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May 2012 Auction Ends Tuesday, May 29th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 5/29/2012. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #2: Revolutionary War General William Barton Petitions the Vermont General Assembly for His Release From Debtor's Prison -- ''...pay attention...to an old man...imprisoned in this place...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #3: Declaration Signer George Clymer Autograph Letter Signed Regarding a Slave Exchange -- ''...Captain Litle proposed...to exchange his black girl registered in Penn'a for Judy...'' -- 1768

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #4: Exceptionally Beautiful Force 1843 Copper Plate Engraving of the Declaration

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #5: 1876 Centenntial Printing of the Declaration of Independence -- America Turns 100 Years Old

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #7: 1792 ''Gazette of the United States'' -- Construction in Washington D.C. Begins as the New Nation's Capital

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $515

• Lot #8: Benjamin Franklin 1785 Document Signed as President of Pennsylvania -- Excellent, Bold Signature

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #12: John Hancock Signs a Document in 1793, The Last Year of His Life -- for a Bounty on Hemp

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $5,407

• Lot #25: With Corwallis' Surrender 2 Months Away, Lafayette Worries That the Enemy Will Attack & Promises ''...every means for the defence of Fredericksburg till I can throw in my assistance...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $13,045

• Lot #31: Thomas Mifflin Tries to Have Philadelphia Become the Permanent Federal City by Financing a Presidential Mansion in 1792 -- Washington Declined as He Was a Strong Advocate of Washington, D.C.

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #32: British General Sir John Moore 1808 Document Signed -- Just Months Before His Heroic Death at Battle of Corunna

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #33: Declaration of Independence Signer John Morton Signed Document -- Dated 29 June 1776, Five Days Before Morton Would Sign the Declaration

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,520

• Lot #34: Declaration of Independence Signer John Morton Colonial Currency Signed -- 1772

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $468

• Lot #35: Thomas Nelson Signed Letter on Benedict Arnold's Whereabouts at the Beginning of the Virginia Campaign That Would Lead to Yorktown -- ''...Yesterday the enemy's fleet passed Burwell's Ferry...''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $10,541

• Lot #36: Rare Declaration Signer & Virginia Gov. Thomas Nelson Autograph Letter Signed One and a Half Months Before the Yorktown Surrender -- ''...I think the game is nearly up with Cornwallis...'' -- 1781

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $23,116

• Lot #37: American Revolutionary General Samuel Holden Parsons Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...Dr. Cogwell applied to me for the purchase of the Horseneck farm...'' -- 1785

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #42: John Adams 1798 ''State of the Union'' Address -- Very Rare Booklet Entitled ''Message to Congress''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $3,493

• Lot #45: William Jennings Bryan Typed Letter Signed -- Three Time Presidential Candidate

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $145

• Lot #49: George H.W. Bush Signed Copy of ''Speaking of Freedom''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $262

• Lot #54: Postmaster Appointment Signed by President Calvin Coolidge

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $385

• Lot #55: Calvin Coolidge Signed 1923 ''State of the Union'' Address -- Coolidge Speaks of Prohibition, ''The Negro'' & Other National Issues

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

• Lot #57: ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' 3 November 1948 -- ''Dewey Defeats Truman'' Infamous Headline

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,420

• Lot #58: Dwight Eisenhower 1959 Document Signed as President -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #59: Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Memoir, ''The White House Years''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $566

• Lot #60: Millard Fillmore 1840 Autograph Letter Signed as Congressman From New York

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $468

• Lot #61: Gerald Ford Signed Easton Press Edition of His Autobiography ''A Time to Heal''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #64: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Bush vs. Gore Election 2000 Decision

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #66: Lot of 10 Barry Goldwater Signed Checks

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $262

• Lot #67: Ulysses S. Grant Military Document Signed as President

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,008

• Lot #68: Ulysses S. Grant Bold Signature with Salutation

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $566

• Lot #69: Rare Benjamin Harrison Signed Cabinet Card

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #71: Rutherford B. Hayes Defends Himself From Newspaper Scandal -- ''...I never knowingly allowed property of mine to be used for the liquor traffic...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #72: Rutherford B. Hayes Predicts the Success of a Future Pulitzer Prize Winner -- ''...you will become...a successful and valuable man...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $288

• Lot #75: Herbert Hoover Signed Copy of ''The Basis of Lasting Peace'' -- 1945 Book on the United Nations

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $238

• Lot #78: 1831 Andrew Jackson Land Grant Signed as President -- Large, Bold Signature

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $916

• Lot #80: Admission Ticket to First Ever Presidential Impeachment Trial -- Andrew Johnson -- 1868

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $515

• Lot #81: JFK ''Texas Welcome Dinner'' RSVP Card -- Scheduled the Evening of the Assassination

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $566

• Lot #82: Two JFK Speeches Scheduled for 22 November 1963 -- Day of His Assassination

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $196

• Lot #85: ''The Dallas Morning News'' Announces ''CLUB OWNER KILLS OSWALD'' and Second Paper ''LBJ Takes Over Government Reins''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #87: Nice Invitation to JFK's Inauguration -- Embossed Invite Comes in Original Envelope From the Inaugural Committee

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $196

• Lot #88: John F. Kennedy's Presidential Inauguration Invitation, Ticket & Program -- Special Press Packet

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #92: John F. Kennedy Signed Biography -- Rare Title Signed by the President -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,691

• Lot #93: John F. Kennedy 8'' x 10'' Signed Photo as U.S. Senator -- Year Before He Was Elected President -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,691

• Lot #94: Program From The Texas Welcome Dinner John F. Kennedy Was Supposed to Attend on 22 November 1963

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #96: Robert Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed From the Soviet Union -- on a Soviet Union Postcard

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #99: Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President -- 12 March 1863

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $5,948

• Lot #100: Abraham Lincoln 1865 Endorsement Signed -- President Pardons Confederate Loyalist Under Terms of 1863 Amnesty

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #101: 1860 Check Written and Signed by Abraham Lincoln -- In the Midst of His Campaign for President

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $5,948

• Lot #102: Michigan Ballot From the Lincoln-Johnson 1864 Presidential Election

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #103: Abraham Lincoln War-Dated Endorsement Signed on 6 May 1864 on the Back of a Full Letter -- While the Battle of the Wilderness Raged in Virginia

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #105: Lincoln-Johnson 1864 Ohio Presidential Ticket

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $317

• Lot #106: Lincoln-Johnson Indiana Election Ticket

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $425

• Lot #107: William McKinley 1900 Presidential Campaign Program -- 16pp. Booklet Measures 5.75'' x 7.25'' -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $178

• Lot #108: Rare William McKinley Autograph Letter Signed as President -- Written on Behalf of His Wife, Ida, Who Was Ill at the Time

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #109: Official Telegram Declaring President William McKinley's State of Health Two Days After He Was Shot -- ''The President Has Passed a Fairly Good Night''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #111: William McKinley Signed 12'' x 19'' Photo

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $880

• Lot #114: Richard Nixon Signed Memoir ''In The Arena'' First Edition

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #115: President Richard Nixon Signed Copy of ''RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $196

• Lot #116: Richard Nixon ''Seize The Moment'' Signed -- Inscribed ''To Donna and Josh Dilloa / With best wishes / from Richard Nixon'' -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #123: Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,109

• Lot #124: War Secretary James Porter Document Signed -- ''...The President [John Tyler] therefore directs that Lieutenant Schaumburg be restored to the Army...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $288

• Lot #126: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Signed Photo -- 8 December 1987 Signing of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $4,915

• Lot #128: Rehnquist Supreme Court Signed Photo -- All Nine Justices Sign Including William Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor & Thurgood Marshall -- 19.25'' x 16.25''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #130: Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Presentation Copy of His First Book, ''Looking Forward'' -- Given to His Executive Staff at His First White House Christmas Party

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,420

• Lot #131: Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed as President -- 1908

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $756

• Lot #133: Carl Sandburg Signed 1st Edition of the Monumental Four Volume ''Abraham Lincoln: The War Years''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #134: Adlai E. Stevenson Signed 8'' x 10'' Glossy Photo -- ''For Senator Guy Gillette - Whom I am proud to call my friend - Adlai E. Stevenson / 1953'' -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $178

• Lot #135: Large 19.5'' x 12.5'' Signed Photo of Nine 1904 Fuller Supreme Court Justices -- With Signatures Including Melville Fuller & Henry Billings Brown

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #136: William Taft Supreme Court Signed Photo -- Signed by All Nine Justices -- 9.5'' x 9''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #138: William Taft Signed Naval Document as President

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $120

• Lot #140: William Taft Letter Signed on Prohibition -- ''...I oppose...prohibition, but now I am in favor of...its enforcement...'' -- With Hand Corrections by Taft Directly Referring to the 18th Amendment

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,172

• Lot #145: Zachary Taylor 1849 Treasury Appointment Signed as President -- Third Rarest Presidential Signature

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,355

• Lot #146: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Signed Election 2000 Decision -- George W. Bush vs. Albert Gore

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #149: Impressive Signed Photo of President Harry Truman and His Cabinet -- 11.5'' x 11.5''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #150: Harry Truman Signed Presidential Memoir ''Year of Decisions''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #154: Declining to Forgo Retirement to Heal Divisiveness on Slavery, Martin Van Buren Writes in 1855: ''I regret...the present inauspicious condition of the country, upon the slave subject.''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #159: WITHDRAWN

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: W/D

• Lot #160: Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin Signed 3.5'' x 5'' Glossy Photo -- ''M. Begin'' -- 1978 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $145

• Lot #161: Napoleonic French Admiral Francois Joseph Bouvet Autograph Letter Signed -- 1803

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $132

• Lot #164: Renzo Colombo Bronze Bust of Napoleon -- 1885

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,772

• Lot #166: Princess Diana 1992 Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...as always lots of love & endless thanks for caring...''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,420

• Lot #167: Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson Signed ''The Windsor Years / The Life of Edward''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,008

• Lot #168: Queen Mother Elizabeth Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...I am so delighted...the rooms upstairs look...perfect. The blue in the visitors' bedroom is a great success, and the bathroom a dream...''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #169: Queen Elizabeth II Signed Diplomatic Appointment

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #171: Lovely Signed Photo of Queen Mother Elizabeth -- by Noted English Photographer Cecil Beaton

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,626

• Lot #172: Ferdinand and Isabella Grant Permission to Redevelop Moorish City

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $6,544

• Lot #173: Francisco Franco 1948 Typed Letter Signed -- With Original Envelope Signed by Franco

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $238

• Lot #176: George VI Signed Photo in Royal Cypher Frame -- 1937 as King

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,477

• Lot #177: King George IV Signs a Patent Document as Prince Regent

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $686

• Lot #178: George IV Signs a Patent Document as Prince Regent on His Father's Behalf

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $686

• Lot #180: South Korea's Assassinated President Park Chung Hee Signed New Year's Greeting Card

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $468

• Lot #183: French King Louis XV Signed Document -- the King Whose Reign Begun the End of the French Monarchy

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $832

• Lot #184: French General Claude Malet Document Signed From 1795 -- He Would Lead Unsuccessful Coup Against Napoleon in 1812

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #185: Ferdinand E. Marcos ''Democracy'' Book Signed as President -- Ironically, Published Between 1970 Student Uprisings and 1972 Declaration of Martial Law

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $178

• Lot #186: French General Bailly de Monthion Signed Document -- Count of the First French Empire Under Napoleon

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $385

• Lot #190: Royal Document Signed by King Rama VII of Siam, Present-Day Thailand -- 1931

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #191: Comte Gentil St. Alphonse 1815 Document Signed -- General de Brigade Who Served Under Both Napoleon & Louis XVIII After Napoleon's Exile

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $317

• Lot #192: Jean-Marie Valhubert Document Signed -- General Under Napoleon -- 1800 Military Document

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $317

• Lot #193: Queen Victoria Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...how very happy I consider myself to count the Princess as my true dear friend...'' -- 1851

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $799

• Lot #194: Queen Victoria Signed Memoirs -- Scarce

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $686

• Lot #196: Duke of Wellington 1851 Autograph Letter Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $288