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1. [THEATRE] Louis Mann (1865-1931) American theatre actor and sometime director, who in his later life made a few appearances in motion pictures. He was married to actress and playwright Clara Lipman (1864–1952) was an American musical comedy actress and playwright whose career began in 1885 and continued on until her retirement in 1927. She was the wife of comedian Louis Mann and the sister of popular Lieder singer, Mattie Lipman MaruNeither is actually signed. Each about 3 x 1-3/4 in. Fine.........Min. Bid $10
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2. [SACO, MAINE] Lauriston Ward writes a one page letter with postmarked address leaf to William Trafton County Clerk. Concerns a date mistake on Ward. 1843 letter from Saco, Maine, 1p. + postmarked address leaf. VG+......Min. Bid $10
3 [BANK CHECKS] group of 10 checks: (1) Charles B. Rounds - served in the civil war and was a noted attorney and judge from Calais, Maine. He was First Lieut. in Company D, 32nd Maine Infantry. Mustered April 19, 1864; wounded in the arm May 12th at Spottysylvania. Rounds was at Elmira, NY guarding prisoners of war, having been assigned by Special Order No. 164 July 20, 1864. Signed 1897 bank check. (2) Harry Truman - 1934 Jackson County, Mo. Treasuer check which was signed by stamped signature altho you can bearing see it now. (3) Douglas Volk - artist. Signed 1923 check. (4) Two Brenda Kuhn signed checks, 1966. (5) Limerick National Bank[Maine] 5 checks, 1921.........Min. Bid $10
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4. [CONGRESSMAN PHILBIN LOT] Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts.From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. In 1942, as the Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971). Offered is a unreseared lot of papers from the files of Philbin. Contains many carbon copies ofletters from Philbin; letters from people seeking advice or assistance, sometimes telegrams etc. About 77 pieces. Mixed conditions...............Min. Bid $10
5. [PORTRAIT] William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. Engraved c. 1835 by E. Scriven. Image approx. 4 x 5 in. plus margins. VG...........Min. Bid $10
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6. US TREASURY - group of 10 printed documents, 1823-1898. Multiple pages. VG............Min. Bid $10
7. [NEW JERSEY] Group of 10 Chancery of New Jersey legal documents, 1911-1914. Most are 2 pages or longer..............Min. Bid $10
8. [NORTH CAROLINA] [CIVIL WAR] Samuel McDowell Tate (1830-1897) Confederate officer. In 1861, after the outbreak of war, Tate volunteered for service in the Confederate army and was appointed captain of Company D, Sixth North Carolina Regiment. Commissioned and promoted to the rank of major on 20 May 1862, he was advanced to lieutenant colonel on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg. There he assumed command of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment after the death of Colonel Isaac E. Avery and led his troops up Cemetery Hill and in the battle on Seminary Ridge. Isaac Avery had formed a partnership with Charles F. Fisher and Samuel McDowell Tate to act as contractors in the building of the Western North Carolina Railroad in the mid-1850s. With Hoke's wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, Avery temporarily assumed command of the brigade in time for the Gettysburg Campaign. The now 34-year-old Avery led his troops forward on July 1 on a wide sweep north and east of the borough of Gettysburg. Union artillery fire from a knoll near Culp's Hill finally halted his advance. On July 2, Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early ordered Avery along with the brigade of Brig. Gen. Harry T. Hays to assault eastern Cemetery Hill. Attacking in the early evening, Avery was struck in the neck by a musket ball and fell from his white horse, bleeding badly. Apparently he was alone at the time, and the brigade's attack was delivered without coordination. After the ill-fated charge, the partially paralyzed officer was discovered by several of his soldiers. His aide and former business partner, Maj. Samuel Tate of the 6th North Carolina, knelt by his side. Unable to speak from his mortal wound and with his right hand useless from the paralysis, Avery with his left hand scribbled a simple note and gave it to Tate. It said: "Major, tell my father I died with my face to the enemy. I. E. Avery." Samuel Tate continued to command the Sixth regiment until the close of the war. When the Civil War ended, Tate made his way back to Morganton, North Carolina, where the stockholders of the Western North Carolina Railroad elected him to the presidency of the disorganized and bankrupt organization. As president, Tate repaired and rebuilt the railroad, revamped the old rolling stock, and straightened out its financial affairs. Governor William W. Holden removed him from the presidency in 1865, but Governor Jonathan Worth restored him to that position in 1866. He was again ousted by the Holden-appointed board of directors in 1868 but continued to act as the financial agent of the stockholders and as the trustee for payment of debts. Offered here is a 1887Bill Head document, NOT signed by Tate, signed by Arthur Evans. Tate pays for a clock repair. Approx. 8.5 x 4.5 in. Fine.............50-75.......Min. Bid $10
9. [FILM] Arnie Kronenberger (c. 1923-1997) signed 1972 Day contract for his work as "Caller" in the film THE THIEF WHO CAME TO DINNER. The daily pay was $138. Approx. 8-3/8 x 5-7/8 in. No scan showing.Fine............Min. Bid $10
10. Beverly Washburn (b. 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the Walt Disney drama Old Yeller (1957) and the American General Pictures horror Spider Baby (1967). Signed Warner Bros. 1984 pay check.............Min. Bid $10
One Seligman/Volk Check
11. [ART] Alfred L. Seligman (1864-1912) American sculptor. One signed bank check from [signed] Douglas Volk to Seligman, endorsed on the verso by Seligman. Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and was one of the founders of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. Douglas painted at least nine posthumous portraits of Lincoln, basing them on the plaster life-mask that his father had made in 1860. One of them hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom at The White House. Another appeared on a U.S. postage stamp issued in the 1950s, and is now at the National Gallery of Art. VG.............Min. Bid $10
12. [POSTAL HISTORY] Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever because of his success with melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King (1882) at the Princess's Theatre of London. The historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895) was Barrett's most successful play, both in England and in the United States. Offered here is a postmarked envelope [1896] ink addressed by Barrett but not signed by him. VG.......Min. Bid $10
13. William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of Annals of the American Pulpit (nine volumes, 1857–1869), a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the leading American Protestant Christian ministers who died before 1850. Sprague was also a collector of historical documents and pamphlets and became the first person ever to gather a complete set of the autographs of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 3-1/4 x 3/4 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10
14. [THEATRE] Henry Hutchinson Howe (1812-1896) English actor whose real name was Henry Howe Hutchinson, was born of Quaker parents in Norwich on 31 March 1812. His father would not hear of his becoming an actor, so he ran away from home at the age of nineteen to join a travelling company. He died at Cincinnati, while travelling in the United States as a member of Sir Henry Irving’s company. ALS, 1888, 2pp., to the artist Walt Paget (1862-1935) thanking him for a portrait. Some mounting remains affect nothing. Scarce. VG........Min. Bid $10
15. [THEATRE] 1981 program starring Mickey Rooney & Ann Miller in SUGAR BABIES. VG..............Min. Bid $5
16. [CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE] a letter dated June 29, 1925, to Albert R. Baird of Waterville, Minnesota, about the earthquake there. Four pages, sent from Santa Monica, Cal......Papers are full about the earthquake at Santa Barbara this morning, two distinct rockings followed a little later by a slighter one. Envelope included.........Min. Bid $10
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17. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Document signed "Gene", 1966, to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Ink Signed memorandu. Regarding SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) SINGERS (ON SCREEN AND OFF SCREEN). 1p. 8.5 x 11. The Agreement or waiver is intended to encourage the use of groups of singers by reducing the payments to each singer. Fine.........Min. Bid $10
18. Eleanor Elise Robson Belmont (1879-1979) English actress and prominent public figure in the United States.[1] George Bernard Shaw wrote Major Barbara for her, but contractual problems prevented her from playing the role. Mrs. Belmont was involved in the Metropolitan Opera Association as the first woman on the board of directors, and she founded the Metropolitan Opera Guild. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted, approx. 4 x 1/2 in. VG...........Min. Bid $10
19. Marion Barry (1936- 2014) American politician who served as the second and fourth mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG.........Min. Bid $10
20. Bob Packwood (b. 1932) American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. Signed 8x10 photo. VG...........Min. Bid $10
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21. Birch Bayh Jr. (1928-2019) U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. Signed, inscribed 8x10 color photo. A couple minor surface dents.....Min. Bid $10
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22. President George W. Bush - unsigned Jan. 20, 2001 Inauguration cover plus Bush For President bumper sticker. Both are VG.................Min. Bid $10
23. Lisa Weinstein - actress known for Ghost (1990), Greased Lightning (1977) and Fatal Exposure (1991). Unsigned Warner Bros. 1985 pay check.............Min. Bid $5
24. [THEATRE] Agnes Ethel (1846-1903) Broadway actress of the late 19th century. She performed in New York City, the city of her birth, from 1868 to 1871. She was especially talented in acting emotional roles. Offered here is an unsigned vintage cdv photo, 2-1/4 x 4 in. VG........Min. Bid $10
25. Pat Brown (1905-1996) American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney for San Francisco, and he was later elected Attorney General of California in 1950 before becoming the state's governor in 1959. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo, 1990. VG.............Min. Bid $10
26. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Robert Gordon [not identified], paper size 9-1/4 x 5-3/4 in. VG............Min. Bid $10
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27. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] 1856 Mortgage deed of 80 acres & buildings in Derry, NH. Signatures of: Timothy & Ruth Cram, Elijah A. Corliss, Leonard Brickett, Edward G. Shute, George Brickett, William H. Hills & B.D. Laighton. Approx. 8 x 14 in. VG.......Min. Bid $10
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28. [PORTRAIT] original engraved portrait of Henry W. Halleck (1815-1872) Halleck served as the General in Chief of the Armies of the United States from 1862 to 1864. Overall page size is 10 x 7 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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29 [MAINE] Capt. Elisha Goodwin (1776-1842) farmer, shipbuilder, selectman of the town Eliot, Maine. Document signed, 1814, as tax collector. Maine was part of Massachusetts then. Approx. 7-1/4 x 2 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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30. TO THE SELECTMEN OF STEUBEN, MAINE - 1868 printed letter from D. Brastow asking that a list of the names and ages of all the orphans of soldiers and seamen of your town be sent to the Governor at Augusta or to Brastow. Stamped address portion................Min. Bid $10
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31. [MASONS] 1879 Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island document, 5 x 7-3/4 in. VG........Min. Bid $10
32. [MASONS] 1882 Massachusetts document, 5 x 8 in. VG........Min. Bid $10
33. [THEATRE] [1956] program starring Barry Sullivan in Too Late The Phalarope. VG..............Min. Bid $3
34. [NATURAL HISTORY CIRCA 1805] Original Napoleonic War era mredallion game card issued c. 1805. This card was designed by E. Jouy and printed by Vanckere.\, Lille and H. Nicole, Paris. An attractice card featuring a medallion below which appears the text of the subject matter of the card. This highly framable card honors the Lion. Fine. About 2.5 x 4 in. Fine....Min. Bid $10
35. [MAINE] Alexander Dennett (1811-1889) He conducted a general store at York, Maine, and owned coasting vessels. He removed to Kittery and lived on the ancestral homestead until his death. During the civil war he was appointed inspector of timer at the navy yard. He was a Whig in politics in early life, a Republican afterward. He was trial justice for many years; represented his district in the legislature in 1849-50-51; was delegate to the convention when the Free Soilers and Whigs fused at the time the Republican party was organized; was frequently moderator of town meetings and selectman of the town. He was active in good works and interested in the great questions of the day, supporting the anti-slavery and temperance movements heartily. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance, and was active in the Methodist Episcopal church, being charter member of the Second Methodist Episcopal church, of Kittery. Offered here is a 1864 legal writ document signed twice as Trial Justice. Approx. 8.5 x 14 in. A noticeable repair on left side..............50-75 ..............Min. Bid $10
36. [BASEBALL EPHEMERA] 2 flyers from THE NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM. 3.5 x 8.5 in. Both are in fine condition...............Min. Bid $10
37. Captain Edward Pittway (? -1676) lived at Bengeworth. He was a magistrate for the borough of Evesham, England until removed, owing to his Quakerism, in 1655. He was Mayor in 1648. There were other friends of the same surname in this district. Edward Pittway, Junior, emigrated to Pennsylvania, about 1700. Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE of Edward Pittway but we are NOT sure which one.........Min. Bid $10
39. Renee Bates - actress known for I Am a Witness (2015), Escape (2017) and Taking Flight (2015). Unsigned Warner Bros. 1984 pay check.............Min. Bid $5
40. [ART] Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) English wood engraver who was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Her memoir Period Piece was published in 1952. Raverat was one of the first wood engravers recognised as modern. Offered here is an original wood-engraving, THE COBBLED YARD, not signed, 1909, approx. 8-1/8 x 3-7/8 in. plus margins. VG.......80-120....Min. Bid $10
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41. [ART] William Radclyffe (1783-1855) was an English engraver and painter. Born in Birmingham and self-educated, he was apprenticed to a letter engraver and studied drawing under Joseph Barber with his cousin John Pye. Both planned to move to London when their apprenticeships were complete in 1801, but Radclyffe remained in Birmingham for financial reasons and set up as an engraver and copperplate printer. Radclyffe became well known as an engraver of landscapes, making prints after David Cox, J. M. W. Turner and Peter De Wint and illustrating numerous works of travel literature. Original 19th century engraving by Radclyffe after W.M. Craig, image approx. 7 x 4-3/4 plus image. Text offset showing.............Min. bid $10
42. WAR DEPARTMENT Orders No. 35, 1872, 2pp. 5 x 7 in.....Min. Bid $10
43. WAR DEPARTMENT Orders No. 34, 1872, 1p. 5 x 7 in.....Min. Bid $10
44. [MUSIC] antique wood-engraved portrait of Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (1786-1826) German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper (German Romantic opera). Paper size is about 8 x 5 in. c. 1836. Scarce.........Min. Bid $10
45. (NEW YORK CITY) 1864 SOLDIER'S DEPOT, HOSPITAL [4TH FLOOR] D. T. VALENTINES MANUAL. Color lithograph, approx. 7.25 x 9 in., 2 vertical folds [as published folded into the manual]. Still tipped to the print back is a 1/2 page from the Manual with description of the facility. Valentine's Manuals, each volume officially titled, Manual of the Common Council of the City of New York...............Min. Bid $10
46. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. Lithograph, signed in the print, not titled, dated 1978. Approx. 8.5 x 11 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10
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47. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Original PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY CLASS DAY 1907 program bound in suede, approx. 5 x 6-1/4 in. Five printed pages in side includes class officers and senior class roll. VG. Kind of rare piece of ephemera..........Min. Bid $10
48. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] c. 1820 manuscript document - Estate of John Tebbets Jr. to Andrew Rollins, 7-1/4 x 12 in. VG..........Min. Bid $10
49. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] 1892 document - land and buildings in Ashland, NH. Several signatures. approx. 10 x 16 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
50. [THEATRE] Mary Anne Orger (1788-1849) she was a leading actress, playwright and the mother of the composer Caroline Reinagle in her role as Flippanta in THE CONFEDERACY. Original 1821 engraving, about 4.5 x 7 in. total size. VG...............Min. Bid $10
51. [PORTRAIT] Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) English labouring-class poet, whose work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated writers, such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare. Original engraved portrait c. 1801. Image 3-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. plus wide margins. Scarce image. VG................Min. Bid $10
52. [MAP] 1939 North Carolina and South Carolina....Min. Bid $10
53. [MAP] 1928 Road Map of New England...............Min. Bid $10
54. William Winter (1836-1917) American dramatic critic and author. Winter wore many literary hats during his long, illustrious career: theater critic, biographer, poet, and essayist. He is known for his Romantic style poetry, and for his long career as an editor and writer for some of New York City's great papers. Winter was a tour de force in the original Bohemian scene of Greenwich Village, going on to become one of the most influential men of letters of the last half of the 19th century and the pre-eminent drama critic and biographer of the times. ALS, April 19th no yr., 2pp, approx. 4 x 6-3/4 in. His handwriting is a little strange but can be read. VG.......Min. Bid $10
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55. [ART] William Mulready RA (1786-1863) was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticising depictions of rural scenes, and for creating Mulready stationery letter sheets, issued at the same time as the Penny Black postage stamp. ALS 1843, 1p, 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. Laid down. Mounting show-thru............Min. Bid $10
56. ART] Wendell D. Volk (1884-1953) American artist. Signed 1943 bank check. Born El Paso, TX, buried Arlington Natinal Cemetery. He was a printmaker and woodcarver, married Jessie J. McCoig, also an artist (1904-2005). The Douglas Volk family built a rustic Tudor cottage, _Hewnoaks,о on the shores of Kezar Lake in Center Lovell, Maine. [Stephen A.] Douglas Volk was the son of Leonard [W.] Volk, who was famous for his many life casts of Abraham Lincoln. S.A. Douglas Volk studied in Paris and Italy. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design in New York and was a founder of the Minneapolis School of Fine Art. He participated in the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition and taught at the New York Society for Ethical Culture established by Felix Adler, where he met Karl von Rydingsv_rd. He married Marion Larabee in 1881 and two of their children were dau. Marion and son Wendell. Daughter Marion helped Mother Marion run the Sabatos Studio, which produced woven and printed textiles. Wendell was also a weaver and learned woodcarving from Karl von Rydingsv_rd. Wendellђs wife Jessie left Hewnoaks, lock, stock, and barrel, to the University of Maine. Hewnoaks was the heart of an Arts and Crafts community. Marion Volk decided to improve upon a generations-old native tradition of making _drawnо rugs and with the help of her son Wendell and daughter Marion she began Sabatos Handcrafts in 1901. The Volks gathered together residents of Center Lovell, who then carried out every part of the rug-making process. Twenty years later the Volks began producing block-printed textiles. The rugs and printed panels are extremely rare today. VG...............50-75..............Min. Bid $10
57. [MAP] 1930 Road Map of Washington DC and Vicinity.....Min. Bid $10
58. [MAP] 1939 Official Alabama Highway Map............Min. Bid $10
59. [AMERICANA] The State of Maine imposes a $500 fine on the Town of Plymouth, Maine for not repaiting a road. Dated 1834, 1p, 7-3/4 x 12 in. VG..........Min. Bid $10
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60. [EPHEMERA] offered here is a 1969 cover picturing Queen Elizabeth welcoming astronauts Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins, Herles of Apollo 11 Moon Landing. 6 x 3.5 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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61. [BASEBALL] Max Patkin (1920-1999) was an American baseball player and clown, best known as the Clown Prince of Baseball (a play on "Crown Prince"). Patkin was the third "officially" crowned Clown Prince of Baseball, after Al Schacht and Jackie Price, though that nickname has also been applied to St. Louis Browns third baseman Arlie Latham among others. Patkin performed for 51 years as a baseball clown. His signature inscribed to Eddie, who was his driver when he visited Boston. Ob the other side is the signature of Willis O. Underwood [not ID'd]. About 4x6 in. VG..........Min. Bid $10
62. [AMERICANA] Freegift Vandervoort (1844-1929) was a prominent lawyer in Carrigo Springs, Texas; Union Veteran. Offered here is a letter to John E. Boos [famous Lincoln collector]. Says he was in an adjoining county and planned to go to the Lincoln-Douglas Debate but did not. Letter is dated 1917, 1p, 6.5 x 9 in. VG.............Min. Bid $10
63. [SEC. TREASURY] Thos. Corwin, Sec. of the Treasury and Daniel Webster - printed government document, 1852, 137 pp. Approx. 5.5 x 8.5. VG...........Min. Bid $10
64. MYSTERY LOT of about 15 autograph signature. Not identified. For those who like to do the research. Good luck..............Min. Bid $10
65. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] THE DESCENT FROM MOUNT WASHINGTON, wood-engraving, c. 1830s..............Min. Bid $5
66. Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). Thomas shot dramatic footage of Lawrence, then returned to America and began giving public lectures in 1919 on the war in Palestine, "supported by moving pictures of veiled women, Arabs in their picturesque robes, camels and dashing Bedouin cavalry". His lectures were very popular and audiences were large, and he "took the nation by storm" in the words of one modern biographer. He agreed to take the lecture to England, but only "if asked by the King and given Drury Lane or Covent Garden" as a lecture venue. His conditions were met, and he opened a series at Covent Garden on August 14, 1919. "And so followed a series of some hundreds of lecture–film shows, attended by the highest in the land". Signed 1975 membership card, approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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67. George Mitchell (b. 1933) United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He has taken a leading role in negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, being appointed United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (1995–2001) by President Clinton and as United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009–2011) by President Obama. TLS, 1987, 1p. Sends editor thanks for sending a book. Signed George. VG............Min. Bid $10
68. [RHODE ISLAND] Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer. From about 1833 to 1842, Hazard spent his winters in New Orleans to sell goods, including cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. According to his granddaughter, Hazard considered that "the greatest effort of his life" began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841 when he learned that a free African-American man from Newport was being held in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave. Hazard's investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100 people being held as slaves. The action later led to charges being filed against several public officials who were responsible for the illegal detentions. His involvement with abolitionist causes and in the Republican Party eventually caused his company to lose favor with its markets in the southern United States. This helped to prompt the Peace Dale mills' transition from making cheap cotton products to selling higher quality woolens. Hazard served three one-year terms in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, winning election as a state representative in 1851, 1854 and 1880. He also was a state senator from 1866 to 1867. In 1856, he was one of Rhode Island's delegates to the founding convention of the Republican party. Four years later he was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. Offered here is a signed on verso document, Providence, R.I. 1839. A promisory note from J.P. Hazard (1807-1892 signed on the front. About 7-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. VG.................50-75.....Min. Bid $10
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69. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Joseph Doe (1776-1860) In 1821, Joseph was elected Somersworth's representative to the Lower House of the New Hampshire General Court. He became one of the most articulate leaders of the Federalist Party and formed a party known as the "Doe-faces". In 1826, he was re-elected and became the chief spokesman in the state for the business community. He was an expert to whom special banking questions were referred. After serving seven terms in the House, Joseph was appointed Justice of the Peace & Quorum in January 1829. His political tradition defined the forces of moderation, which became his son Charles' constitutional principle. Joseph was supporting the last stand in New Hampshire on behalf of government by gentry. He gained the conviction that the democratic process could only survive if wedded to the rights of property and the protection of commerce. This was the political legacy that he passed on to his son Charles. New Hampshire court document, 1816, Somersworth, signed by Doe as Justice of the Peace. Samuel Lord (1788-1871) prominent ship owner and merchant is suing James Buzzel for $12.27. See scans for condition...............50-75.......Min. Bid $10
70. [JUDAICA] 1956 letter to Rabbi Frederick Solomon (1899-1980) the German Expressionist artist. Signed by Rabbi Louis I. Egelson (1885 -1957) administrative secretary of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Sidney L. Regner (1903-1993) Reform rabbi and organizational executive. A lifelong peace activist, he was elected vice president of the Jewish Peace Fellowship in 1980. Richard N. Bluestein - of Hebrew Union College. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in. VG..............25-35............Min. Bid $10
71. [RELIGION] 2 brief ALSs by: [1] Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900) American Congregational clergyman. Closely cropped on both sides. Signature value only. [2] Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (1822-1909) American Presbyterian minister and writer. ALS on postcard dated 1875..............Min. Bid $10
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See Cuyler bio.
72. [ART] William Henry Mote (1803–1871) British stipple and line engraver, primarily known for his portraits. He produced etchings for reference books, as well as original etchings. Mote became a member of the Royal Academy in his twenties and his portraits hang in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Offered here is a 19th original engraved portrait of Charles Carroll Of Carrollton (1737 1832) American Delegate To The Continental Congress And Senator Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence. The image area is approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. VG.......Min. Bid $10
73. [LOT] about 73 letters, notes & telegrams from the files of Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) who was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War, served as a seaman in the United States Navy. He then went on to Harvard University, was center on the Harvard Football Team that won the Rose Bowl game in 1919 against Oregon. These are signed & his carbon copies of letters to and from him, plus a few telegrams................Min. Bid $10
74. [ART] Portraits by Dutch XVII Century Masters, illus, 73 lots. Parke-Bernet Galleries auction catalog, 1939. No prices............Min. Bid $10
From The Papers of Peter Lawford
75. Robert E. O'Brien - 1964 TLS to the actor Peter Lawford - apologize again for having subjected you to that onslaught of autograph seekers...." Includes 2 newspaper clippings...............Min. Bid $10
76. [SCIENCE] Joseph (J.) Garrott Allen (1912-1992) was a research associate in the Health Division of the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project. Allen joined the Met Lab on July 24, 1944. In the Health Division, Allen worked in radiation pathology. Brief TLS, 1972, signed J.G.A. Agrees to sign autographs............Min. Bid $10
77. [US NAVAL] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Offered here is a signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs E. Davis USN. VG................Min. Bid $10
78. [PORTRAIT] antique engraved portrait of Mark Akenside (1721-1770) English poet and physician. Image is approx. 4-1/2 x 3-3/4 in. plus margins. VG.........Min. Bid $10
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79. [RADIO] Raymond Knight (1899-1953) American actor, comedian and comedy writer, best known as a pioneer in satirical humor for network radio. Signed and inscribed card, 1931, approx. 3-1/4 x 2-1/4 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10
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80. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] 1904 document - land and buildings in Ashland, NH. Several signatures. approx. 10 x 16 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
81. [BASEBALL] Paul Derringer - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60...................Min. Bid $10
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82. [BASEBALL] Harlond Clift - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60............Min. Bid $10
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83. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] RALEIGN DAY 1776-1927 Piscataqua Pioneers - Annual Meeting and Outing - Portsmouth, N.H. Aug. 10, 1927.This a ribbon that would have been worn by those attending, approx. 1-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. VG.....50-75...........Min. Bid $10
84. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] 2 vintage photographs. One is DOUBLE-HEAD from Eagle Mt. House, Jackson, NH. Other is Carter Notch from Eagle Mt. House, Jackson NH. Photos are approx. 6.5 x 2 in. each........Min. Bid $10
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85. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Richard Boyle (1694-1753). was a British architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". Engraved by William Henry Mote (1803–1871) was a British stipple and line engraver, primarily known for his portraits. He produced etchings for reference books, as well as original etchings. Mote became a member of the Royal Academy in his twenties and his portraits hang in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. The engraving says W.T. MOTE, which is misspelled - should say W.H. Mote. VG........Min. Bid $10
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86. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Charles Watson Wentworth (1730-1782) most notable for his two terms as prime minister of Great Britain. Engraved by William Henry Mote (1803–1871) was a British stipple and line engraver, primarily known for his portraits. He produced etchings for reference books, as well as original etchings. Mote became a member of the Royal Academy in his twenties and his portraits hang in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. The engraving says W.T. MOTE, which is misspelled - should say W.H. Mote. VG........Min. Bid $10
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87. [THEATRE] Michael Redgrave in "Tiger at the Gates" 1955 program.............Min. Bid $5
88. Coleman Barks (b.1937) is an American poet. Signed typedscript poem. VG..............Min. Bid $10
89. Coleman Barks (b.1937) is an American poet. Signed typedscript poem. VG..............Min. Bid $10
90. [FILM]1940 flyer for the great American motion picture ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS starring Raymond Massey (1896-1983) was a Canadian, later American, actor, known for his commanding, stage-trained voice. For his lead role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Massey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his most well-known roles were Dr. Gillespie in the NBC television series Dr. Kildare (1961–1966), Abraham Farlan in A Matter of Life and Death and Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). 6.5 x 10 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10
91. [MUSIC] Johanna Emilia Agnes Gadski (1872-1932) German soprano. She was blessed with a secure, powerful, ringing voice, fine musicianship and an excellent technique. These attributes enabled her to enjoy a highly successful career in New York City and London, performing heavy dramatic roles in the German and Italian repertoires. Large bold signature dated 1916 on 5 x 6.5 in. paper. Fine..........Min. Bid $10
92. Mike Mansfield (1903-2001) American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Senate Majority Leader and served from 1961 to 1977. During his tenure, he shepherded Great Society programs through the Senate. TLS, 1961.1p. to Vernon L. Talbertt who was retiring as the Secretary of the US Senate..........Min. Bid $10
93. [PORTRAIT] William H. Prescott (1796-1859) American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite having serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory. Offered here is an original portrait, approx. 7.5 x 5.5 in. plus margins. VG...........Min. Bid $10
95. Henry L. Nunn (1878-1972) American Business Leader, one of the founders of the Nunn-Bush Shoe Company and a pioneer in the development of good labor-management relations. His papers are in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society, including records of Nunn's participation in a mission in 1951 for the Economic Cooperation Administration, the United States government agency set up in 1948 to administer the Marshall Plan. TLS, 1954, to Dorothy Nunn or Alice Josephine Nunn. Sends a check for Alice's Trust Find..............Min. Bid $1.00
96. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, KG (1665–1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. Engraved by Henry Robinson. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in.Light foxing o/w VG...............Min. Bid $10
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97. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, KG, GMB, PC, FRS (1690 – 1749), styled Viscount Monthermer until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709, was a British peer. Engraved by William Finden (1787 –1852) English engraver. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. VG...................Min. Bid $10
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98. [PORTRAIT] antique engraving of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678 – 1751) English politician, government official and political philosopher. Engraved by William Thomas Fry (1789–1843) was a British engraver. He occasionally exhibited his engravings at the Suffolk Street exhibition. Circa 1850, paper size approx. 11 x 7 in. VG.................Min. Bid $10
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99. [MILITARY] 2 printed government documents, 1846 [mineral regions of Lake Superior] and 1856 - a memorial.........Min. Bid $10
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100. [NEW ORLEANS] Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer from Rhode Island. He was educated in a Quaker boarding school in Burlington, New Jersey, where he developed a particular interest in mathematics. In 1819 he returned to Rhode Island to join his elder brother Isaac in the management of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. One of Rowland Hazard's responsibilities was selling the company's prodent winters in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842 to sell goods that included cotton bagging cloth, pre-cut garments, low-priced shoes, and raw "Negro cloth" for use by African-American slaves. The activity that Hazard considered "as the greatest effort of his life" (according to his granddaughter) began when he was in New Orleans on business in the winter of 1841. After he learned that a free African-American man from Newport, Rhode Island was in custody in Louisiana as an escaped slave, his investigations found that many free African-Americans were being detained under the assumption they were escaped slaves. Document signed, New Orleans, 1841, signed on both sides, approx. 8.5 x 3 in. Also signed by John Tadlock (1792-1845). VG............35-45
101. [EPHEMERA] group of 4 Limerick National Bank [Maine] checks, 1924-26..............Min. Bid $1.00
102. [FILM] Eugene Arnstein (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Document signed "Gene", to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Ink Signed memorandum, 1965, sent to about 33 named members of the Society of Independent Producers. Some of the names: Marvin Mirisch, Otto Preminger, Milton Ebbins, Peter Lawford, etc. Regarding FILM EDITORS, IATSE Local #776. 1p. 8.5 x 11. Fine............25-35
103. [FILM] Jack Nicholson - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 8 x 10 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
104. [FILM] Jack Nicholson - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 8 x 10 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
105. [FILM] original c. 1949 movie still photo from the film THE HASTY HEART starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal. 10 x 8 in. Unsigned. VG................Min. Bid $10
106. [FILM] vintage 1960 movie still photograph from the film ON THE WATERFRONT, showing Lee J. Cobb. Marlon Brando is not pictured in this scene. 10x8 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10
107. [FILM] Marlon Brando - original vintage 1976 photograph from the film THE MISSOURI BREAKS, 10 x 8 in. Unsigned. VG.......Min. Bid $10
108. [THEATRE-MUSIC] Sofia Scalchi (1850-1922) was an Italian operatic contralto who could also sing in the mezzo-soprano range. Her career was international, and she appeared at leading theatres in both Europe and America. Scalchi helped to make history when she sang in the newly constructed New York City Metropolitan Opera's first ever staged work, Charles Gounod's Faust, which inaugurated the theatre on October 22, 1883. She returned to Mapleson's troupe a year later but went back to the Metropolitan in 1891, where she would spend five further seasons. Offered here is a signed card dated 1882, about 3.5 x 2 in. Fine..............Min. Bid $10
109. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) American comedienne, actress. SIGNED STAR TREK BOOKPLATE. VG...........20-30
110. [ART] Charles Henry White (1878-1918) was born at Hamilton, Ontario, and was educated partly in Europe and partly in the United States. He studied for a time at the Art Student League in New York City, working at illustrations and especially pen drawing. It was Joseph Pennell, the prominent American etcher, whom Mr. White met in Venice, Italy, in 1901, who induced him to take up etching. Original etching, plate signed, [1903], tissue guard still attached, image approx. 3-1/4 x 4-7/8" plus margins. VG........Min. Bid $10
111. Jack (John Ludlow) Gould (1914-1993) American journalist and critic, who wrote commentary about television. He started as a copy boy at the New York Herald Tribune in 1932. In 1937 he moved to The New York Times, writing for the drama department and in the 1940s writing also about radio. In 1944 he became the newspaper's radio critic, and in 1948 the chief television reporter and critic. At one point he had eight people working under him. In the early 1960s he was a CBS executive for a short time but returned to the Times. Gould's columns and reviews (along with those of rival John Crosby of the Herald Tribune) were widely read by decision makers in the fledgling medium of television, and Gould had many professional and personal relationships with prominent industry figures such as Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly. He did not hold back harsh criticism, even when The New York Times itself produced its own public affairs program in 1963; he was aware of the potential power of television as a force for social good. His colleagues dubbed him "the conscience of the industry", to his own embarrassment. Offered here is a TLS, NY Times, Dec. 19, 1967, 1p, approx. 8.5 x 7 in. To Orville S. Poland of Blue Hill, Maine. Interesting content people's opinions. VG............50-75
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112. FOOTBALL - 2 signed pictures by former New England Partiots. Includes Tim Fox - signed and inscribed 3-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. and Larry Eisenhauer, Defensive Ends - signed 5 x 7-1/4 in. The Eisenhauer ink signature hadly shows unless held to the light at an angle...............Min. Bid $10
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113. [NEW YORK CITY] 1861 lithograph, THE BLUE ROOM, the Beekman House in 1860. Paper size about 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG........Min. Bid $10
114. Rhode Island 1841 document, 7-3/4 x 9 in..........Min. Bid $10
115.
[EPHEMERA] Valley City Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, 4-1/4 x 2-1/2 in. Fine...............Min. Bid $8
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116. [BASEBALL] Louis "Buck" Newsom - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size..........Min. Bid $10
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117. CENTRAL PART OF GREENFIELD, MASS. 1839 wood-engraving. Image about 3 x 6.5 in. Some toning.....Min. Bid $10
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118. STATE OF MAINE GRANGE Constitution and BY-LAWS, c. 1918. About 4-1/4 x 5-3/4 in. 56pp..............Min. Bid $10
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119. [PORTRAIT] 1839 engraved portrait of William Pitt (1759-1806) British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800 and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801. Image approx. 4-3/4 x 4 in. plus margins. VG.....Min. Bid $10
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120. [PORTRAIT] 1839 engraved portrait of Catherine the Great (1729-1796). Image approx. 5 x 4-1/4 in. plus margins. VG.....Min. Bid $10
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121. [MASONS] 1879 Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New Jersey, 8 x 10.5 in.............Min. Bid $10
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122. [PORTRAIT] 1839 engraved portrait of Frederic II Aka Frederick The Great 1712-1786. 3rd King of Prussia 1740-86.
Image approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. VG.....Min. Bid $10
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123. [CIVIL WAR] 1861 printed government document for the House of Rep., RULES AND ARTICLES OF WAR, 24pp, about 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. VG..............Min. Bid $10
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124. Two 1848 wood-engravings showing Washington DC scenes. Each about 5 x 7-3/4 in. plus margins...........Min. Bid $10
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125. Ray Charles (1930-2004) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to glaucoma. Offered here is a signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. I assume it is not authentic, esp. since it is dated "89". Therefore............Min. Bid $10
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