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