GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR Typed 4-page letter on General Headquarters letterhead, dated 17 April 1950 and addressed to Mrs. E. Daniel O'Connell of Sharon, Conn., MacArthur begins an explanation for his refusal to grant permission for Margaret Sanger to visit Occupied Japan, in order "to lecture on birth control," he received both praise and backlash for this 1949 decision from those involved in the family planning and abortion debate, however in this letter he explains how American influence over an occupied foreign land was his main concern: "I have yielded to pressure from neither the group in advocacy nor that in opposition to birth control, but have consistently and publicly taken the position that the subject matter is a social problem for solution by the Japanese people themselves without interference, directly or indirectly, by the Allied Powers." There is a similar letter in the Sanger Papers, and one dated a month earlier sold at a 2004 Christie's auction for $5378; interesting historical window into MacArthur's thoughts on an issue that is still relevant today; He signed in ink "Douglas Mac Arthur," also included is the original envelope with Army Post Office cancel, tying 1¢ and 5¢ Prexies, General HQ corner card and red "Air Mail" handstamp, VF (Image)

Est. US$2,000-3,000 HWC-A

NORMAN ROCKWELL (2) Autographs of the famous artist; a PBK of the 1972 8¢ Tom Sawyer commem stamp, signed in the top margin by Rockwell & in the side margin by the stamp designer Bradbury Thompson; accompanying is a signed typed letter on Rockwell's stationery, aggravated that someone named Thompson also signed the stamps which show his own design! VF (Image)

Est. US$600-800 LE

Collection (25) diff autographs on letters, covers, stationery; several are likely secretarial / autopen / printed such as LBJ as Senator (1960), Ronald Reagan as candidate for governor (1966), Hubert Humphrey as VP, Dulles and others; genuine incl Muskie, PA Congressmen Leon Gavin & John McCormack, H.G. Rickover on USS Plunger letterhead, Army Surgeon General Leonard Heaton and several other WWII era military figures, some on patriotic covers; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. US$100-140 LE

Selection (67) sleeved signed photographs, B&W and color, mostly minor TV or movie actors & actresses, several in bikinis, also a few support staff, noted Jane Seymour, Julie Newmar, Wednesday Addams, Paul Adelstein, Mythbusters; several are IDed on back; gen VF

Est. US$120-160 LE

Collection of autographs & memorabilia related to DOGS of cinema & TV, incl "signed" photos, some signed by actors as well, promo photographs, artwork & other ephemera; incl Petey from Lil Rascals, Lassie, Porthos (Star Trek), Rin Tin Tin, Benji, other dogs in the news (military, sled dogs); there are several COAs, gen VF (Image)

Est. US$140-180 A

Old WWI era scrapbook w/ (65) actual photographs, many taken from an airship, incl views over land & sea, accidents & crashes, views of war devastation; many w/ German handwritten notations of which airship (L34, L42, L53, etc.); amazing views, a couple indicate they were taken on the Eastern Front; a few flts, F-VF (Image)

Est. US$300-400 B

(2) German Zeppelin themed books, appear cplt w/ small size B&W photo cards; "Zeppelin-Weltfahrten" Books I & II, pgs & cards VF but album covers are worn

Est. US$200-300 L

(4) German cigarette card albums w/ non-military themes; Die Welt in Bildern, Album 4 complete w/ variety of topics (tattoos, mosaics, German technology, bonsai, boxing); Gold-Film-Bilder, Album 1 cplt w/ colorful portraits of German & foreign movie stars incl Greta Garbo, Leni Riefenstahl, Gary Cooper, Anna May Wong, etc; Auf Deutscher Scholle about half complete; Deutsche Volks-Trachten (costumes), complete; minor wear to some covers but generally albums & cards in VF+ cond (Image)

Est. US$200-300 L

(44) Union pins, each in individual baggie, most United Auto Workers or C.I.O., most labeled w/ month, from late 1930s to mid-1940s, one or two dup, gen VF

Est. US$80-100 B

A real hodge-podge of ephemera & collectibles; large amount are US & WW labels, seals, US & foreign revenue stamps & fantasy or otherwise unknown stamp items; also some product labels, small stack baseball cards, nice selection 1930s cigarette cards incl Player & Sons cricket players& some silk flags & arms; doll of Patrick Henry!, deck of playing cards in plastic holder w/ tax stamp; more

Est. US$150-200 B

American artist Stanley Bielecky (1903-1985), watercolor & sketch on same paper measuring 9x12" , still life with bottle, bowl & potted plant; embossed mark at LR "Stanley Bielecky Estate Stamp #" w/ pencil "69" added; internal tear in paper LR does not affect drawings or seal, likely a practice or demonstration drawing; mid-20th Cent (Image)

Est. US$150-200 HWC-LE

INDIA Popular regional artwork, (6) oil paintings on peepal tree leaves (sacred fig), these all have "Christmas" designs, (4) with three bells & holly, (2) with a pair of candles; similar designs; beautiful bright colors on these fragile pieces of art, attached to black paper & covered by wax paper, as purchased from India in 1982

Est. US$150-200 HWC-LE

STAMP ART (3) Sheets of (100) diff stamp-like labels, one in dark red, two in dark green; produced by American modern artist Robert Watts, associated w/ the Fluxus art movement; these sheets are from the 1963 issue YAMFLUG 5/POST/5 (he produced different stamp sheets from 1961-1986); each stamp with various portraits of persons from diff time periods w/ focus on costumes, hairstyles & facial expressions; similar to "pop art" these stamp art pieces may be found at MoMA & other national art museums; these sheets were discovered by the consignor in a mint sheet file along with Christmas Seals, so the condition is not perfect; they are gummed & perforated w/ all selvage intact, however there are several small perf seps on the green sheets as well as one tear, the red sheet has hardly any separations, easily repaired for display; full sets or less common Watts stamp art typically sell for $1,000+; F-VF (Image)

Est. US$350-450 LE

Group of Roy Rogers comics (43) diff from 1948-52 (no. 10//56); also (6) Marvel Star Wars comics 1978-83 (one dup); Star Wars sleeved, Roy Rogers loose w/ some expected paper foxing; F-VF

Est. US$100-150 B

VAMPIRELLA Collection abt (400) 1992-99 by Harris Comics, all sleeved & some boarded in (2) comic book boxes, few dup, appears cplt for era, gen F-VF

Est. US$200-300 L (2)

Collection abt (500) 1990s sleeved & boarded in (4) comic book boxes, titles & characters incl abt (125) Superman & Superwoman, also Batman, Bloodshot, Cable, Catwoman, Dawn, Green Hornet, Green Lantern, Groo the Wanderer, Harbinger, Hulk, Jurassic Park, Kabuko, Lady Death, Lady Rawhide, Prince Valiant, Shadow Hawk, Simpsons, Spiderman, Star Trek, Tamoe, Turok, Warriors of Plasm, Xena Warrior Princess & many more, publishers incl Chaos, Crusader, Dark Horse, Defiant, DC, Entity, Image, Malibu, Sirius, Topps, Valiant Comics & more, gen F-VF

Est. US$500-600 L (4)

Trains & Travel ephemera; Train material incl old photos of trains & city trams, also tickets, other paper, copies of old photos; Travel items incl mid-century travel brochures & guide books, also some maps, hotel info, PPC of hotels (mostly USA) vintage to early chrome; much material on India & Japan; gen F-VF

Est. US$100-150 L

Med ctn of ephemera, prints, opera programs (1929 New York), guide books, pamphlets, maps & picture books from Montreal, Boston, New York (Woolworth Bldg), Finger Lakes, San Antonio, more, many from hotels or the railroad; mini-postcard sets, sewing, other documents; VF+ overall

Est. US$150-250 L

Huge Accum ephemera of all kinds, trade cards, modern cards, adv, maps & travel, prints, matchbook covers, product labels, postcards, stickers, old photographs, movie stills, playbills, scrapbook items, really all sorts of miscellany; (2) binders w/ official photos of various actors (movie & TV) & a few singers, some signed in Sharpie; themes incl sci-fi, political, circus, military; items range from 19th Cent to modern Star Trek items; gen F-VF

Est. US$200-300 L (2)

Selection incl (200+) trade cards, (200+) tobacco cards (US & British), other political, financial documents, beer & other product labels, illustrations, PPC, poster stamps & other paper items; gen F-VF

Est. US$300-400 B

Accum abt (800+) items incl old checks, documents, adv, ethnic items, seals & labels, photos, programs, PPC, early tobacco silk flags, 1954 LIFE magazine & much more; few flts to gen F-VF (Image)

Est. US$400-500 L

Collection abt (735) radio reception stamps, sorted by state, IDed by city in pencil, most stuck to quadrille pgs, incl stamps from (35) states plus DC & PR; abt half are EKKO w/ eagle, printed by ABNCo., the others are Bryant Radio w/ globe between two towers, various colors, many stations have both style stamps; Additional foreign stamps for Canada (38, beaver instead of eagle), Cuba (4) & Mexico (2); bonus: (17) poster stamps from various stations; desirable stamps, difficult to assemble a large collection; a few flts, gen F+ (Image)

Est. US$500-600 A

Collection (21) diff WWII era military cloth maps, folded for storage, mostly Japan & Eastern China from north to south, w/ bits of Russia as well; one is from SE Europe; appear to be VF (Image)

Est. US$250-350 B

The Official Donald Trump Inaugural medal as commissioned by the Ohio Republican Party, 70mm bronze, in original box w/ wooden stand; marked on rim "Medalcraft" & "Ohio OIM 2017"; obv w/ high relief front facing portrait, rev w/ Great Seal design & text; more than (250) were sold, like new (Image)

Est. US$150-200 B

Small box Presidential items such as inaugural covers, other event or souvenir cvrs, PPC & some ephemera incl inaugural program; some other politician items incl letters w/ printed signatures; vintage carte-de-visite of Liet-Gen U.S. Grant, photo of George HW Bush & Barbara in fatigues (likely Kuwait); (7) letters from Delaware Senator Thomas Francis Bayard (1860s), one free frank env (damaged), letters VF; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. US$200-300 L