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Presidential Ephemera

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 950		Democrats - Political Pinback Buttons, Etc., From 1964-1984. Approximately 200 pinback buttons ranging in size from 6" to ¾" in diameter, most from the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees; several of contenders for the nomination, such as Eugene McCarthy, Robert Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, etc. Also 12 picture postcards of Carter's inauguration, eight campaign signs, approximately 14" x 22", a 7½" bobble-head donkey (damage to head), and 167 small donkey-head pins. With a Franklin Mint .999 silver Jimmy Carter 1977 inaugural medal. Lot should be viewed in person. Estimated Value $250 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 951		Eisenhower vs. Stevenson -1952 & 1956 Political Pinback Buttons. Twenty Eisenhower buttons (two picture him with Nixon and one says "Ike & Dick"); includes one 6" button, one in Greek, and one elephant with" '56", plus a 1953 inaugural ribbon with hologram Ike image. Six Stevenson buttons (one says "Sevenson/Kefauver"). Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $90
Lot 952		Gazette of the United States, Philadelphia, Nov. 23, 1797. Complete original 22" x 13¾" newspaper containing inner page headline: "President's Speech" and the complete "next day" printing of the entire State of the Union message by Adams and signed in type by him. This is one of the first printings of the address -- if not the first -- as the Federalist supported newspaper was known for its access to government officials and for "scooping" other newspapers. Very good condition. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 953		Harrison, William Henry - 1841 Funeral Admittance Card. Pinted admittance card with black mourning border, 7¼" x 4½". "This card will admit you into Christ church, to witness the funeral solemnities on the occasion of the death of William Henry Harrison, late President of the United States. April 13, 1841." Light toning and three staple marks which do not affect the text. Harrison died on April 4, 1841, having served only 30 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes, the shortest time of any President. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 954		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 955		[Jefferson, Thomas] Acts of 2nd Session of 9th Congress of the U. S., 1806-1807. Complete book of Congressional Acts passed by the 2nd Session of the 9th Congress during Thomas Jefferson's 2nd term as President. Includes an act prohibiting the importation of slaves into any U.S. port and an act designed to protect commerce from Barbary pirates. Original paper board covers, 9" x 6", 132pp, plus table of contents and index, pages rough-cut as issued, paper spine deteriorating, very light toning. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 956		Kennedy, John F. - Political Ephemera. Includes one bronze and four silver inaugural medals; one inaugural and 17 campaign pinback buttons; a memorial card; an 11¼ x 14¼" "Our Man Jack" sign; a one sheet poster for the 1966 documentary, "Years of Lightning, Day of Drums"; approximately 55 cards with photos of JFK and family; deck of playing cards, "Kennedy Kards"; a 1964 memorial candle, two post mortem LIFE Magazines, and a group of nine southern California newspapers with the assassination story. Also, a 1964 JFK Phonecard Series by AmermiVox, in partnership with Jacques Lowe, JFK's personal photographer. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 957		[Kennedy, John F. and Jacqueline]. 1963 Christmas Gift Print with facsimile greeting and signatures, 13" x 15". Edward Lehman painted the Green Room for the 1963 card, which had already been reproduced when the President was assassinated on November 22. Mrs. Kennedy graciously gave the cards to the White House staff at Christmas. The gift print has been beautifully matted and framed to an overall size of 21" x 22½". The red folder which held the card is affixed to the back of the frame. In pristine condition and ready for display. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 958		[Kennedy, John F.] White House Mug. 4" height, 3" diameter mug with gilt rim around mouth. Side inset with raised gold wreath and gilt and enameled Presidential Seal. Made for use at the White House during the JFK administration (1961-63). These were given as presidential gifts and have become highly prized. Obtained from a former head of the White House Secret Service Police. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 959		Landon, Alf and Frank Knox - 1936 Pinback Buttons. Ten pinbacks: three with bust portraits of Landon and Knox (the larger 1¾" button has a yellow ribbon with "10th Congressional District Federation of Young Republican Clubs"), one with Landon alone, four with Landon above and Knox below a GOP elephant (two of these have a felt yellow sunflower design behind the button and the larger has a small white elephant dangling from a white cord), one has "Landon and Knox" and one has "Landon", the latter two surrounded by a sunflower design on the buttons. An additional Landon/Knox sunflower has no pinback. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $336
Lot 960		Lincoln Hand-colored Memorial Print. 16¾" x 12¾". The legend reads "Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States. Born February 12, 1809. Died April 15. 1865." At center is a 6½" x 5" image of Lincoln; above him is a dove on a laurel wreath; below is a red, white and blue ribbon with "Justice, Liberty, Equality. " Behind Lincoln are black and white drapes, with red, white and blue ribbons over them. Paper is toned with several marginal breaks. Very good. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 961		[Lincoln, Abraham] Engraved by F. Halpin From A Painting by F.B. Carpenter. Bust portrait of Lincoln with a beard, looking slightly to his left. Plate is 16 7/8" x 12¾"; sheet is 20½" 15", with facsimile signature in lower border. Inscribed on plate left: "From life by F.B. Carpenter 1864" and on plate right: "Engd. by F. Halpin N.Y." On center margin below: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1866 by F.B. Carpenter in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Matted to 24¾" x 20". Halpin's print was used as the frontispiece of the first volume of Barrett's 1904 Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 962		Republicans - Political Pinback Buttons, Etc., 1964-. Approximately 200 items, most political pinsback ranging in size from 6" to ¾" in diameter, most from the Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees; several of contenders. With a bobble-head elephant, a Nixon 1971calendar, and two Nixon inaugural restrikes. Lot should be viewed personally. Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 963		U. S. Grant and Family - Albumen Photographic Print. Titled "Mount McGregor Cottage Porch. The great Soldier surrounded by his loved ones," Grant is photographed on the porch of his home in Mount McGregor, New York, days before his death (July 23, 1885), 15" x 17¼", copyright 1866. Each family member is identified in print. Very good; mount has minor foxing and some marginal damp stains; one faint break at upper left margin of image. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $127
Lot 964		Johnson (Lyndon B.) 1964 Gold Medal Commemorating Chamizal Treaty. 40mm, 2.4 oz., either 14 or 18 carat gold. Obverse has country names and crossed flags of the U.S. and Mexico. Reverse has "LYNDON B. JOHNSON" above "CHAMIZAL" and "ADOLFO LOPEZ MATEOS / SEPTEMBER 25, 1964" below, with laurel leaves at top and bottom. On September 25, 1964, President Johnson and President Mateos settled a border dispute of 100 years standing. The Chamizal Treaty resulted in the transfer of 630 acres of land formerly in the U.S. to Mexico and 193 acres formerly in the eastern part of Juarez to the United States. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Ex Estate of Secretary of State Dean Rusk. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 965		Douglas/Johnson Rare 1860 Jugate Ferrotype. 23mm, with clean, sharp images of Stephen A. Douglas on one side and Herschel V. Johnson on the other. Douglas' side is inscribed "Union of the States 1860" and Johnson's side "The Constitution and the Laws 1860." Normal ribbon hole at top; slight tarnish on small part of reverse rim. Occurs at auction far less frequently than the Lincoln/Hamlin 1860 ferrotype. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 966		[Presidents] Group of Modern c. 1960s-70s U.S Mint Bronze Medals. Theodore Roosevelt, by Barber, 76mm; both 1901 and 1905 inaugural dates on reverse.Warren G. Harding commemorative medal, by Morgan, 75mm, with inaugural and death dates on reverse (poor condition). Harry S Truman three 76mm medals by John Jay Sinnock; reverse has both Truman inaugural dates (April 12, 1945 and January 20, 1949) and the south portico of the White House. Dwight D. Eisenhower, by Roberts, 75mm. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 967		Truman Inaugural Medal - 1949. Bronze, 51mm, by Carl Paul Jennewein. 7,500 were made. Obverse has a left-profile bust of Truman with a border of stars. On verso is a woman wearing the Phrygian Cap, symbolizing Liberty, and holding a branch of laurel; below her is a group of massed figures, representing the aspirations of humanity for Freedom; on either side is "Harry S Truman Inaugurated" and "President of the United States Jamuary 20 1949." In original box. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 968		Eisenhower Inaugural Medals - 1953. Two bronze medals, both for the 1953 inaugural, 70mm, by Walker Hancock; 25,685 of these medals were produced. The obverse shows Eisenhower's left profile, with Dwight David Eisenhower and the year in Roman numerals below, MCMLIII. Reverse has a spread eagle above "Inaugurated President of the United States of America January 20 1953." Both medals in original boxes. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 969		La Follette - Wheeler Bronze Pinback, 1924. Jugate campaign pinback (pin missing), 25mm, with "genuine bronze" on the back. Lettering slightly worn. Robert M. La Follette and Burton K. Wheeler were the Progressive Party's presidential and vice presidential candidates in 1924. Rare. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 970		Harding, Bryan, Coolidge, Hoover Political Pinbacks. Thirty-six pinbacks. Eight of William Jennings Bryan include three jugates of Bryan and Stevenson (one cracked) from 1900, one jugate of Bryan and Kern from 1908 and four of Bryan alone. Theodore Roosevelt: one just Roosevelt button with a red rooster. Warren G. Harding: three images of Harding alone and two printed Harding and Coolidge. Calvin Coolidge: one Coolidge/Dawes jugate, one printed Coolidge and Dawes, and one portrait of Coolidge. Herbert Hoover one Hoover and Curtis button and one Hoover clip-on, plus one portrait of Alfred F. Smith and one of Lowden. Various sizes, 1 1/8" to 3/8". Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 971		Blaine - Logan Jugate Badge Pendant, 1884. 22mm, with photos in brass shell of James G. Blaine and John A. Logan, the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates for 1884. Hole at top of pendant for ribbon. Blaine's photo is fine; Logan's has a diagonal mark or tear. They lost to Grover Cleveland and Thomas Hendricks. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 972		Garfield 1881 10mm Brass Token. Bust of James A. Garfield is on the obverse; entire legend on reverse is "1881" within a wreath. Rare. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 973		Taft, Wilson, and Hughes Political Pinback Buttons. Fourteen pinbacks: William H. Taft: five solo portrait buttons and one jugate with Sherman; Wilson: three solo portrait buttons and two with Thomas Marshall; Charles E. Hughes: one jugate button with Charles W. Fairbanks and one printed Hughes button. Sizes vary from 1 1/8" to ¾". With a ticket to the 1920 Democratic Convention in San Francisco. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 974		Johnson, Lyndon B. - 1965 Inaugural Medal. Bronze, 70mm, by Felix de Weldon. 26,275 were made. Obverse shows LBJ's left profile with his name above; reverse has a map of the U.S. with a U.S. seal over it; at lower left are Alaska and Hawaii; at the top is "President of the United States of America" and below: "Inaugurated January 20th 1965." In original box. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 975		1933- 1948 Political Pinback Buttons. Franklin D. Roosevelt: one gold-metallic left profile jugate with John N. Garner; two color busts of FDR, and one printed Roosevelt/Truman button. Harry Truman: four Truman pinbacks, 3-3/8" to 1"; Thomas E. Dewey: six Dewey buttons, seven Dewey/Warren buttons, one Dewey Creighton Warren button, and one Dewey Bricker clip-on pin from 1944. With a program from the 1948 Republican Convention in Philadelphia. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $168
Lot 976		Cleveland-Hendricks 1884 Jugate Ribbon. Choice 1884 Cleveland-Hendricks jugate ribbon, by Brown & Sanson, N.Y., 1884. The ribbon holds small albumen photographs of the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184