Auction XXVI - Autographs & Memorabilia 2004-12-12 Auction - 408 Price Results - Signature House in CA
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626: MAYNARD DIXON720: [BUSINESS NOTABLES]597: RONALD REAGAN
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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Auction XXVI - Autographs & Memorabilia

Signature House welcomes you to our 26th catalog offering of over 885 lots featuring a wide selection of autographs, documents, and related collectibles in all categories. Our popular Presidents category is highlighted by the much sought after Society of Cincinnati certificate signed by George Washington; an ALS by Thomas Jefferson; also an autograph letter signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and two signed receipt statements in his holograph as a young attorney. We have Signers of the Declaration of Independence, including Benjamin Franklin; autograph letters signed by Annie Oakley and Pat Garrett plus an archive from the famed Ames Manufacturing Co. with business letters penned by founders Nathan and James Ames. Civil War features an early check signed twice by Robert E. Lee and a signature from his report on the Second Battle of Manassas plus a rare signed cabinet photo of Jefferson Davis. Also featured is an identified uniform coat belonging to an officer of The Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Massachusetts and an archive from the War of 1812. We offer a touching wartime letter penned by Dwight Eisenhower to his wife Mamie remembering their 26th wedding anniversary. Plus personal narratives penned by participants in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. A document signed by James I and a signed photograph of Winston Churchill are included with a host of other royalty and heads of state. Famed jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. signs a rare document as Captain in the Union Army. We have Edison discussing his concrete houses; artists such as John Singleton Copley and Whistler; authors Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence and Kate Greenaway; plus an intimate photo signed by Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan Macy. Business leaders include Henry Ford, Alva Roebuck & John D. Rockefeller. Entertainment features favorite Wizard of Oz characters and Sports has highly desirable trading cards. All this and much more!
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THOMAS A. EDISON: EDISON DISCUSSES HIS CONCRETE HOUSING CONCEPT474. THOMAS A. EDISON (1847-1931). American inventor and entrepreneur, patenting over 1000 inventions during his lifetime. He played a critical role in
0474: THOMAS A. EDISONEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed
SIR WILLIAM OSLER: 475. SIR WILLIAM OSLER (1849-1919). Canadian-born British physician and educator who was known as the most brilliant teacher of medicine in his time. Teaching at Oxford and Johns Hopkins Hospital,
0475: SIR WILLIAM OSLEREst. $1,400-$2,400Lot Passed
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SAMUEL F. B. MORSE: 476. SAMUEL F. B. MORSE (1791-1872). American artist, sculptor and inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code, often called the "American Leonardo" because of his well-rounded genius. ALS, 1p,
0476: SAMUEL F. B. MORSEEst. $600-$1,000See Sold Price
HARRY BENJAMIN: "YOUR BOOK WILL SURELY AROUSE MANY VARIED EMOTIONS"477. HARRY BENJAMIN (1885-1986). German-American endocrinologist and sexologist who coined the term transsexualism to differentiate people who think
0477: HARRY BENJAMINEst. $250-$500Lot Passed
MAX BORN: 478. MAX BORN (1882-1970). German-British theoretical physicist and 1954 Nobel Laureate in physics noted for his fundamental contributions to quantum theory; author of Einstein's Theory of Relativity
0478: MAX BORNEst. $150-$300Lot Passed
VANNEVAR BUSH: "PRESS PICKED UP ONE STATEMENT I MADE OUT OF CONTEXT"479. VANNEVAR BUSH (1890-1974). American scientist, educator and administrator. While at MIT he invented the differential analyzer, a device for
0479: VANNEVAR BUSHEst. $350-$700Lot Passed
LEE DE FOREST: 480. LEE DE FOREST (1873-1961). American inventor; pioneer in wireless and often called the "father of radio"; first to demonstrate sound in motion pictures (1923). ISP, b/w, 8"x10" quarter-length
0480: LEE DE FORESTEst. $300-$600Lot Passed
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS: 481. FERDINAND DE LESSEPS (1805-1894). French engineer and diplomat awarded numerous honors for his work in planning the Suez Canal in Egypt (1859-69). His project to build a canal through the
0481: FERDINAND DE LESSEPSEst. $150-$300Lot Passed
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ERNST HAECKEL: 482. ERNST HAECKEL (1834-1919), German biologist and philosopher who supported Darwin's theory, mapped a genealogical tree relating all animal life, and developed theory "Ontogeny recapitulates
0482: ERNST HAECKELEst. $100-$200See Sold Price
[LEADING SCIENTISTS]: 483. [LEADING SCIENTISTS] Two leaders in their field. JOHN P. HAGEN (1908-1990) was a solar radio astronomer. He was director of Project Vanguard that placed into orbit the first US satellite plus
0483: [LEADING SCIENTISTS]Est. $100-$200Lot Passed
EDWIN M. MCMILLEN: 484. EDWIN M. MCMILLEN (1907-1991). American physicist and chemist known for his work in transuranium elements. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize for chemistry with Glenn Seaborg. SP, b/w matte, 5"x7"
0484: EDWIN M. MCMILLENEst. $50-$100Lot Passed
KARL A. MENNINGER: 485. KARL A. MENNINGER (1893-1990). American psychiatrist and founder of the famous neuropsychiatric clinic bearing his name. SP, b/w, 5"x7" full-length seated portrait on desk. Boldly signed across
0485: KARL A. MENNINGEREst. $40-$80Lot Passed
JEAN PERRIN: 486. JEAN PERRIN (1870-1942). French physicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation
0486: JEAN PERRINEst. $200-$400Lot Passed
CHARLES F. RICHTER: 487. CHARLES F. RICHTER (1900-1985). American seismologist who developed the Richter scale to quantify the size of earthquake magnitude, which he first used in 1935. DS, 5"x3" card, [Stanford], 1919.
0487: CHARLES F. RICHTEREst. $100-$200Lot Passed
AUGUSTO RIGHI: 488. AUGUSTO RIGHI (1850-1920). Pioneering Italian physicist, the first person to generate microwaves, opening a new area of the electromagnetic spectrum to research and application. In 1903 he wrote
0488: AUGUSTO RIGHIEst. $300-$500Lot Passed
FLORENCE R. SABIN: 489. FLORENCE R. SABIN (1871-1953). American physician famous for her research on blood and lymphatics; the first woman to join the Johns Hopkins faculty; the first woman president of the American
0489: FLORENCE R. SABINEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
BÉLA SCHICK: 490. BÉLA SCHICK (1877-1967). Hungarian-American pediatrician and scholar and professor in childhood diseases, he is the inventor of the test for diphtheria known as the "Schick test." ISP, b/w,
0490: BÉLA SCHICKEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
ALBERT SCHWEITZER: 491. ALBERT SCHWEITZER (1875-1964). Noted clergyman, medical missionary, philosopher, musicologist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. ALS in French, 8¼"x5¼", Grunsbach, Sep 1, 1952. He
0491: ALBERT SCHWEITZEREst. $500-$900Lot Passed
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[SCIENCE & MEDICINE]: 492. [SCIENCE & MEDICINE] Collection of 13 Nobel Prize winners, doctors and related notables. SPs, mostly b/w, most approx 5"x7" portraits. Included are Nobel Prize winners PAUL BERG for Chemistry
0492: [SCIENCE & MEDICINE]Est. $100-$200
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GLENN T. SEABORG: 493. GLENN T. SEABORG (b. 1912). American chemist and Nobel laureate (1951) for adding new elements to the periodic system, including plutonium. ISP with sentiment, b/w matte, 8"x10" quarter-length
0493: GLENN T. SEABORGEst. $50-$100Lot Passed
EDWARD TELLER: 494. EDWARD TELLER (b.1908). Hungarian-born American physicist who followed his work on the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project with his work as the principal architect of the hydrogen bomb; a
0494: EDWARD TELLEREst. $80-$160Lot Passed
EDWARD TELLER: 495. EDWARD TELLER SP, color, 8"x10" quarter-length portrait. Boldly signed beside his image. Ink only slightly uneven; else Fine example. MB: $60 Presented by Signature House
0495: EDWARD TELLEREst. $60-$120Lot Passed
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CLYDE W TOMBAUGH: "HISTORY IS THE DRAMA OF THE EARTH AND MAN"496. CLYDE W TOMBAUGH (1906-1997). American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1930), and 14 asteroids in the process. ALS, 1p, 8½"x11", Mesilla
0496: CLYDE W TOMBAUGHEst. $200-$400See Sold Price
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WERNHER VON BRAUN: 497. WERNHER VON BRAUN (1912-1977). German-born American engineer, known for his pioneering experiments in Army rocket research; director Marshall Space Flight Center. TLS, 1p, 8"x10½",
0497: WERNHER VON BRAUNEst. $250-$500See Sold Price
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