Lot 851
Starter Kit. Large collection of Autograph and Manuscript material from Entertainers, Politicians, Athletes, as well as Ephemera from the Civil War era up to Modern Times. Over Forty items, including a cut signature of Admiral Dewey; a Ticket stub for a Bill Tilden tennis match signed by the famous athlete; a Signed Check from Harry Ritz, together with an 8 x 10 Black & White photograph of the Ritz Brothers; a printed General Order from the War Department creating a new "Military Department of the East," with autograph annotations in an unidentified hand; two ornate Dance Cards for Civil War era Balls, one held in honor of General Ulysses S Grant; a quaint printed advertisement for a demonstration by John Holtum, "The Police Gazette Champion Cannon Ball Catcher of the World"; Engraved Railroad Timetables; a Baseball contract securing Ralph Pinelli for the Detroit Baseball Company; a collection of baseball autographs signed in the 1930's on six multiply-signed octavo leaves; a program for the "Jeanette MacDonald International Fan Club" signed by Eleanor Powell, Virginia O'Brien, Robert Arthur, Leon Ames and others; an Autograph Letter Signed and Free Franked by Robert Wayne; Typed Letters Signed by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr, Sidney Reznick, Pete Rozelle, William S. Paley, Raymond Rubicam and others; a miscellany of First Day Covers and Postcards; a program for a Democratic Rally featuring an Address by Adelai Stevenson; a number of pages of blank Executive Mansion letterhead, and more.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
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| Realized $299 |
