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1. [FILM] David Winters (b. 1939 in London, England) is an English-American actor, dancer, choreographer, producer, film distributor, director and screenwriter. Winters participated in over 150 television series, television specials, and motion pictures. He is noted to be the first dance choreographer to be nominated in the history of the Emmys in the Special Classification of Individual Achievements category, before the Outstanding Achievement in Choreography category was created.  Hisaccomplishments are way too many to list here.  The picture below is from West Side Story. He is the one in the front row wearing red shirt.  The other picture shows him with Paul Newman.  Pictures are not included here. Signed 1965 contract as choreographer for the film BILLIE starring Patty Duke.  Signed on page 10.  VG.............100-150

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2. [FRANCE] French manuscript document signed, 5pp, 6.5 x 10 in. Pencil notation top of first page says 1640; when LOUIS XIII was King of France.  4-1/2 pp. VG................200-300

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3. [WORLD WAR 2] H.P. LeCaire - Commander US Navy. In 1918 he was in the Radio Div. Bureau of Steam Engineers. Offered here is a 27 Feb. 1941 MEMORANDUM FOR CAPTAIN GREENLEE, signed on page 5. From the personal papers of Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. VG.................75-100...................Min. Bid $25

4. Joshua Hatton (1850– 1920) English writer, poet and editor, the brother of Joseph Hatton, Editor of The People). His exact date of death in late 1920 is uncertain, but it was reported at the beginning of 1921. He was aged 70. Hatton commonly used the pseudonym Guy Roslyn, although he is more often regarded by that name as a bogus biographer reduced to poverty and begging from the subjects of his biographies in his later life. ALS, 1879, 3pp. There is damage along the fold line...............Min. Bid $10

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5.  [MIXED LOT] includes: (1) Anna Kaskas - Metropolitan opera singer. Sig., inscribed 8x10 photo, 1943. Two punch holes left side. (2) Dennise E. Stires - Warner Bros. 1984 paycheck endorsed on verso. (3) Gladys Hanson (1884-1973) was a stage and silent film actress. Signed card. (4) [ILLINOIS-LINCOLN] Jacob Bunn (1814-1897) important Illinois industrialist, financier, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln acted as the attorney for Jacob Bunn. He was also a Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral. Offered here is a document dated 1877 made out to Bunn but not signed by him.  (5) National Tea Co. 1943 stock certificate. (6) Rudy Vallée (1901-1986) American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed bank check, 1935. VG (7) Louise Andrews Kent(1886-1969) American author. Her handwriting on bank check register. Three check stubs written but not signed by her, 1947. (8) George Huddleston (1869-1960)  U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1929 envelope bearing his PRINTED Free Frank...........Min. Bid $50

6 Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946. Group of 10 signed bank checks, 1924-25. VG..............Min. Bid $80

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7.    [U.S. SENATORS] typed letters signed by: Thomas Dodd [19600; Jos. S. Clark [1960]; J. Allen Frear Jr. [1960]; Frank Church [1960]; Henry Dworshak [1961]; Lister Hill [1960]; Alan Bible [1960]; Peter H. Dominick [1969]; Ernest F. Hollings [1972]; Zell Miller [1985]; John Sparkman [1961]; Albert Gore Sr.[1961]; Carl Hayden [1960]. Some of these have some mounting traces on verso; some are clean; one has some stains..............Min. Bid 70

8. [MARYLAND] Paul Sarbanes (b. 1933) a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. Group of 3 TLSs, 1977-80, 1p. each. To the President of a financial company, regarding various bills......40-60

9. Southern Express Company - 190? document..............$1.00

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10.  [WORLD WAR 2 NAVAL] John H. Newton (1881-1948)  Commander, Cruisers, Scouting Force at the outbreak of war. At the moment of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was in tactical command of the Lexington task force, which was on the way to deliver aircraft to Midway. After war broke out, the Lexington force was given to the more senior Brown, and Newton commanded its screen. Relieved before the end of the year, he was given command of the South Pacific Area in June 1944, when it had lost almost all strategic relevance. Offered here is a 1p. memo from Newton dated Nov. 7, 1942. Not ink signed. The ink date below is in the hand of Louis McKeehan. VG.................50-75

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11. [PORTRAIT] Henry Laurens (1724-1792) American Founding Father, merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Laurens succeeded John Hancock as its president. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and, as president, presided over its passage. Offered here is an antique engraved portrait, image approx. 7-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. plus margins. VG........25-35

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12. [US SENATORS LOT] Typed signed letters from US Senators to Vernon L. Talbertt, Chief Messenger, Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Includes Pete Williams 1919-2001) NJ. Russell B. Long (1918-2003) La.  Carl T. Curtis(19005-2000) Neb. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (1903-1960) Mo. Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) ILL. Ernest Gruening (1887-1974) Alaska Gov. & Senator.  These date 1960-1961. All have mounting traces on verso with slight show-thru..................Min. Bid $35

13. [ART] Elias Newman (1903-1999) His family immigrated to America in 1913. In 1925 Newman decided to travel to Palestine to visit his older brother, Mordechai, an ardent Zionist, who joined the Jewish Legion during WWI and later settled in Jerusalem. He opened "Tarbuth", a book store and informal gallery on Jaffa Road. There Elias met a number of local artists, including Avraham Melnikoff, who had come to Palestine via Chicago. "Newman frequently visited Melnikoff in his studio at the Damscus Gate and from there he painted many sights of the Old City.  Offered here is an original lithograph, 1953, approx. 8.5 x 12 in. VG.................Min. Bid $25

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14. Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, saxophonist, bandleader, actor, and entertainer. He was the first male singer to rise from local radio broadcasts in New York City to national popularity as a "crooner". Offered here are 3 signed bank checks, 1933-35. VG..............Min. Bid $28

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15. George L. Radcliffe (1877-1974) Democratic member of the United States Senate who represented Maryland from 1935 to 1947. Signed 9 x 10-3/4 in. photo. Top left corner crease................Min. Bid $10

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16. [KANSAS] Edward F.  Arn (1906-1998) was the 32nd Governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955.  Signed 5 x 3 in. Card.  VG..............Min. Bid $4

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17. MAP - St. Paul's Travels 1827, approx. 9-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. plus margins. VG.............25-35

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18.  [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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