Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 107

The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction

U.S. Presidents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		Bush, George H.W. and Geraldine Ferraro - Signed Photo of the 1984 Vice Presidential Candidates. Color 8x10" photo signed by Vice President George H.W. Bush, who was running for reelection with President Reagan, and Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale's Democratic running mate and the first woman to be nominated for Vice President. Faint stamp on verso states that this is an official White House photograph. Fine. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $163
Lot 2		Adams, John Quincy - Alabama Land Grant Signed as President. (1867-1948) 6th President of the United States (1825-29). Partly-printed document signed "J.Q. Adams" as President, vellum, 8¼ x 13¼", Washington, March 2, 1826. Granting John Hoggne of Perry County approximately 160 acres at Cahaba, Alabama. Countersigned by Land Commissioner George Graham. Folds and some light creasing. Adams' signature is bold. Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 3		Bush, George W. -- Leather-bound, Signed Collector's Edition of A Charge to Keep. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2000. Hardcover. Signed by George W. Bush on the limitation page, as well as on the Certificate of Authenticity, which is also signed by the publisher. Full burgundy leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker No bookplate or other sign of previous ownership. A scarce title in like-new condition, with two George W. Bush signatures. This is the campaign autobiography of the then-Governor or Texas who became the 43rd President of the United States. Estimate Value $500 - UP Michael Hecht Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $570
Lot 4		Coolidge, Calvin - Rare Vice-President's Chambers Card Signed. (1872-1933) 30th President of the United States (1923-29). Card imprinted "The Vice-President's Chambers/Washington" signed, 2¼, x 4", n.d. Coolidge served as Warren G. Harding's Vice President from March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923, when Harding died suddenly and Coolidge succeeded to the presidency. Large signature. Fine condition. Estimate Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 5		Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- Signed Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948, 559 pages. Later printing. Hardcover, quarto. Inscribed by Harold L. Esch, a world class lawn bowler who served in WWII, and signed by Eisenhower on the half-title page. Original tan cloth binding, with black stamping. Mild bumping to corners and tips.Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Housed in a custom burgundy-cloth clamshell box. Estimate Value $700 - UP Michael Hecht Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,020
Lot 6		Ford, Gerald -- Signed First Day Cover For the Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence With Nixon and Reagan Inaugural Items. Official First Day of Issue commemorating the signing of The Declaration of Independence signed "Gerald R. Ford" in black marker, 10¾ x 16¾", cancelled at Philadelphia, July 4, 1976. A facsimile signature in blue ink is at the end of the text in the right column. Very fine condition. Attractively matted and framed to 20 x 26". Accompanied by a 1973 Nixon/Agnew Inauguration pass and a Reagan/Bush Inauguration invitation, both very fine and both beautifully matted and framed, respectively, to 16½ x 14¾" and 22½ x 16". Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $125
Lot 7		Grant, Ulysses S -- Postmaster Appointment. (1822-85) 18th President of the United States (1869-77). Partly-printed document signed "U.S. Grant" as President, 10¾ x 16 ¾", Washington, June 4, 1873. Appointing James E. Dean Deputy Postmaster at Fishkill, New York. Countersigned by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. Lovely cream-colored State Dept. seal is intact. Light toning and easily-repaired edge splits at top and bottom of vertical fold, else fine. Estimate Value $800 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 8		[Grant, Ulysses S. and Franklin Pierce] Pen and Ink Drawings on Paper by Jacques Reich. Grant drawing: 7 1/8 x 5½", c. 1880, signed "J R" on his left lapel. Notations on verso include "Eq. School History" twice, and "D. Appleton & Co…" Small chip at lower left and a few specks in left background. Pierce drawing: 6 7/8 x 5½", unsigned but by Jacques Reich, whose name is noted on back, with penciled date "1870s." Vertical crease, which does not touch Pierce's head, else fine. Jacques Reich (1852-1923) was a Hungarian portrait etcher who drew many portraits for Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 9		[Grant, Ulysses S.] Original Pen and Ink Drawing. 10¼ x 7¼" chest-up drawing signed "Williamson" at lower right, possibly Thomas Hoones Williamson, and most likely done for Appleton's Cyclopoedia of American Biography. Fine. Estimate Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 10		Harrison, Benjamin -- Postmaster Appointment. (1833-1901) 23rd President of the United States (1889-93). Partly-printed document signed "Benj Harrison" as President, 14 x 17", Washington, Dec. 13, 1890. Appointing Fred E. Barrett Postmaster at Keene, in the County of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire. Countersigned by Postmaster General John Wanamaker. Intact gold-foil Post Office Department seal with red ribbons features a Pony Express rider. Light transfer from seal to right side, and a few small tape remnants at edges of verso, else fine. Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 11		Hayes, Rutherford B -- Autograph Promissory Note With ADS as Endorsement. (1822-1893) 19th President of the United States (1877-1881). Autograph document written while a lawyer in Lower Sandusky, Ohio, with autograph document signed as an endorsement on verso, one page, recto/verso, 8vo, L(ower). Sandusky, Ohio, July 12, 1845. A promise to pay $333.19 "for value recd with use from date…" one year from the date of the note. Signed by John Kistler and Daniel Brainard. On verso Hayes has written, "Pay to the order of R.B.Hayes…Dec.17, 1845." Hayes graduated from Harvard Law School and began his law practice in 1845. He had been practicing law for only two years when he developed a respiratory illness and with his uncle, moved to Texas for his health in 1847. He would not take up the law again until 1850. Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $240
Lot 12		Hoover, Herbert - Signed White House Card With Presidential Medallion. (1874-1964) 31st President of the United States (1929-33). White House card signed as President, n.p., n.d. One faint paper clip mark at upper edge. Matted with a photo of Hoover and a presidential medallion and framed to an overall size of 15 x 18¾". A handsome presentation piece, ready for display. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $188
Lot 13		Hoover, Herbert -- Letter As President to an NYC American Legion Post, Thanking Disabled Veterans of the Great War. (1874 - 1964) 31st President of the United States (1929-33). Typed letter signed, one page, 9 x 7"The White House, February 1, 1932. To Dr. Abraham Jablons, Grand Street Post No.1025, The American Legion, NYC: "Please convey to the Grand Street Boys and their guests, the Disabled Veterans of the World War of the metropolitan area of New York, my cordial greetings in connection with the annual dinner. The occasion reflects the gratitude which all citizens feel for all time for their unselfish service to the country." Toned; two file holes at top do not not affect text or signature. During World War I, Hoover's humanitarian efforts as chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium saved millions of Belgians from starvation. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 14		Hoover, Herbert -- Three Volume Set of The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Two of Them Signed and Inscribed. New York, MacMillan 1951-1952. First editions of each volume in Hoover's memoirs. Hard cover, octavo, 3 volumes. Volume One: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; Volume Two: The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; Volume Three: The Great Depression 1929-1941. Volume I is inscribed and signed on the first end page: "To Bill Coherley / With good Wishes of Herbert Hoover." Volume Two is inscribed and signed on the first end page: "To Wm Coherley / With the Kind Regards of Herbert Hoover." The third volume is not signed by Hoover; it has William Coherly Jr.'s name and the date "1959" on the first end page. Very good collectible copies. Dust jackets are present, with some edge chipping; small paper loss at top of Vol 3 dust jacket. Estimate Value $600 - UP Michael Hecht Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 15		Johnson, Andrew -- Rare, Long ALS: "…The whole so far is a great farce, at this time no one can tell who will be the Speaker of the House…". (1808 - 1875) 17th President of the United States (1865-69). Autograph letter signed "A. Johnson" as a Member of Congress from Tennessee, 3 pages, 10 x 7¾", Washington City, December 6, 1849. Marked "Private," to William M. Lawry, who was in danger of being dismissed by President Fillmore as postmaster of Greenville, Tennessee, and discussing the inability of the U.S. House of Representatives to decide on a Speaker. Expert fold repair. Fine condition. In part: "Friend Lawry, I have just had an interview with the P[ost] M[aster] Genl in relation to your removal from office, and I am inclined to think that your removal is determined upon.Wadkins the M[ember of] C[ongress] from the 2nd district came to me this morning and told me that he had received a letter from D.G. Nance and he had laid the letter before the P.M.G. without one word of comment and I thought talked very fair about it, stating that he had intended to take no part in the affair. The P.M. told me that the thing had been recently passed very hard, but that he would suspend all further proceedings for the present and that I should have the privilege of examining all the papers on file. Today I made the last statement of the case I could. My own opinion is you had better prepare your neck for the axe. I will do all that mortal man can to suspend the blow…. I talked to the P.M. to day about Wm. R. Brown being an applicant in the event that you were removed from office and he made the impression on my mind that Wm Brown had withdrawn his application for appointment- Tomorrow when I have a full opportunity to examine all the papers on file I will ascertain- Will you mentiond [sic] this to him and see what he says about it. If the fact is so I certainly misunderstood him a short time before I left home. It would be much better for Wm Brown to be P.M. than Vance, and if they are determined to turn you out I shall do what I can to defeat the Williams nominee as a matter of course. If I name you, I shall hold the office to the last moment; but at the same time give it out that you are to be turned out of office and let them commence the contest for it. I intend/ God being willing to defeat them if I can, and if you are retained it can do no harm- I will write again tomorrow evening how the matter stands. Put the Whigs all to work for the place. We have been voting five days for Speaker and nothing has been done yet. You see that the election for Speaker is working very much like what I told you several times before leaving home. The whole so far is a great farce, at this time no one can tell who will be the Speaker of the House- Tonight there is to be a census held by the Democrats for the purpose of making some new move, what that now will be no one knows now. As usual, A. Johnson." Lawry did lose his job. As for the Speaker of the House, no party was able to win a majority. The Whigs' candidate was Robert Charles Winthrop of Massachusetts, but the southern Whigs supported Meredith Poindexter Gentry of Tennessee. The Free Soilers supported David Wilmot of Pennsylvania and Howell Cobb was the Democrats' candidate. Cobb was finally chosen on the 63rd ballot. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,600
Lot 16		Johnson, Lyndon B. -- LBJ Is the Unwitting Victim of a Con Game. (1908-1973) 36th President of the United States (1963-69). Typed letter signed "LBJ," one page, 4to, Austin, Texas, Feb. 28, 1972. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colbert, " Thanks for sending me that good picture of your young son and my namesake. I am so proud of him that I have written him the enclosed letter" [letter not present]. The recipient of this letter, Bob Colbert, was an elevator operator in Philadelphia who wrote to famous people and, in order to get their autograph, told them that he had named his son (or daughter) after them. In actuality, Bob had only one son named Robert Colbert, Jr.! When Colbert wrote to Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and told him he had named his newborn son after Arafat, Colbert not only got a congratulatory letter from Arafat but the PLO leader decided to visit his namesake in Philadelphia while in the United States to attend a meeting of the United Nations. The deception was divulged and embarrassment ensued all around. This may well have been the last time Colbert tried the namesake ploy, but then again, maybe not! Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 17		Johnson, Lyndon Baines - Rare Document Appointing an Assistant Secretary of State. (1908-73) 36th President of the United States (1963-69). Partly-printed document signed "Lyndon B. Johnson" as President, 11½ x 15½", Washington, Sept. 11, 1965. Appointing Raymond A. Hare of West Virginia an Assistant Secretary of State. Countersigned by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Lovely cream-colored wafer seal is intact. Very fine condition and rare. Raymond A. Hare (1901-94) served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1965 to 1966. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 18		[Kennedy, John F.] -- Assassination Archive Including Lee Harvey Oswald Arrest Report. (1) Scarce copy of the official Oswald arrest report, signed by all four arresting officers (all now deceased), describing in detail how Oswald was apprehended at the The Texas Theatre after shooting officer J.D. Tippitt. (2) Limited Edition book "JFK Assassination File," a first-hanbd account written and signed by then Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry (deceased). (3) 8 x 10" B&W photo showing Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby, signed and inscribed by James Leavelle, the officer in the white hat who was handcuffed to Ruby. (4) Two vintage (1963) 16mm movie tape reels of the State Funeral Requiem Mass, held on Monday, Nov. 25 at St. Matthew's Cathedral, Washington. (5) Three iconic 8 x 10" photos showing the President and First Lady in Dallas in the limo; LBJ being sworn in on Air Force One; and John John saluting during his father's funeral procession. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 19		Kennedy, John F. -- Early Congressional Letter. (1917-1963) 35th President of the United States (1961-63). Typed letter signed "John Kennedy," one page, 5 x 6¼", on "Congress of the United States" letterhead, Washington, D.C., November 26, 1951. To an unknown correspondent, he writes, "I am extremely sorry that it is not possible to effect your brother's discharge at this time; and that from all indications a hearing aid would be of no help to him. However, in the event there is anything further I can do to assist, I certainly hope you will get in touch with me again…." One faint paper clip mark at upper left, else fine. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $781
Lot 20		[Kennedy, John F. and Jacqueline] Cecil Stoughton Personal Photos, Books, & a Piece of Jackie's Dress. Vintage color photo of President Kennedy, Jackie, Carolyn, and John John outside the Chapel on Easter Sunday 1963, 10 x 8", personally owned by JFK's official White House photographer, Cecil Stoughton. This is a Type 1, first generation print from the original negative, with Stoughton's stamp on verso and comes from his estate. Accompanied by the hardback book "A Day in the Life of President Kennedy," showing this photo on the cover and signed by the author, Jim Bishop. With a 10¾ x 8" vintage color photo of JFK and family taken in the summer of 1962 on the porch of the Morton Downey House, near the Kennedy compound, by Cecil Stoughton. This is also a Type 1 first generation photo which Stoughton kept for himself. Accompanied by the hardcover book "The Memories 1961 - JFK - 1963" by Stoughton and Chester V. Clifton and narrated by Hugh Sidey, signed by Clifton and Sidey, with this photo on the cover. With an unpublished photo of Jackie Kennedy, taken on Jan. 4, 1964 by the Technical Director of NBC, in RFK's office before her first interview after JFK's assassination., and a 7 x 5" color snapshot from April 1970. Also, a limited edition piece of her worn dress (003/299) from Panini Americana. Estimate Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $375
Lot 21		Lincoln, Abraham -- Autograph Endorsement Signed. (1809-65) 16th President of the United States (1861-65). Autograph endorsement signed "Let this man take the oath of Dec. 8. 1863 and be discharged. Jan. 28. 1865 A. Lincoln," on 2½ x 3¼" paper, beneath an endorsement for Mr. Calvert of Boone County, Kentucky, written and signed by G. Clay Smith, who was a Union officer before resigning when he was elected to the U.S. Congress from Kentucky in 1862. Light toning, else fine. Boldly penned and signed by Lincoln. Double matted with an 11½ x 8½" engraving of Lincoln made by Thomas Johnson in 1903, signed in the plate by the artist and in pencil on the mount. Handsomely framed to an overall size of 26½ x 19". Estimate Value $3,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,400
Lot 22		[Lincoln, Abraham] Vintage Albumen Photograph of President Lincoln With Tad, Taken February 9, 1864 by Anthony Berger For Mathew Brady. Oval albumen photograph of Abraham Lincoln, seated, facing right, looking at a photo album with his son Tad, standing to the President's left, facing front, 7½ x 5¼", on 10 x 8" cardstock frame. A 2¢ revenue stamp on verso has a handwritten 1865 date. The cardstock frame has several splits and chips, which do not touch the photo and could be matted out. The photo does have a couple of creases and light fading. The original photograph was taken by Anthony Berger in the Mathew Brady studio in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 1864. They were produced in quantity when Lincoln was assassinated. This is the only close-up photo of Lincoln wearing spectacles. After Berger left Brady's studio, he copyrighted and sold his own retouched version. O-93. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 23		[Nixon, Richard]-- Three Impressive Large Photographs. 1) Portrait of Ex-President Richard Nixon seated at his library desk, talking into a tape recorder, 9¾ x 13½ inches. Across from him is his favorite desk decoration--a bronze of a knight in shining armor. With handstamp and copyright notice of photographer Philippe Halsman on reverse, plus penciled "7-1A."; 2) 12¼ x 9¼" photograph of ex-President Richard Nixon in his living room with his poodle. Taken in the mid-1970's. With handstamp and copyright notice of photographer Philippe Halsman on reverse; also some penciled notations and red penciled measurement; 3) 14 x 11" black and white, three-quarter seated photo of Nixon, half smiling. No photographer's information, only "#5-5" penciled on reverse. A couple of small white specks, else fine. Three exceptionally nice photos of Nixon. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 24		[Nixon, Richard]: Farewell Boarding Army One, Sequence of 20 Photos by Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer, David Hume Kennerly. Nixon Farewell Proof Sheet President Nixon resigning proved one of the landmark political events of the 20t Century and for photographer David Hume Kennerly one of the top five events he captured on camera. Offered is a contact sheet of Kennerly capturing 20 of his images during Nixons departure from the South Portico of the White House. Kennerly explains on his website that the rather grim faced and stiff wave (image 12) was the signature shot of the moment. But 40 years later, he feels it is the glance back at the White House, seen in the image just below, knowing it is his last view as President. Kennerly has signed and dated in the narrow white margin of the 20 x 16" restrike photo as well as on a mat surrounding. Photo is in excellent condition. The mat with the additional signature and inscription has scattered smudging. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 25		Roosevelt, Theodore -- Book With Signed White House Card and Tipped-In AQS by Julia Ward Howe. (1901-1919) 26th President of the United States (1901-09). Book Fear God and Take Your Own Part by Theodore Roosevelt (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1916) with a White House card signed "Theodore Roosevelt" affixed to the first end page, and a tipped-in, two-line autograph quotation from "Battle Hymn of the Republic," signed by Julia Ward Howe, to whom the book is dedicated, dated March, 1891. Light toning throughout. Appendix pages are uncut. Bookplate of Geo. A. Zabriskie. Cloth covers. Housed in a morocco and cloth case with raised bands and gilt lettering, somewhat worn. Estimate Value $600 - UP Christie's East, April 26, 1995, Lot 524. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $960
Lot 26		Roosevelt, Theodore -- First Edition of The Rough Riders With Tipped-in Good Content TLS as President. (1901-1919) 26th President of the United States (1901-09). First edition of Roosevelt's autobiography, The Rough Riders (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899) with a typed letter signed by Roosevelt as President, on White House letterhead, 10½ x 8", Washington, April 3, 1905, with holograph corrections. To Poultney Bigelow of Boston, vigorously denying that he and Secretary (of War) Taft had yielded to political considerations in their apointments and promotions in the army. In part, "…you have made an assertion with no particle of foundation of fact…Will you give me the name of one officer who has been promoted for political reasons while either Taft or Root has been Secretary of War or while I have been President:….That the right man has always been promoted I do not say, but I do say that in no case have we paid heed to any consideration except the man's service in the past and our belief as to his efficiency in the future…." Roosevelt's signature is huge, stretching across most of the page. Light toning to letter. Book has front cover and frontispiece detached but present. Cover is half morocco, raised bands with gilt lettering and design; name of former owner on title page. Dedication page to the Rough Riders with stamp below, "Executive Mansion/Albany, N.Y., May 1 1899." Estimate Value $1,000 - UP Christie's East, April 26, 1995, Lot 522. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,875
Lot 27		Roosevelt, Theodore -- First Issue of The Strenuous Life With Tipped-in ANS. (1901-1919) 26th President of the United States (1901-09). Book titled The Strenuous Life. Essays and Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt (New York: The Century Co., 1900), hardcover, 225 pages. With tipped-in letter signed "T. Roosevelt" as editor of Metropolitan Magazine, one page, 5¾ x 8½", New York, Jan. 18, 1917. To Ralph M. Easley of the National Civic Federation, "Your letter of January 11th is very interesting, and I thank you for having written me." Toning and light soiling. "The Strenuous Life" was a speech given before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899. Book has frontispiece photo portrait of Roosevelt, brown cloth with leather label. Tri-fold case with custom-made slipcase with five raised bands, two leather labels, gilt lettering and designs. Estimate Value $500 - UP Christie's East, April 26, 1995, Lot 523. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $588
Lot 28		[Roosevelt, Theodore] -- Vintage Original Photograph During His Progressive Party Campaign of 1912. Historically significant 8 x 10 vintage photograph of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. Single weight, silver nitrate, with hand stamp of C. LeGendre, New York World on verso. Emulsion marks in corners, else fine. When Roosevelt returned from his world travels in 1911, he was quite disturbed at the conservative path taken by his successor, William Howard Taft. Despite a promise not to seek a third term, he declared his candidacy and lost the Republican nomination to Taft. He then decided to bolt the Party and formed the Progressive or Bull Moose Party. By doing so he split the Republicans and threw the election to Woodrow Wilson. Estimate Value $250 - UP Ex-collection Herbert Bayard Swope, Editor in Chief of The New York World, purchased directly from his estate in 1967. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 29		Roosevelt, Theodore and His Cabinet, Including William H. Taft. Leather autograph album, 4 x 7", containing the signatures of President Theodore Roosevelt and ten members of his Cabinet. Roosevelt signed first, followed by his Cabinet members, who signed with their titles and the date: Theodore Roosevelt, Dec 18th, 1903; John Hay, Secretary of State, Feb. 9 1904; L. M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, Dec. 18th 1903; P. M. Knox, Attorney General, Dec. 18th 1903; James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, Dec. 18 1903; Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce & Labor, Dec. 18 1903; E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, Dec. 18th 1903; Henry C. Payne, Postmaster General (no date); Elihu Root, Secretary of War, Decr. 1903; W.H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy, Dec. 18th 1903; Wm H Taft, Secretary of War, Feby 9 1904. Fine condition. Taft became Secretary of War on February 1, 1904, when Elihu Root left to practice law privately. Normally the Vice President would have been part of the Cabinet, but Roosevelt had no Vice President when he signed this book. He had served as Vice President under President William Mckinley and had succeeded to the presidency on September 14, 1901 upon McKinley's assassination. Roosevelt was elected President in his own right in 1904 and served from 1905 to 1909 with Charles W. Fairbanks as his Vice President. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $720
Lot 30		Taft, William H. - Letter Signed as Supreme Court Justice. (1857-1930) 27th President of the United States (1009-13) and the tenth Supreme Court Justice (1921-30). He was the only person to hold both offices. Typed letter signed "Wm H Taft" as Supreme Court Justice, one page, 10½ x 8", Washington, April 23, 1923. Thanking Mr. Robert McDougal for an editorial from the Chicago Tribune and adding, "I hope you are well these days." Fine condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $188
Lot 31		Taft, William H. -- Certificate of Membership Signed as President of the University Club of the City of Washington, District of Columbia. (1857 - 1930) 24th President of the United States (1909-13). Printed document signed "Wm H. Taft" as President of the University Club of the City of Washington, District of Columbia, one page, 8½ x 11", Washington, DC, c. 1904. Fine. Scarce document signed in blank by Taft, who was Secretary of War at the time. It is interesting that Taft, a future President of the United States, is signing a document as a different kind of "President"! The University Club was a private club established in 1904 and Taft was its first president. Estimate Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 32		Truman, Harry S. - Department of Justice Document Signed as President. (1884-1972) 33rd President of the United States (1945-53). Partly-printed document signed as President, 16 x 20", Washington, Mar. 26, 1946. Appointing Theodore Cogswell, of the District of Columbia Register of Wills, District of Columbia. Countersigned by Attorney Tom C. Clark. The beautiful gold-foil Department of Justice seal is intact. Three small tape remnants at top verso, else very fine. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 33		Truman, Harry S. -- President Truman Prepares For the First Visit of the Shah of Iran to the United States. (1884-1972) 33rd President of the United States (1945-53). Typed letter signed "H.S.T." as President, one page, on pale green White House stationery, 9 x 7", The White House, Washington, Nov. 10, 1949. A memorandum for "Acting Secretary of State" from "The President." To James E. Webb, who was Truman's Under Secretary of State from Jan. 28, 1949 to Feb. 29, 1952, and was NASA Administrator from 1961-68. With oval receipt stamping "Under Secretary / Nov 14 1949 / Department of State." Fine condition. In full: "Thanks for the background memoranda on the visit of His Imperial Majesty, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shaninshah of Iran. I appreciated your thoughtfulness in sending it to me very much." At the state dinner given by Truman the evening of November 16, the President toasted the Shah and called Iran "a wonderful country historically, and a wonderful country in the modern sense. That country was our ally in the late world war. Had not Iran opened its gates and given us the opportunity to assist the Russians at the proper time, there is not a doubt in the world but what the whole burden of World War II would have eventually been on the United States of America. We are very greatful for that assistance…." Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $325
Lot 34		Truman, Harry S. -- TLS to Comedian George Jessel. (1884 - 1972) 33rd President of the United States (1945-53). Typed letter signed, one page, 10½ x 7¼", on engraved personal letterhead, Independence, Missouri, July 15, 1965. Thanking George Jessel for his telegram of condolence on the death of Truman's younger brother, John Vivian Truman (1886-1965). "Your thoughtful telegram came at just the right time to bring me consolation in the death of my brother…." Two small ink specks at bottom, else fine. Estimate Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 35		Donald Trump Signed Magazine Article Regarding His Yacht, "The Trump Princess" Plus Book Card Signed by Ivana. (1946-) 45th President of the United States, has inscribed and signed in his unique style "To Arnold, Best Wishes--- Donald Trump" in the 1980's across the half page image of his then, newly acquired yacht, The Trump Princess. The signature is executed in blue Sharpie and the boasts by the President in the article are classic Trump. Unique to this piece, is affixed to the article is a printed business rejection card (3 x 5") that reads "Mr. Trump is in receipt of your business presentation. While he appreciates your binging this opportunity to his attention, regretfully, it is of no interest to him at the present time." It concludes "Thank you for writing Mr. Trump, and we wish you much success in your endeavors. ----- The Trump Organization" Also included is a signed book card by Ivana Trump for her "Free To Love" novel from 1993 and simply signed "Ivana". Autographs are in excellent condition, the pages of the magazine are trimmed slightly at bottom. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 36		Trump, Donald John -- Signed Photo as President of The Trump Organization, ca. 1990s. (1946 -) 45th President, signed 10 x 8" black and white photo while President of The Trump Organization, ca. 1990s, executed in Sharpie metallic marker and inscribed and signed "Best Wishes Donald Trump" in his unique style. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $780
Lot 37		Van Buren, Martin - Document Appointing a Consul of Greece at Boston. (1782-1862) 8th President of the United States (1837-41). Partly-printed document signed "M. Van Buren" as President, vellum, 12 ¼ x 14 ½", Washington, July 6, 1838. Appointing James Andrews Consul of Greece for the Port of Boston and its Dependencies. Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Some creasing, wafer seal is missing a few teeth, and manuscript portion is faint. Van Buren's signature is light but quite legible. Very good condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $264
Lot 38		Washington, George -- 1793 ALS as President. (1732-1799) First President of the United States (1789-97); Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775-83). Autograph letter signed "Go: Washington" as President, 1 1/3 pages, recto/verso, 8¾ x 7¼", Mount Vernon, April 13, 1793. The President writes to James Keith, a lawyer in Alexandria, Va., attempting to settle the complicated estate of the brothers John Colville (who died in 1755) and Col. Thomas Colville (who died in 1766), of which Washington was an executor. John Colville had been a land speculator from 1739, securing land by grant or by buying up the grants of others.With over 350 words in Washington's hand, just over a month after his second inauguration. In full: "Dr Sir, Your letter of the 8th has been duly received. You, better than I, can acct. for the smaller judgment being for two hundred and odd pounds more than is due. Justice to all parties, & a speedy settlement of the whole, is all I am at. The latter, as I have often repeated, I am extremely desirous to have accomplished. Was I to see Colo. Hooe, which is not likely now to happen, as I am in the very act of Setting off for Philadelphia; I should be at a loss to know what to say to him respecting the charge on Acct of Giles. By the papers alone I could be governed in any conversati[o]n held with him and these you have. If my memory does not deceive me, however (but on it I never rely)--there is a particular statement of this matter in the Will of Thomas Colvill. If it is justly due to the Tankervilles, it ought undoubtedly to be paid, -- if it is not, I, as certainly ought not to allow it. I rely therefore on you to have the matter thoroughly investigated, either by yourself, or some other eminent in Law that I may act safely. for I have had too much trouble in this business already, to lay the foundation for more, by allowing a claim if it requires authentication. Messrs. Wilson & Dunlap on Tuesday the 2d inst.t required only 10 Days to consider whether they would pay the judgment on the Bond with--or without interest. This time is elapsed; & delay only can be their object if they have not announced to you --to me they have no--) their determination thereupon. Of course no time should be lost in issuing the Execution. But who is it to be served upon? Cumberland Wilson they say, who has no interest at all in the business! As you are so much better acquainted with this business than I am--& know my objects & wish, I shall, in one word as I shall be out of the State in a few hour--leave the accomplishment of them to you--being Sir Your Most Obedt Humble Servant Go: Washington." Minor infill, affecting a few words. Right margin uneven, affecting a few letters, with a small edge tear and a couple of small closed tears. Overall boldly penned and signed with a superb signature. Estimate Value $7,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $14,375
Lot 39		[Washington, George] -- 1793 Oval Indian Peace Medal. Hand made from silver, 3 5/8 (including loop) x 2 3/8 in x 1/8". Engraved on obverse: GEORGE WASHINTON PRESIDENT 1793. President Washington shares a peace pipe with an Indian chief. The President wears a uniform and reaches out with his right hand for the peace pipe; a farm is visible behind him. The Indian stands in front of pine and oak trees wearing a breechcloth, a peace medal, and five feathers. A tomahawk has dropped from his right hand and he holds a peace pipe with his left hand. On the reverse the eagle holds a banner in its beak with "E Pulribus Unum; in one talon it holds an olive branch and in the other a bundle of arrows. Age and oxidation to the metal. Medal suspended from an Indian necklace. NOTE: Probably a 19th century early 20th century re-issue. This is not being offered as an original strike. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,680
Lot 40		Washington, George -- Land Grant Signed as President. (1732-1799) First President of the United States (1789-97); Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775-83). Partly-printed document signed "Go: Washington" as President, one page, vellum, 14¾ x 12½", Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 1797. Granting to Robert Means, assignee of Henry Bell, who served as a Lieutenant for three years in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment, "one thousand acres… between the little Miami and Sciota Rivers, north-west of the River Ohio…" Countersigned by Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State, with notation on verso signed by Secretary of War James McHenry. Folds and light toning with some age yellowing, but wafer seal is intact and the document is quite attractive. Washington's signature is of medium boldness. Estimate Value $3,500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $21,600
Lot 41		[Lincoln, Grant, McKinley] Campaign Speech by Lincoln, Messages to the Senate by Grant and McKinley, & An Important Speech by Stephen A. Douglass. Printed campaign speech, given by Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858, 8 pages. With Stephen Douglass, Remarks Delivered in the State House at Springfield, Illinois, June 12, 1857, regarding Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott Decision, 7 pages. Also, transmission messages from U.S. Grant to the 43rd Congress on the cultivation of timber and the preservation of forests; and a transmission message from William McKinley to the 55th Congress on the protection of fur seals in Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, 64 pages. Also a letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the 54th Congress regarding a geological survey exploration of Alaska during 1896. Soiling, toning, and some edge tears and chips. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 42		[Lincoln, Washington ] Ephemera, Including Two Lincoln/Washington "Apotheosis" Cartes de Visite, & CDV of President Lincoln. Two Lincoln/Washington "Apotheosis" cartes de visite, "Washington Welcoming Lincon to Heaven," both by R.J. Ferris, Philadelphia, 1865; CDV of Lincoln, with no imprint; 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 photo of Mary Lincoln by L. Prang & Co. Boston; Lincoln memorial card with poem by Samuel Ellsworth Kiser, printed by Western Bank Note and Engraving Co.; a period postcard with image and quote of Lincoln. Also, two printed cards, about the size of CDV's, with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Each card gives information about the President-- birth and death, and presidential dates; probably from a larger set, circa 1910. Estimate Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 43		Mount Rushmore and Gutzon Borglum -- Collection of 21 Photos by Charles d'Emery, 1929-1934. Started on October 4, 1927 and finished on October 31, 1941, Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. Created under the direction of Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln, the sculpture holds roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. This collection of 21 9½ x 7¾" "key-book" photos is linen-backed with punch holes on an added strip to place in a reference book used for continuity during the project. Some of the photos have a warning to credit Publishers' Photo Service, N.Y., and a few have notes, such as a playful one about Jefferson's nose needing to be reduced. Fine. Some three million people a year visit the sculpture. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 44		[Presidential Memorabilia]--Eisenhower, Nixon, George H.W. Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Reagan + Betty Ford. 1969 cover signed "Richard Nixon" commemorating his visit to Pakistan; two 1981 Inauguration Day covers with cachets of Vice President George H.W. Bush (one also with Mrs. Bush), signed by him in blue marker. With invitations to various Inaugurations, inaugural balls, dinners, etc. for Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, George H.W. Bush (as VP); a 1994 booklet with information for President Clinton's visit to Bonn, Germany, an 8 x 10" ISP by Betty Ford; and three color photos of Ronald Reagan. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 45		Presidents: Truman, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, Plus Vice President Mondale--Seven Signed Items. Harry Truman, signed copy of the Pledge of Allegiance; Richard Nixon, signed autograph card to Michael Hecht, Oct. 8, 1979, from La Casa Pacifica, matted with an engraving; Gerald R. Ford, document signed "Gerald R. Ford, 10/27/94" giving the findings of the 1964 Warren Commission and endorsing the finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, with a post-presidential signed White House card, and a signed book plate; and Jimmy Carter, inscribed and signed post-presidential car, with an engraving. Also included is a 3½ x 6¼" card with a presidential seal signed by Walter Mondale. All fine. (7 items). Estimate Value $200 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $450
Lot 46		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 47		Clay, Henry -- Autograph Letter Signed. (1777-1852) American statesman called "The Great Compromiser." He was instrumental in promoting the Missouri Compromise (1820) and the Compromise of 1850. He was an unsuccessful candidate for president in three general elections: 1824, 1832, and 1844. Autograph letter signed "H. Clay," 1½ pages, 8¼ x 6¾", Ashland (Lexington, Kentucky), June 30, 1851. One year before his death, Clay writes to Jared S. Dawson, Esq. inquiring about money due him from various pieces of land which Dawson has sold for him. "I have been waiting anxiously to hear from you….I am quite sure that the only remitances or payments you have made to me are $600 -- $500 -- $150 -- $100 & $100 the last handed to me at Washn by your friend…which is less than 200 acres of the land sold for…." Tear at top of letter and one fold split, easily repaired. Dampstain down right side affects aesthetics of letter but not legibility, and does not touch the signature on the verso. Very good. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216