Sale 519: Historic Autographs & Manuscripts - Archival Material - Photographs (#519) 11/07/2013 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/07/2013 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 519 139 PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalog View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-176 of 176. Previous|12|Next Lot #139 Autograph Letter Signed, from Freeman Foster, Jr., to his father describing life in the Union navy Heading(Civil War)AuthorFoster, Freeman, Jr.HeadlineLetter from Union sailor in Civil WarDate PublishedDec. 8, 1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #140 Signatures of 14 Union soldiers, politicians, and others in the Civil War, including two Medal of Honor Recipients, mounted on cards Heading(Civil War)HeadlineCivil War Soldier SignaturesDate Publishedc.1861-65 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #141 Printed and Autograph Document, Signed "G A Custer" as Lieutenant Colonel 7th Cavalry, Brevet Major General U.S.S. Commanding AuthorCuster, George A.HeadlineDocument signed by George A. Custer, 1874Date PublishedJune 23, 1874 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #143 Autograph of Winfield Scott Hancock, a Union brigadier-general AuthorHancock, Winfield ScottHeadlineAutograph of Winfield Scott Hancock, Union officerDate Publishedc.1870s View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #144 Autograph of of "Fighting Joe" Hooker AuthorHooker, Joseph (1814-1879)HeadlineJoseph Hooker (1814-1879) autographDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #145 Autograph of Robert E. Lee AuthorLee, Robert E.HeadlineAutograph of Robert E. LeeDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #148 18th-century manuscript dockyard repair/fitting book with prices Heading(Ship Building)Headline18th-century manuscript dockyard repair/fitting book with pricesDate Publishedc. 1783 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #150 Autograph Letter Signed - 1878 “Living Death” of a West Point Cadet Heading(Military)AuthorLooker, Henry B.HeadlineALs 1878 “Living Death” of a West Point CadetDate PublishedJune 28, [1878] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #151 Eleven letters plus one order form from the War Camp Community Services - addressed to architects Kilham & Hopkins in 1919 Heading(World War I)AuthorKilham & Hopkins, ArchitectsHeadline11 letters from War Camp 1919Date PublishedJuly - December, 1919 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #152 Diary kept by a sergeant in the Medical Corps in Italy in the spring and summer of 1944 Heading(World War II - Italian Campaign)AuthorLevy, Robert B.HeadlineMedic in Italy in WWIIDate PublishedFeb.-Aug. 1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #153 Archive of Postcards & Letters sent from or to Germany during World War II, including letters to and from a German prisoner-of-war Heading(World War II)HeadlineGerman soldier writes from POW camp etc.Date Publishedc.1940-1947 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #154 Typed Letter Signed by Ansel Adams, to a Mr. Welcher at General Graphics in San Francisco,regarding the printing of some enlargements of photographs by Adams and Pirkle Jones AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams photographs wine subjectsDate PublishedAug. 9, 1969 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #155 Typescript "Testimony of Ansel Adams Before the Senate Parks, Recreation and Renewable Resources Subcommittee, April 24, 1980, on S.2551" - signed by Adams AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams testifies before CongressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #156 Homebodies - Inscribed, with a sketch of Wednesday Addams AuthorAddams, CharlesHeadlineCharles Addams Homebodies with a sketch of Wednesday AddamsPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1954 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #157 Autograph Letter Signed - 1885 First US Exhibition of British Watercolor Artists Heading(American Art)AuthorBlackburn, HenryHeadline1885 First US Exhibition of British Watercolor ArtistsDate PublishedNovember 28, 1885 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #158 Autograph Noted Signed - 1922 Muralist of the Library of Congress Heading(American Art)AuthorBlashfield, EdwinHeadline1922 Muralist of the Library of CongressDate PublishedFebruary, 1922 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #160 Archive of one holograph manusript poem and 11 autograph letters & postcards signed by Martin Armstrong AuthorArmstrong, MartinHeadlineEnglish writer and poet Martin ArmstrongDate Published1923-1958 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #162 Two typed letters signed by Hilaire Belloc AuthorBelloc, HilaireHeadline2 letters from writer and historian Hilaire BellocDate Published1915 & 1927 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #168 Signed program from the Santa Anita race track AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineRace program signed by Charles BukowskiDate PublishedFeb. 10, 1990 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #169 Autograph Letter Signed - 1890 John Muir Friend who Painted Emperor Norton Heading(California Art)AuthorIrwin, BenoniHeadlineALs 1890 San Francisco Artist, John Muir Friend,Date PublishedMarch 4, 1890 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #171 Johnny Cash Show Souvenir Picture and Song Book - Signed by Johnny Cash, June Carter and others AuthorCash, JohnnyHeadlineJohnny Cash Souvenir Book signed by Cash, Carter and othersPublisherSouthwind MusicDate Published1966 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #173 Typed Letter, signed, from Bing Crosby to an autograph seeker AuthorCrosby, BingHeadlineTyped Letter signed from Bing CrosbyDate PublishedJanuary 16, 1947 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #176 Two letters, signed by John Hope Franklin African-American author AuthorFranklin, John HopeHeadline2 letters from author John Hope FranklinDate Published2004 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #180 Autograph Note, signed with original photograph of Horace Greeley AuthorGreeley, HoraceHeadlineAutograph Note signed from Horace Greeley, 1869Date PublishedMay 16, 1869 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #185 Two checks signed by Zane Grey AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineTwo checks signed by Zane GreyDate PublishedJuly 1928 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #188 Autograph Letter, signed AuthorHalleck, Fitz-GreeneHeadlineAutograph letter signed from poet Fitz-Greene HalleckDate PublishedDec. 30, 1863 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #190 TLS with copy of "Young Wings" with essay "Some Day I Expect to Go to the Moon" AuthorHeinlein, Robert A.HeadlineTLS by Dean of Science Fiction, Robert A. Heinlein with early work + Dr. SeussPublisherGarden CityDate Published1947 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #191 Archive of letters to Mary Hickok regarding the sale of a collection of letters written by Ernest Hemingway to her recently-deceased husband Heading(Hemingway, Ernest)HeadlineSale of Hemingway letter archiveDate Published1963 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #196 Manuscript leaf on vellum, likely from a breviary or liturgical text Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)HeadlineMediaval manuscript leafDate Publishedc.14th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #198 Two typed letters signed plus one typed letter signed by Solange Karsh, all addressed to Bush Barnum AuthorKarsh, YousufHeadlineTwo letters from Yousuf Karsh +1 from his wifeDate Published1948-1958 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #202 Autograph Letter, signed AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Autograph Letter signed to a friend.Date PublishedJune 12, 1924 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #206 Autograph Letter from Jack London to Charmian Kittredge AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to Charmian KittredgeDate PublishedSept. 19, 1904 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #207 Autograph Letter from Jack London to Charmian Kittredge AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to Charmian KittredgeDate PublishedAug. 15, 1904 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #208 Autograph Letter from Jack London to Charmian Kittredge AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to Charmian KittredgeDate PublishedJuly 24/'03 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #209 Typed Letter Signed from Jack London to Charles Brown, Jr. AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineTLs by Jack London to author of an article about himDate PublishedJuly 28, 1914 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #212 Typed Note, signed, by novelist W. Somerset Maugham AuthorMaugham, William SomersetHeadlineTyped note, signed from W. Somerset MaughamDate PublishedApril 3, 1939 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #216 Signed contract with Aldus Books AuthorMoore, HenryHeadlineHenry Moore signed contractDate PublishedMarch 4, 1980 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #219 Typed Letter Signed - 1917 Mural Painter’s Art Charity Stamp Heading(Philatelic Art)AuthorWright, AdalineHeadlineTLs 1917 Mural Painter Designs World War StampDate PublishedDec. 14, 1917 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #221 Signed photograph of violinists David Rubinoff and Fritz Kreisler AuthorRubinoff, David & Fritz KreislerHeadlinePhoto signed by two violin virtuososDate Published1941 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #222 Autograph Letter Signed from Dr. Seuss - encourages a lawyer who, due to an accident, can no longer practice law and has turned to writing AuthorSeuss, Dr. [Geisel, Theodore]HeadlineALs from Dr. Seuss to a new writer, encouraging himDate PublishedOctober 12, 1982 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #224 Autograph Letter, signed, to Miss Barber AuthorSitwell, EdithHeadlineAutograph Letter from Edith SitwellDate Published25 August 1948 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #225 Autograph letter, signed AuthorSparks, JaredHeadlineAutograph letter, signed by Jared Sparks 1845Date PublishedFeb. 21, 1845 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #226 Two autograph letters signed by photographer Joseph Keiley, Stieglitz friend and collaborator Heading(Photography - 1901-02 letters, Stieglitz collaborator)AuthorKeiley, Joseph T.HeadlineStieglitz photography collaborator, 2 signed letters, 1901-1902Date Published1901-1902 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #227 A Family Flight - From the library of Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), inscribed by Twain's wife Olivia to their daughter Clara Heading(Twain, Mark - His copy)AuthorHale, Reverend Everitt and Miss Susan HaleHeadlineBook inscribed from Mark Twains wife to their daughterPublisherD. Lothrop & CompanyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #228 Autograph Manuscript Signed "Mark Twain" in text - a "compliment" from Mark Twain's new collection of compliments which he read at the 1908 Lotus Club dinner honoring him AuthorTwain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel L.]HeadlineMSS signed Mark Twain (in text) compliment about himDate Publishedc.1908 View details Estimate$2,500 - $4,000StatusUnsold Lot #229 Autograph Letter, signed, from Mark Twain's secretary thanking the recipient for sending a book to Mr. Clemens Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorLyon, Isabel Van KleekHeadlineAutograph letter from Mark Twain's SecretaryDate PublishedDec. 9, 1907 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #230 Mark Twain autograph, framed with a photograph AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAutograph of Mark Twain, matted and framed with photoDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #231 Autograph Letter, signed AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineAutograph letter signed from John G. Whittier, 1889Date Published1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #232 Autograph Letter Signed - 1827 British Landscape Artist Of Illustrated Travel Books AuthorWilliams, H.[ugh] W.[illiam]HeadlineAuto Letter Singed from HW Williams 1827Date PublishedJuly 24, 1827 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #233 18th Century Manuscript on French Archeology Classic L’Antiquite Expliquee Heading(Archeology)Headline18th Century Manuscript on French ArcheologyDate PublishedNo date [c.1730-50] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #236 Lithographed Signatures of the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Who Met at Cambridge, June M.DCCC.XXXIII. With a Report of the Proceedings at the Public Meetings During the Week; and an Alphabetical List of the Members Author[Babbage, Charles]HeadlineAutographs of members Association for the Advancement of SciencePublisherPitt PressDate Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #237 Signed lunar photograph of astronaut Alan Bean AuthorBean, AlanHeadlineSigned photograph of astronaut Alan BeanDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #238 Collection of approximately 93 hand-colored glass lantern slides used by Elsie Corwin for lectures on Luther Burbank, plus manuscripts of the lecture & related material Heading(Burbank, Luther)AuthorCorwin, Elsie PowersHeadlineLantern slides of Burbank & his plantsDate Publishedc.1925-1935 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #245 Autograph Letter Signed by Fuertes AuthorFuertes, Louis AgassizHeadlineANs from Louis Agassiz FuertesDate PublishedJune 12, 1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #247 Autograph Note, unsigned - 1848 American scientists commission French book artist Heading(Science)AuthorGould, Dr. Augustus A.Headline1848 American scientists commission French book artistDate PublishedFebruary 1848 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #248 Hand-drawn plan for hydraulic elevators at Boston's Charles River piers AuthorHoosac Tunnel Dock & Elevator Co.HeadlinePlan for hydraulic elevators in Boston c.1880Date Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #249 1899-1904 Montana Mining Engineer’s Manuscript notebook on Assaying, with drawings and printed insertions Heading(Mining, Montana)AuthorCurtis, George D.Headline1899-1904 Montana Mining Engineer’s notebookDate Published1899-1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #250 Three Autograph Letters, signed, to Miriam Koshland AuthorReik, TheodorHeadlineThree letters from Theodor ReikDate Published1949-1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #251 Six original architectural drawings/plans for the Savannah, Georgia, Central of Georgia Railway Company station and outlying buildings Heading(Savannah GA Train Station Architectural Drawings)HeadlinePlans for GA railroad stationDate Publishedc.1890-1933 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #259 Autograph Letter Signed, by the future U.S. Attorney General, then a budding young playwright Heading(American Theater)AuthorBrewster, Benjamin HarrisHeadlineALs future U.S. Attorney General, a budding young playwrightDate PublishedNovember 4, 1835 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #260 Photograph Signed by Sarah Bernhardt AuthorBernhardt, SarahHeadlineSigned photograph of Sarah BernhardtDate Published1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #266 "Shadow of a Doubt" - French language radio adaption script signed by several cast members Heading(Hitchcock, Alfred)HeadlineFrench radio adption of HitchcockDate PublishedJune 7, 1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #267 Photograph Signed and Inscribed by Vivien Leigh, the actress posed in front of the mansion at Tara in Gone With the Wind AuthorLeigh, VivienHeadlineInscribed photograph of Vivien LeighDate Publishedc.1940 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #268 Two Photographs Signed and Inscribed by Harold Lloyd, and an unsigned photograph of Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin, & Douglas Fairbanks AuthorLloyd, HaroldHeadlinePhotos signed by Harold LloydDate Publishedc.1930's View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #274 Seventeen letters spanning 29 years to friend and associate Ken Holland AuthorMurrow, Edward R.HeadlineEdward R. Murrow Archive, 17 lettersDate Published1935-1964 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #276 Photograph Signed & Inscribd by Mary Pickford AuthorPickford, MaryHeadlinePhoto Signed by Mary PickfordDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #281 Address portion of envelope, signed by Drury Lane actor Robert William Elliston Heading(Theater)AuthorElliston, R[obert] W[illiam] (1774-1831)HeadlineDrury Lane actor Robert William EllistonDate Published[c.1800] View details StatusUnsold Lot #282 You Sad, Sad Man - manuscript musical score written, inscribed and signed by Mel Tormé AuthorTormé, MelHeadlineMusic by Mel Tormé at age 15Date Published1940-1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #283 Rudy Vallee, First Jazz Age Pop Star, 1958 letter Heading(Music - 1st Jazz Age Pop Star)AuthorVallee, RudyHeadlineRudy Vallee, 1st Jazz Age Pop Star, 1958 letterDate PublishedApril 29, [1958] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #290 Two Rothschild Banking letters Heading(Financial)HeadlineTwo Rothschild Banking letters 1842-50Date Published1842 and 1850 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #291 Pair of conjugate leaves from an illuminated manuscript Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlinePair of illuminated leavesDate Published15th Century? View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #296 Bound volume of approximately 411 unissued stock certificates for the City Bank of Schenectady Heading(Stock Certificates)HeadlineCity Bank of Schenectady stock certificatesDate Publishedc.1870s View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #299 Photograph album tracing the voyages of the U.S.S. Memphis, through the Panama Canal, to China, transporting Charles Lindbergh back to the U.S. after his trans-Atlantic journey, etc. Heading(China, etc.)HeadlineSailor photo album with Lindbergh and ChinaDate Publishedc.1925-30 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #311 Two rolls of photographic prints of aerial reconnaissance photographs of the Philippine Islands during World War II Heading(Philippines)HeadlineAerial Recon of Philippines in WWIIDate Publishedc.1944-45 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #312 Original panorama photograph of the San Diego Naval Station from inland looking towards the water Heading(San Diego Naval Station)HeadlinePanorama of San Diego Naval BaseDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #325 Archive of approximately 3,500 original photographs taken by Northern California-based Associated Press photographer Walt Zeboski, spanning nearly thirty years AuthorZeboski, WaltHeadline30-year Archive of AP photographerDate Publishedc.1966-1995 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$20,000StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next