a Tibetan in Kalimpong, India, artwork in 1908 Indian env addr to Gyantse, Tibet; F-VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 SE

Collection of 1930s era WWI lead toy soldier figurines produced by the Manoil Co. (55) total incl a few dup; noted man on horseback, on bicycle, on motorbike, (2) parachutists, (2) nurses, several w/ various guns & weapons, diff uniforms, (2) sleeping, with flag, in automobile, a cook, others; they have been played with so there is some chipped paint & missing parts (a baggie includes some loose parts); large group not often offered

Est. $150-200 L

Packed lg ctn of various ephemera & collectibles, accum over the years by a stamp dealer; incl old photographs, Kennedy stuff, local scrip, arrowheads, opera glasses, Germany military items (WWI mostly), event cvrs, Nelson Rockefeller Medallic Art Co. medal, small old toys & trinkets (some metal), numerous political & other buttons & ribbons back to McKinley, travel clocks, a few coins & tokens, Lindbergh metal bookends (Copp 1929), set of (6) matching knives in original Sheffield box, more

Est. $200-300 L

The popular Dutch Country Mystery Box, (2) large & (2) medium ctns packed with random ephemera & collectibles of all kinds from the past 200 years, culled from various philatelic estate purchases over the past months; some items in no particular order: old menus from lobster restaurants & the Senate restaurant; product labels, dime store western w/ price in shillings; GE comic books on electricity progress; military themed items (US, Japan), tickets & stubs, programs, travel info, old ledgers, WWII themed collector plates, 1907 hardcover "Hoyle's Games," automobile adv booklets (1953-55) in VF condition, small paper cut outs of various arms & emblems incl hotels, "Inside America," by Jawaharlal Nehru, autographed; Coal Miners' Pocketbook (1916), maps, prints, pins, buttons, patches, tokens, fancy coin purse & much much more

Est. $350-450 L (4)

England 1584 vellum document, grant of pasture land from William Bernard of Essex to his daughter Mary, indenture dated the 26th year of Elizabeth I, in Latin, excellent condition w/ attached parchment strip seal; matted (Image)

Est. $250-350 FLAT

Accum of 19th Cent documents from Maine, mostly relating to the town of Strong; incl statements & invoices, letterhead, letters, a few covers, checks & tax receipts; interesting window to the past, mentions the famous cheese; F-VF

Est. $80-100 A

Few (100) items incl stamps, revenues, photos, documents & much more, should breakdown well for internet sales, gen Fine or better

Est. $150-200 B

Accum ephemera, many sleeved, mostly US, mostly late 19th to early 20th Cent, incl programs, brochures & guides, old photos incl cartes-de-visite, old letters/documents, sports & military items, tickets, tokens, receipts, trade cards, more; F+

Est. $250-350 L