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Sale 56
Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction
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Lot 100 |
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Arafat, Yasir. Photograph Signed "Y. Arafat 3/8/80" in red ink on his neck, 7 x 5 in., n.p. With PLO stamp on the verso. Fine. Accompanied by a letter from Dr. Sami Musallam on letterhead printed in English and Arabic Palestine Liberation Organization / Executive Committee, Chairman's Office," 4/8/1980, thanking Mr. Sparks for his interest.
Estimated Value $100 - 150.
Harry Sparks collection.
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| Unsold |
Lot 101 |
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British Prime Ministers, 1782-1957. Signatures of eleven (11) prime ministers who served between 1782 and 1957. They are Lansdowne (William Petty-Fitzmaurice), William Gladstone, Robert Peel, Lord Palmerston, H.H. Asquith, Avon (Anthony Eden), Earl Russell, Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin, Alec Home, and Edward Heath. Some are signed on cards; some are cut from letters or documents; Peel signed a free franked address panel. With a printed card from Winston Churchill's secretary, regretting he "cannot do as you ask," and a card signed by the Earl of Halifax as British ambassador. Very good to fine.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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| Unsold |
Lot 102 |
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de Gaulle, Charles. Signature, "C. de Gaulle" on a 1 x 3 in. piece of paper. An engraved card, "Le Général de Gaulle" sends printed thanks and wishes for the new year. Plus a 1976 letter from de Gaulle's chief of staff and transmittal envelope.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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| Unsold |
Lot 103 |
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Sadat, Anwar (1918-1981) President of Egypt (1970-81). He signed the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1976, for which he and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin received the Nobel Peace Prize. As a result of his peace efforts with Israel, Sadat was assassinated by Egyptian Islamic extremists. Card with gold embossed eagle signed in Arabic in the upper right corner. Accompanied by a May 22, 1976 letter from Sadat's PR department enclosing President Sadat's signature and the transmittal envelope.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
Harry Sparks collection.
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$59 |
Lot 104 |
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Tito, Josip Broz (1892-1980) Yugoslav statesman. Leader of Yugoslav resistance movement in World War II. First president of the republic of Yugoslavia (1953-1980). He established a policy of nonalignment with the West and the Soviet Union. 4 x 5¾ in. card signed in Cyrillic script, n.p., n.d., and accompanied by a January 17, 1977 letter from the Yugoslav embassy in Washington, D.C. enclosing the signed card. Fine.
Estimated Value $100 - 150.
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Lot 105 |
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[World Leaders]. Eleven items signed by ten heads of government: Philippine president Corazon C. Aquino (card); Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (7 x 4¾ in. photo); German chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer (on a card giving his favorite Christmas carol); Prince Rainier of Monaco (on a color image of him with his family); Poland president Lech Walesa (on a 1986 card with greetings in Polish); Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau (on back of paper with his title; South African prime minister B.J. Vorster (6 x 3¾ in. photo); Panama's General Manuel Noriega ; Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith (5¾ x 3½ in. photo and a card); Austrian prime minister Kurt Waldheimer (5¾ x 3½ in. photo); and Portugal's president Mario Soares (card signed). Also present are cards signed by U.N. secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Filipino diplomat Carlos P. Romulo, as well as a business card of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, printed in English and Chinese. (14 items).
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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