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Sale 24
Manuscript and Collectibles Auction
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Lot 429 |
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Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) American inventor. Autograph Letter Signed ("Edison") in very dark pencil on tan paper, no place, no date, 2 separate pages, 8 x 5 in. Dated February 9 in another hand, c. mid 1920s. The letter seems to be intended for an executive in Edison's phonograph business. Edison writes critically of an employee, who must have been a sales supervisor. In part: "I am told Bailey has a number of demonstrating machines out on Complimentary. He denies it, yet my man got it from his own records. We use 3 machines to a salesman. He has 8 to 9 men 30 machines would be ample….He was told 2½ months ago we would not work Morristown yet he has not enough sense to turn them in….I think there are other bad things over there. Bailey seems to be without any ability or sense." Edison was known to be a demanding taskmaster. Three small hinges in left margins, else Fine. An interesting item from Edison's vast business empire.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,200.
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$1,035 |
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Edison, Thomas Alva. Check Signed ("Thos A Edison"), West Orange, N.J., Oct. 11, 1928, 3 x 8¼ in. The check is from the Edison Botanic Research Corporation and is paid to Herinano Leon for $80.00. Edison signed boldly with his trademark "umbrella" signature. Perforated and stamped cancellations; some light show-through from one of the red stamps on verso, behind Edison's signature. On the verso are two "Republica de Cuba 5 Centavos" stamps. Very Good.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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Hillary, Sir Edmund (1919-) First to climb Mt. Everest. Glossy 10 x 8 inch Photograph Signed ("Ed. Hillary"), no place, no date. A chest-up portrait of the New Zealander who, along with Tenzing Norgay, a native Nepalese climber, reached the summit of Mt. Everest, the highest spot on earth at 29,028 feet. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $125 - 175.
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$242 |
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Morse, Samuel F.B (1791-1872) Inventor of the telegraph; artist. Autograph Letter Signed ("Saml. F.B. Morse") (New York), Dec. 28, 1871, 1 page, octavo. To William H. Hallock, sending regrets that he cannot attend a Southern Aid Society meeting and naming Hallock his proxy. In part: "…I shall not be able to attend, but I hereby constitute you my proxy to vote at the meeting for me, in the hope…it will answer the purpose of my personal presence…." Written a little over three months before Morse's death and six months after a statue of him was unveiled in Central Park. The recipient may actually have been William A. Hallock, for many years the moving force behind the American Tract Society. Mounting traces in corners on verso, else Fine.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,200.
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