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January 2019 Auction Ends Thursday, January 31st, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 1/31/2019. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #1: Hans Christian Andersen Autograph Quote Signed Regarding Retirement -- ''The first moment of retirement is the nosegay of the entire journey''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #2: Very Personal Samuel Clemens Autograph Letter Signed, to His Wife Regarding the Near-Death of Their Daughter Jean -- ''...It still makes me shudder...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #3: Beatrix Potter Signed First Edition, Second Issue of ''Roly-Poly Pudding''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #4: Marcel Proust Autograph Letter Twice-Signed -- ''...your absolutely unique style as an ironic writer and painter of characters...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $3,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #5: Superb Harriet Beecher Stowe Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Slavery -- ''...Nothing more is needed than to awaken the attention of the public to an expose of the slave law system...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $21,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #6: First Edition, First Printing of ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' by Harriet Beecher Stowe -- The Scarcest Variant of the First Printing, in Publisher's Wrappers

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $20,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #7: Hunter S. Thompson Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...all sorts of people are after me - police, creditors, ins. companies...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #13: Very Rare Edvard Munch Autograph Letter Signed Referencing His "Moonlight" Etching

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $4,000

  Final Price: $4,400

• Lot #15: Pablo Picasso ''Le Dejeuner Sur L'herbe'' (''Lunch on the Grass''), No. 517 -- Stunning Plaque Created at Madoura Pottery Studios Measures 24'' x 20'' in Classic Picasso Style -- Picasso's Artist...

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $75,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #16: Pablo Picasso ''Corrida aux Personnages'', Number 104 -- Colorful Ceramic Plate Created at the Madoura Pottery Studios in Very Small 50 Edition, Painted by Picasso in His Quintessential Style

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $42,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #18: Pablo Picasso ''La Pique'', Number 103 -- Ceramic Plate Created at the Madoura Pottery Studios in Small 150 Edition, Painted by Picasso in His Quintessential Style

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $16,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #21: Pablo Picasso ''Centaure et Visage'', Number 188 -- Pitcher Created at the Madoura Pottery Studios in a Small Edition of 125

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #22: Pablo Picasso ''Hibou'', Number 253 -- Ceramic Owl Pitcher Created at the Madoura Pottery Studios

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $9,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #26: Pablo Picasso ''Petit Visage Solaire'', Number 552 -- Ceramic Plaque Created at the Madoura Pottery Studios

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $6,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #27: Andy Warhol Twice-Signed Iconic Campbell's Soup Can

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $3,000

  Final Price: $3,750

• Lot #31: Milton Caniff Charcoal Drawing of the Dragon Lady From ''Terry and the Pirates'' -- Measures 24'' x 30''

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: $1,563

• Lot #32: ''Terry and the Pirates'' Original Comic Strip by Milton Caniff From 1943

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #34: Fantastic Dr. Seuss Lot of 3 Letters Signed & Illustrations From His Pivotal Year of 1957 -- ''...THE CAT IN THE HAT will, shortly, be my best known animal...'' -- Also Several Drawings by Walt Kelly

  

  # Bids: 8

  Min Bid: $3,500

  Final Price: $8,529

• Lot #35: Large Disney Cel From ''Sleeping Beauty'' -- Depicting Princess Aurora With Her Fairy Godmother Merryweather

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #37: Scarce Huddie ''Lead Belly'' Ledbetter Autograph Letter Signed, Circa Early 1940s -- ''...am in a tuff spot right now but I'm trying all I can to get a $1000 dollars...''

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $4,000

  Final Price: $5,000

• Lot #38: Scarce Bon Scott Autograph Letter Signed From 1978 -- ''...Oh we finished our live album a few weeks ago in New York. I had to re-record about five concerts...'' -- With Epperson COA

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $6,500

  Final Price: $9,831

• Lot #39: Eddie Van Halen Personally Designed, Stage Played & Signed Guitar

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $12,000

  Final Price: $15,000

• Lot #47: James Dean Unpublished Photograph, Taken Shortly Before His Death

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #50: Carole Lombard Personally Owned & Monogrammed Bible

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $4,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #51: Original 1945 Photograph of Marilyn Monroe Taken by Andre de Dienes, With de Dienes Backstamp -- Measures 9.5'' x 11.25''

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: $2,250

• Lot #52: Mickey Rooney's Golden Globe for Best Actor in ''Bill'' -- Directly From the Mickey Rooney Estate

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $6,000

  Final Price: $9,983

• Lot #53: WITHDRAWN

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: W/D

• Lot #58: John Wayne Mug From ''Rooster Cogburn'' -- One of Wayne's Famous Mugs Gifted to the Cast and Crew on His Films

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #60: Sammy Davis, Jr. Twice-Signed Passport Issued in 1963 -- With Dozens of Stamps Documenting His Travels Throughout the 1960s

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $4,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #65: Marilyn Monroe Signed Rodeo Program, Obtained During the Filming of ''Bus Stop'' -- With University Archives COA

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #67: Rudolph Valentino Signed Photo With His Real Name ''Rodolfo Guglielmi'' -- Shows Valentino as a Young Boy

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #68: Rudolph Valentino Autograph Letter Signed With His Real Name ''Rodolfo'' -- ''...I'm sending you my photograph with this letter, and I hope you'll send me one of you as soon as you get one taken...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,750

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #69: George H.W. Bush Autograph Letter Signed -- Addressed to Minnie Pearl, Who Had Just Performed for Him at the Grand Ole Opry

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #73: Thomas Jefferson & James Madison Signed Four-Language Ship's Papers -- Jefferson Signs as President & Madison as Secretary of State

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $4,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #74: John F. Kennedy Signed ''Profiles in Courage'' -- With University Archives COA

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #76: First Edition, 27 Volume Set of the Warren Commission's Report on the Assassination of John F. Kennedy -- With Scarce ''Report'' Volume

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #78: Robert F. Kennedy Sculpture by Robert Berks

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,500

  Final Price: $1,875

• Lot #84: George Washington Letter Signed From 1785 -- In this Almost Humorous Letter, Washington Manages Renters on His Land, and Appeals to His Land Agent for Help

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $15,000

  Final Price: $18,750

• Lot #86: Important Oliver Cromwell Autograph Letter Signed From 1648 Regarding His Son's Matrimony -- ''...Mr. Maijor desired 400l. per annum of inheritance...wherein I desired to be advised by my wife...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $12,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #91: Lot of Two Charles Darwin Autograph Letters Signed With Evolution Related Content -- ''...I was particularly glad to hear you and your brother's statement about the 'gay' deceiver-pigeons...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $8,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #94: Richard Feynman Autograph Manuscript Entitled ''Conversation with Presskill'' -- Comprising Three Pages of Notes on Theoretical Physics

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $25,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #99: U.S. Flag Flown to the Moon on the Apollo 17 Mission

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: $3,125

• Lot #101: WITHDRAWN

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $15,000

  Final Price: W/D

• Lot #102: Howard Hughes Signed First Day Cover for the 1944 Flight of the Constellation -- Also Signed by TWA President & Hughes' Co-Pilot Jack Frye -- With University Archives COA

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,600

  Final Price: $2,000

• Lot #103: Fabric Swatch From the First Airplane, the Wright Flyer

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Price: $12,500

• Lot #104: Wilbur Wright Postcard Signed From December 1908 During Their Very Successful Exhibition Flights in Europe -- With University Archives COA

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $8,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #110: General William T. Sherman Twice-Signed Copy of ''Military Orders of General William T. Sherman, 1861-'65'' -- Inscribed to Civil War General Samuel W. Crawford

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: $2,875

• Lot #111: 18 Civil War Letters by General John Willian, With Personal Content on the Battles of Chancellorsville, Williamsburg, Spotsylvania Court House, Fort Stedman & Boydton Plank Road

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #113: New Orleans Slave Receipt From 1853 -- Disturbing Bill of Sale From a Slave Auction at the St. Louis Exchange Hotel Itemizes Several Slaves With Purchase Price, Signed by the Auctioneer

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,200

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #115: Original Program From the WWII Japanese Surrender Ceremony -- 2 September 1945 on the USS Missouri

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #122: Alcoholics Anonymous ''Big Book'' First Edition, Fourth Printing

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #123: Daniel Boone Revolutionary War Document Signed Regarding a Horse Killed During the Battle of Blue Licks -- One of the Only Documents Signed by Boone Regarding This Battle

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $8,500

  Final Price: $10,625