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February 2012 Auction Ends Tuesday, February 28th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 2/28/2012. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #100: Eisenhower War Dated TLS: "…the soldier sees things that, if not more terrible in their ultimate consequences, are far more terrifying and disagreeable in the immediate reactions they create..."

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #101: John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon 1960 National Convention Photo Album -- Amazing Collection of Published and Unpublished Candidate Photos -- Also Eisenhower, Johnson, RFK, Henry Fonda & Frank Sinatra

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #102: JFK Signed 8.5" x 11" Photo of Himself as a Young Senator -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,772

• Lot #103: Lincoln Autograph Note Signed Just Weeks Before He Died -- 1865

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #104: Lincoln Assassination Letter -- Signed by George Porter, Doctor at John Wilkes Booth's Funeral -- …the…locality where the remains of Booth were secreted has never been correctly described…"

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #105: William Seward Jr. Writes of Lincoln's Assassination -- "…I am unable to answer…whether Mr. Lincoln had any other attendant with him, except Col. Rathbone…"

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #106: Letter by the Son of Secretary of State William Seward -- "…My brother…seriously injured at the time of the attempted assassination of Secretary Seward recovered…"

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #107: Lincoln Assassination Letter From Lead Detective -- "…during my conversation with Mrs. Surratt…We did not realize that Mrs. Surratt was one of the conspirators…"

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #108: Eyewitness Letter to President Abraham Lincoln's Assassination -- "…at the trial of conspirators as a witness you could not give all the facts in your knowledge…"

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #109: Lincoln Assassination Detective Lt. Luther Byron Baker Autograph Letter Signed -- "…I attended the great trial and was a witness at the trial of John H. Suratt…"

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #111: Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President in 1865 -- With Full "Abraham Lincoln" Signature

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $7,986

• Lot #113: JFK During the Cuban Missile Crisis -- "…Boy, if Fidel Castro had something like you, he would think more about making Love, and less about making war…"

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #115: President Chester A. Arthur Signed Cabinet Photo

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #116: James Buchanan Free Frank Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #119: President George H.W. Bush and Daughter Doro Bush Signed First Edition of Her Book, "My Father My President"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $150

• Lot #120: George H.W. Bush Signed "Speaking of Freedom: The Collected Speeches" -- in Original Shrink Wrap From Easton Press

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #121: George W. Bush First Edition of "Decision Points" With Signed Bookplate

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $238

• Lot #122: Jimmy Carter Appointment Signed as Governor of Georgia -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #124: Rare President Grover Cleveland Signed Photo

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #125: Grover Cleveland 1896 White House Invitation

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #127: Calvin Coolidge Document Signed -- Appoints a Woman Notary in 1926

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #135: Lot of President Eisenhower Campaign Memorabilia From 1952-1954 -- Includes Centennial Celebration of Republication Party, "From Abe to Ike!"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #136: Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed as President -- "…people…seem to want to shift responsibility…If some 'sucker' government wants to take care of this…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $826

• Lot #137: Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed To His Brother Edgar -- "…I am quite doubtful as to the wisdom of any private group attempting to establish foreign policy for the United States…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #138: Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed as House Minority Leader -- "…I am sure that with a change in administration on January 20…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #139: Early 1958 Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed -- "…Your wonderful expression of faith in my work…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #141: Ulysses S. Grant Twice Signed Cabinet Photo

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $2,623

• Lot #143: Rare, Well-Preserved 1891 Invitation to the White House From President Benjamin Harrison

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #144: Rutherford B. Hayes Autograph Letter Signed From 14 February 1883 to Magazine Editor and Pulitzer Prize Author Edward Bok

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #145: Rutherford B. Hayes Autograph Letter Signed -- "I…will be again in New York attending the meetings of the Slater Board and…National Prison Reform Board…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #146: Rutherford B. Hayes Autograph Letter Signed -- "I send you…a…copy of the Democratic Messenger…its article, -- 'Render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's' is a full endorsement of what you say…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #147: Rutherford B. Hayes Appoints Richard Nixon!

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #148: Herbert Hoover Signed First Edition of "The Problems of Lasting Peace"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #149: Herbert Hoover Signs All Three First Edition Volumes of His Memoirs

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #150: Herbert Hoover Typed Letter Signed -- "…My interest…is only to help crystallize the issues with which the country is faced…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #157: Invitation Package to John F. Kennedy & Jacqueline Bouvier's Wedding -- Scarce

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #158: Two JFK Speeches Scheduled for 22 November 1963 -- Day of His Assassination

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #159: "The Dallas Morning News" Announces "KENNEDY SLAIN ON DALLAS STREET"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #160: "The Dallas Morning News" 24 November 1963 -- "LBJ Takes Over Government Reins" Two Days After JFK Assassination

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #161: JFK Inauguration Ceremonies Invitation -- 20 January 1961

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $398

• Lot #163: Lincoln Assassination Document Signed by Dr. George Porter Who Attended to Lincoln Conspirators

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #164: Letter Regarding the Pardons for Lincoln Assassination Conspirators Dr. Mudd, Edmund Spangler and Samuel Arnold

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #165: "The Buffalo Courier" 8 September 1901 -- Two Days After the McKinley Assassination Attempt -- "Surgeons Will Probe for the Bullet With Aid of X-Ray Apparatus Specially Constructed by Edison"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $196

• Lot #168: 1889 Vice President Levi Morton Letter Signed -- "…doing honor to the memory of General Grant…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #171: Richard Nixon Signs and Inscribes a First Edition of His Book "In The Arena"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #173: Richard Nixon Signed "Real Peace: A Strategy for the West" -- Rare Private Printing, Published by Nixon Himself Prior to Mass Publication

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #174: Richard Nixon "Six Crises" Signed -- "…with grateful appreciation for his loyal support in my seventh crisis! Dick Nixon"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #175: Richard Nixon Signed "1999: Victory Without War"" First Edition

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #176: Richard Nixon Signed 8" x 10" Photo -- With JSA COA

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #177: Letter Regarding Presidential Succession in the Case of Abraham Lincoln

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #179: Ronald Reagan Signed First Edition of His Memoir "An American Life"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #180: Ronald Reagan Signed Autobiography "where's the rest of me?"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #181: President Roosevelt 1941 Inauguration Pin as Roosevelt Was Elected for an Unprecedented Third Term

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #182: Inauguration Ceremonies Program -- 20 January 1937 -- President Franklin Roosevelt and Vice President John Garner

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #183: Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed as President -- 1908

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #184: William Taft Autograph Note Signed as Chief Justice -- on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #185: Typed Letter Signed by William Taft on Supreme Court Letterhead, as U.S. Chief Justice

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #186: William Taft Typed Letter Signed as Chief Justice -- "The profundity of the suggestion does not appeal to me…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #187: President Taft Invitation to 1911 Taft Wedding Anniversary Party at White House -- Social Highlight of Taft Administration

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #189: Harry Truman Signed Limited Edition of His Memoir, "Year of Decisions"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #190: Harry Truman 1949 Inauguration Program

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #191: President Harry Truman Signed Photo -- Co-Signed by 15 of His Advisors Including His Vice-President, His Doctor, Chief of Staff and WWII Generals

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #194: President Wilson White House Invitation to May 1914 Wedding of His Daughter Eleanor Randolph Wilson

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #196: Hillary Clinton Signed "It Takes a Village" -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #198: President Gerald Ford 8" x 10" Glossy Signed Photo -- Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #201: President Hoover White House Invitation With Envelope & Entry Card -- 26 January 1932 -- 5.5" x 4.5" -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #203: "The Dallas Times Herald" Dated 15 March 1964 -- Jury Gives Jack Ruby the Death Penalty -- 26pp. -- Very Good With Toning

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #204: "The Dallas Morning News" 26 November 1963 Detailing JFK Funeral -- "35th President Finds His Peace On Slope in Arlington Cemetery" -- Poignant Photos of Family at Graveside

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #205: Rare "Dallas Times Herald" 23 November 1963 Issue -- Detailing JFK's Death & Oswald Case Developments

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #206: Scarce Photo Signed by One of the Attending Physicians to JFK -- 4" x 6" Photo is Signed "Robert N. McClelland, MD" -- Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $270

• Lot #207: President John F. Kennedy Makes Historic Cuban Trade Embargo Announcement -- 3 February 1962

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $360

• Lot #208: Historically Important Memo From JFK Expressing Concern Over Promises Made by Vice President Johnson -- "I am extremely anxious…"

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #209: JFK Statement Urging Congress to Halt Communism and "Castroism" and Reverse the Vote on Foreign Aid -- 16 August 1961

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #210: Official 1963 White House State of the Union Address -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #213: 1901 The Press of Philadelphia Newspaper: "PRESIDENT M'KINLEY DIED AT 2.15 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING" -- 16pp.

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $161

• Lot #214: Richard Nixon "Seize The Moment" Signed -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #216: Edith Roosevelt 1940 Autograph Note Signed -- Former First Lady Compliments a Woman for Her Politeness -- 5" x 3" -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $150

• Lot #217: Official White House Card Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $240

• Lot #218: White House Invitation From Polish Ambassador -- 27 March 1933 -- 5.5" x 4.5" -- With White House Envelope -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #219: Dwight Eisenhower WWII Typed Letter Signed on Battle of the Bulge -- "…the German, in typical fashion, gambled a lot…to get back the initiative on this front. He lost -- just as he was sure to lose…"

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass