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January 2021 Auction Ends Thursday, January 28th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 1/28/2021. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #3: 19th Century Russian Novelist Ivan Turgenev Autograph Letter Signed, Likely Referring to His Short Story ''King Lear of the Steppes'' -- ''...I have...completed a microscopically small story...''

  

  Min Bid: $2,300

  Final Price: $2,875

• Lot #12: Large Walt Disney Autograph

  

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: $1,613

• Lot #15: ''Gone With the Wind'' Cast-Signed Book -- Signed by Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Thomas Mitchell and David O. Selznick -- With PSA/DNA COA for All Signatures

  

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #19: Fantastic Lot of Three Bruce Lee Signed Letters -- ''...Since the Green Hornet, many 'Masters' and 'Doctors' have either defeated me or killed me...'' -- With University Archives COAs

  

  Min Bid: $21,000

  Final Price: $34,939

• Lot #31: Original ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' Disney Cel -- Multi-Layered Cel of Two Deer, Vines, Foliage & Birds

  

  Min Bid: $375

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #36: Paul Stanley Signed Guitar Stage-Played With KISS -- ''You Drive Us Wild / We'll Drive You Crazy...Paul Stanley''

  

  Min Bid: $15,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #38: Scarce Signature by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $8,000

  Final Price: $31,394

• Lot #40: Sheldon Mayer Handwritten Journal From 1951-55, Bursting With Creative Thoughts and Story Ideas -- Lot Also Includes Dozens of Journal Pages Including His Feelings About Working for M.C. Gaines

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: $734

• Lot #41: Sheldon Mayer's Personal Day Planner From 1944 When Mayer Edited All-American Publications -- Nearly Every Day Filled-in With Dozens of Artists & Strips Like Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Etc.

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: $979

• Lot #42: Fantastic 1941 Letter Signed by Jerry Siegel, Thanking Sheldon Mayer for Promoting ''Superman'' -- ''...if it weren't for a chap named Sheldon Mayer...SUPERMAN might still be gathering dust...''

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: $2,550

• Lot #43: Jerry Siegel Letter Signed to Sheldon Mayer, Full of ''Superman'' Drama -- ''...Joe and I recall the SUPERMAN cut-and-paste job very differently than you do...''

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: $666

• Lot #44: Francis ''Smilby'' Wilford-Smith Original Artwork Done for ''Playboy'' -- Pen & Watercolor Measures 11'' x 15''

  

  Min Bid: $450

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #56: Ruth Bernhard Signed Limited Edition of ''Nude in the Box'', 1962

  

  Min Bid: $4,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #58: Alberto Giacometti Autograph Letter Signed -- Extremely Rare Missive by the Famed Sculptor, Here Mourning the Death of His Sister

  

  Min Bid: $2,400

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #59: Edward Gorey Original Cover Art for ''A Song and a Diary for A'' by Richard Elliott -- Large Piece Measures 8.25'' x 10.75''

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: $3,125

• Lot #60: Wonderful set of Edward Gorey Illustrations for ''The Dublin Social Scene'' From the February 1973 Issue of ''The Atlantic Monthly''

  

  Min Bid: $2,700

  Final Price: $3,375

• Lot #61: Edward Gorey Original Artwork for ''The Autobiography of William Butler Yeats'', Circa 1958

  

  Min Bid: $2,300

  Final Price: $4,211

• Lot #62: Edward Gorey Original Cover Artwork for ''The Autobiography of William Butler Yeats'', Published 1958

  

  Min Bid: $1,800

  Final Price: $2,995

• Lot #63: Edward Gorey Original Artwork for ''The New York Review Quiz Book''

  

  Min Bid: $1,400

  Final Price: $2,821

• Lot #64: Edward Gorey Original Limited Edition Set of His Famous Hand-Painted Alphabet Postcards

  

  Min Bid: $1,200

  Final Price: $1,500

• Lot #67: Norman Rockwell Signed Artist Proof Lithograph of ''America Marches Ahead'' -- Large Lithograph Completed in 1975

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #68: Muhammad Ali Personally Worn and Signed Hand Wrap From 1958 as Cassius Clay During His Amateur Career in Louisville, KY -- With COAs From Craig Hamilton & Peter Morkovin

  

  Min Bid: $8,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #73: Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed From 1863, Shortly After ''Fertilisation of Orchids'' Was Published

  

  Min Bid: $2,200

  Final Price: $2,750

• Lot #74: Sigmund Freud Signed Copy of His Book ''Psychoanalyse'' -- With University Archives COA

  

  Min Bid: $4,000

  Final Price: $6,655

• Lot #78: Orville Wright Letter Signed From 1939

  

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: $825

• Lot #89: White House Service Plate From the George W. Bush Administration -- For the ''White House Staff Mess''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,971

• Lot #93: Scarce Oval Office Service Plate From the Bill Clinton Administration -- Beautiful Navy Blue Hatched Design

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,495

• Lot #94: Norman Rockwell Signed Lithograph of John F. Kennedy -- Appeared as the Cover of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in 1960

  

  Min Bid: $1,200

  Final Price: $1,500

• Lot #95: John F. Kennedy Signed 8'' x 10'' Photo -- With University Archives COA

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $2,218

• Lot #98: Barack Obama Signed Deluxe First Edition of ''A Promised Land''

  

  Min Bid: $650

  Final Price: $894

• Lot #99: Ronald Reagan Commemorative China Plate for the First Ladies Breakfast -- Bordered in ''Reagan Red''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,479

• Lot #102: Donald Trump Signed Real Estate Document, Circa Late 1980s -- With JSA & Beckett COAs

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #107: George Custer CDV With Mathew Brady Backstamp -- A Rare View of the Civil War General

  

  Min Bid: $375

  Final Price: $690

• Lot #121: Andrew Carnegie 1902 Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Carnegie Hall -- ''...this presented at door Carnegie Hall will find admission to our Box...''

  

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: $1,000

• Lot #123: Frederick Law Olmsted Letter Signed as Superintendent of Central Park, During Its Construction -- ''those who have no means to go into the country for relief from the heat and turmoil of the city''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $2,685