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Clark Gable - Clark Gable Wartime US Naval Aid Auxiliary Card Signed
Clark Gable-signed U.S. Naval Aid Auxiliary Autograph Card, specially prepared in 1944 to help fund the war effort during World War II. Gable himself had volunteered for the Army Air...
Edward Bulwer-Lytton - Edward Bulwer-Lytton Autograph Letter Signed
Autograph Letter Signed dated May 4, 1862, addressed to Mrs. Patrick Colquhoun, wife of the British diplomat and Counsel to Queen Victoria. Paper and signature are in good condition, mounting...
Antique Maps - Antique Map of Vatican City
This antique and highly detailed engraved map of Vatican City, titled Palazzo Pontificio Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, was produced in 1900 by Wagner & Debes, a German firm...
Albert Einstein - Full Signature
Fine, less common full signature “Albert Einstein” above typed signature block, cut from the closing of a letter, on 8 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ paper. Autograph is close to the...
Reinhold Niebuhr - Reinhold Niebuhr TLS for Iron Curtain Rescue Committee
Passionate fundraising letter signed by philosopher Reinhard Niebuhr, in blue fountain pen, dated December 12, 1952 on letterhead for the Iron Curtain Refugee Committee. Fine condition. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in...
Mae West - Autograph on Album Page
A beautiful, florid autograph on an autograph album page. MAE WEST (1893-1980) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol. Famous for her bawdy double entendres, West made a...
Mae West - Mae West Signed & Inscribed Book
The scarce 1949 edition of Diamond Lil, floridly inscribed “To Harry, Sin-cerely, Mae West” and signed by Ms. West on blank page preceding title page. Highly collectible, very good, hardcover....
Jack L. Warner - Autograph Sentiment
Bold Autograph Sentiment in blue fountain pen on scalloped white card with blue inked border, “Good luck always, Jack Warner.” JACK LEONARD “J.L.” WARNER (1892-1978), born Jacob Warner in London,...
Tom Mix - Tom Mix Hand-Inscribed Preprint Photo Card and Badge
Scarce hand-inscribed name on preprint-signed picture card of Tom Mix and his horse Tony “The Wonder Horse”, inscribed “To my Straight Shooter Pal Lillian with best wishes Tom Mix.” Also...
Butterfly McQueen - Signed Autograph Card
Beautiful signature in blue ink on autograph card. BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN (1911-1995) was an American film and television actress best known for the role of “Prissy” in Gone with the Wind....
Butterfly McQueen - Butterfly McQueen Signed Broadsheet
Beautiful signature in dark blue fountain pen on vintage 10″ x 13″ broadsheet ad from the March 28, 1961 edition of Look Magazine, Minor staple marks on edges. McQueen has...
Al Jolson - Al Jolson & Erle Jolson Autographs
Signature on autograph album page, from the collection of another actor of the same period. Also signed by his fourth wife, Erle. AL JOLSON (1886 -1950) was a highly acclaimed...
Rock Hudson - Rock Hudson Navy Enlistment Photograph Signed
An extremely scarce and handsome matte finish vintage photograph of Hudson when he joined the Navy at just 18 years old, signed “Best wishes, Rock Hudson”. Some ink skipping mostly...
Betty Grable - Signature on Autograph Album
Autograph in pencil on album page, during the filming of the 1940 film Down Argentina Way, a 1940 Technicolor musical film made by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star...
John Garfield - Signed Photo from “Destination Tokyo”
Beautiful vintage sepia studio photo from the 1943 Warner Bros. film Destination Tokyo, starring Cary Grant and John Garfield. Dressed as his submarine naval character, “Wolf,” Garfield patriotically signed “For...
James Dean - Signed Photo with James Dean
Vintage candid Warner Bros. studio photo of Tab Hunter and James Dean on the set of Rebel Without a Cause, signed by Hunter. According to Hunter in his 2005 autobiography...
Harry Blackstone Sr. - Harry Blackstone Signed Photo Postcard
Vintage unused 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo, signed without inscription in black fountain pen. Stamped on reverse “Autographed Souvenir Photo “BLACKSTONE’ April 19, 1947 at Stull Magic Mfg. Co. 341...
Michael Cunningham - Michael Cunningham Signed First Edition “The Hours”
Signed First Edition, First Printing of the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Effusively inscribed to one of his media escorts on book tour. In As New...
Gore Vidal - Gore Vidal Signed First Edition – The City and the Pillar
SIGNED FIRST EDITION of Gore Vidal’s landmark work, The City and the Pillar. Second printing in very good condition. The City and the Pillar is the third published novel by...
Sanford Roth - Sanford Roth Typed Letter Signed Discussing Picasso
A fantastic and extremely rare typed letter signed by Sanford Roth, one of Hollywood’s most respected glamor photographers during its Golden Age. This is an effusive, richly detailed letter to...
Pablo Picasso - Signature with Parisian Association
Beautiful simple autograph by famed Spanish painter/sculptor Pablo Picasso, signed in pencil on 3 3/4″ x 5″ beige card, with important association to art history. The signed card bears a...
Martha Graham - Autograph Love Letter Signed to Carlos Dyer
Scarce, fresh to market love letter written by American choreographer and brilliant modern dance maven Martha Graham, to her paramour, the artist Carlos Dyer. Dated December 1938, written in her...
Martha Graham - Autograph Letter Signed to Artist Carlos Dyer
Autograph Letter Signed by modern dancer and American choreographer Martha Graham, to her former lover the artist Carlos Dyer. On Hotel Adolphus (Dallas, TX) stationery dated February 24, 1940, while...
Michael Chabon - Michael Chabon Signed First Edition “Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”
Signed First Edition, First Printing of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. In As New condition with Mylar dust jacket protector. Obtained in person....
World War II - US Navy Teletype of Japanese Surrender & More
Original teletype dated 17 August 1945 announcing the surrender of Japanese forces, bringing to an end Pacific war operations in the final days of World War II. This teletype was...
Thomas C. Kinkaid - Signed Navy Commendation Citation
Official U.S. Navy Commendation Citation signed by Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, Commander of the Seventh Fleet during World War II. Issued to Lieutenant Stanley D. Cornish, Jr., undated but circa...
Ernest Hemingway - TLS to Screenwriter Peter Viertel
A revealing and richly-packed letter filled with references to Ernest Hemingway’s equally exotic life. This letter, dated July 19, 1954 on Hemingway’s personal Finca Vigia, San Francisco De Paula, Cuba...
Ernest Hemingway - St. Christopher Money Clip
Of the more distinguished items we have ever offered, few have come to us with such a significant historical pedigree and an impeccable provenance: Ernest Hemingway’s St. Christopher Medal that...
General Mark W. Clark - General Mark Clark TLS from UN Command for CARE Relief
Typed letter signed on United Nations Command Headquarters letterhead, dated 17 October 1952, just five months after assuming leadership of the United Nations Command during the Korean War. Commanding Officer...
Harry S. Truman - Signed Photo to Ambassador of Argentina
Historic inscribed and signed photograph of President Harry Truman, sitting at his desk in the Oval Office. This photo has been archived as an Official Portrait of President Truman in...
John F. Kennedy - Letter to PT-59 Navy Crewmate
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a prolific letter writer his short lifetime, many of the more important ones written while he was in the U.S. House of Representatives, then later in...
John F. Kennedy - Typed Letter Signed to William Greeley
This Typed Letter Signed has been authentically signed by JFK, not Autopen or a secretary, consistent with exemplars from his days in Congress. It comes to us from the estate...
W. Somerset Maugham - Signature on Autograph Album Page
Bold signature on 4″ x 6″ light green autograph album page. Two slight folds through but not affecting the quality of the signature, with minor foxing to the edges. WILLIAM...
W. Somerset Maugham - W. Somerset Maugham Typed Letter Signed
Typed letter signed on light blue Palace Hotel, St. Moritz (Switzerland) stationery, dated 23rd August, 1962, featuring a lovely image of the Swiss Alps in the hotel’s logo. Uniform light...
Martha Graham - Autograph Love Letter Signed to Carlos Dyer
Never before seen or published, with superb provenance, is this rare and quite intimate love letter handwritten by American modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham to her lover, the artist...
Ian Fleming - Typed Letter Signed
Original signed carbon copy of Typed Letter Signed by Ian Fleming (his original, handwritten initials in blue ink), sent to Michael Parker, a writer seeking employment with the Sunday Times...
Jack L. Warner - Autograph Sentiment
Bold Autograph Sentiment in blue fountain pen on scalloped white card with blue inked border, “Good luck always, Jack Warner.” JACK LEONARD “J.L.” WARNER (1892-1978), born Jacob Warner in London,...
Mae West - Autograph on Album Page
A beautiful, florid autograph on an autograph album page. MAE WEST (1893-1980) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol. Famous for her bawdy double entendres, West made a...
Alla Nazimova - Alla Nazimova Signed Album Page
Signed autograph album page. Boldly signed in pencil, circa 1936. Alla Nazimova (1879-1945), was a Russian American film and theatre actress, a screenwriter and film producer. She is perhaps best...
Paul Muni - Paul Muni Signed Album Page
Autograph sentiment on album page to child actor Gerald Cooper, from the collection of another actor of the same period. Also signed by actor Paul Muni on reverse. AL JOLSON...
Carole Lombard - Signed Autograph Card
Beautiful signature in blue ink on autograph card. BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN (1911-1995) was an American film and television actress best known for the role of “Prissy” in Gone with the Wind....
Victor Mature - Victor Mature Signed Album Page
Autograph in pencil on album page, from the collection of another actor of the same period. VICTOR MATURE (1913-1999) was an American film actor. Discovered while on stage at the...
Charles Laughton - Charles Laughton Signature on Autograph Album Page
Autograph in pencil on album page, signed during the filming of The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1939, in which Laughton starred in the title role as Quasimodo. Also signed...
Veronica Lake - Veronica Lake Autograph on Album Page
Autograph in pencil on album page. From the collection of another actor of the same period. Veronica Lake (1922-1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model who enjoyed both...
Betty Grable - Signature on Autograph Album
Autograph in pencil on album page, during the filming of the 1940 film Down Argentina Way, a 1940 Technicolor musical film made by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star...
Joe E. Brown - Joe E. Brown Signed Photo
Very nice 3″ x 6″ sepia photograph signed, dated 10/26/44. Mounted on black autograph album page. JOSEPH EVANS BROWN (1892-1973) was an actor and comedian from Holgate, Ohio. In 1902...
W. Somerset Maugham - W. Somerset Maugham Typed Letter Signed
Typed letter signed on light blue Palace Hotel, St. Moritz (Switzerland) stationery, dated 23rd August, 1962, featuring a lovely image of the Swiss Alps in the hotel’s logo. Uniform light...
Ian Fleming - Ian Fleming Typed Letter Signed
Original signed carbon copy of Typed Letter Signed by Ian Fleming (his original, handwritten initials in blue ink), sent to Michael Parker, a writer seeking employment with the Sunday Times...
Lin Yutang - Lin Yutang Typed Letter Signed
A scarce typed letter dated September 24, 1943, signed by Lin Yutang, a Chinese writer, translator, linguist and inventor, whose informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made...
John J. Pershing - John J. Pershing Signed Card
Signed card by one of America’s most accomplished generals, “John J. Pershing” in brown fountain ink on 2.5″ x 4″ beige card. John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing (1860-1948) was a...
Grigori Rasputin - Signed Russian Ruble Banknote
A curious piece of history from Russia’s stormy political past — a beautiful 25 Ruble banknote, dating from Tsarist Russia in 1909, and signed by the Mad Monk himself, Rasputin....
Grigori Rasputin - Signed Rasputin Sketch with Cross
One of the more curious items we’ve come across in many years is this Signed Pencil Sketch of Grigori Rasputin, the Russian mystic in the Romanov court of Nicholas II...
Sir Thomas Lipton - Sir Thomas Lipton Signed Sketch of WWI Hospital Ship “Erin”
Autograph sentiment on beautiful antique print of the World War I hospital ship Erin signed by its owner, the famed tea merchant and yachtsman Sir Thomas Lipton. This 8″ x...
Archduke Joseph August - Archduke Joseph August Signature on Album Page
Bold Autograph “Archduke Joseph F.M.” (Field Marshal) on autograph album page. Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia (1872-1962) was the eldest son of...
Pope Clement VIII - Papal Bull on Parchment
Original papal bull with beautiful illumination on parchment, issued in 1601 during the reign of Pope Clement VIII, untranslated, with twine attached for appending the lead papal bulla, or authenticating...
Manfred von Richthofen - Autograph of “The Red Baron”
Extremely scarce autograph, boldly signed “Frhr. v. Richthofen, Rittmeister” in ink on brown paper. Known as the Red Baron—owing to his aristocratic title and the color of his distinctive triple-winged...
Patrick Swayze - Patrick Swayze Signed Photo from “Ghost”
A handsome, shirtless Patrick Swayze smiles for the camera on set during a break in shooting his acclaimed film Ghost. This 8″ x 10″ glossy lab print was boldly signed...
Christopher Reeve - Signed Photo as “Superman”
An original color 8″ x 10″ glossy lab print of Superman inscribed and signed “To Joe from Christopher Reeve” in black Sharpie. With auction COA. Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) was an...
Duke Ellington - CBS Records Contract Signed
Duke Ellington 1972 Signed Contract. Three pages, dated October 1, 1972 on CBS letterhead, signed by Ellington in blue ink. In the agreement, Ellington requests the “licensing back of his...
Carl Sandburg - Signed Poem “The Fog” from Book Page
Signed and dated 1962 copy of his most famous poem, “The Fog”, clipped from a book. Accompanied by vintage unsigned photo of Sandburg signing a book. CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) was...
Gertrude Stein - Autograph Album Page Signed
Signed and inscribed “For Charles Larsen, from Gertrude Stein,” on a pale green 5″ x 4.5″ album page. Collector’s notation along right edge indicates that signature was obtained “11/8/34”. In...
Arthur C. Clarke - Arthur C. Clarke Signed “2001: A Space Odyssey” Signed Easton Press Edition
2001: A Space Odyssey. Special leather-bound “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” Edition published by Easton Press in 1986. Photo Bookplate of Sir Arthur on half-title page, signed “Arthur C. Clarke”. As...
Lord Byron - Bold Signature, Conservation Framed
Scarce ink signature, “Byron,” on a brown slip of paper presumably clipped from a letter. Archivally conserved in a carved, gilded frame featuring a beautiful, full-color vintage engraving of Lord...
Frank Lloyd Wright - Typed Letter Signed to J.J. Polivka
Historic, previously unpublished Typed Letter Signed to prominent Czech civil engineer Dr. J.J. Polivka, dated March 15, 1952, on embossed Taliesin stationery. Accompanied by original stamped Taliesin West envelope...
William F. Cody - William Cody “Buffalo Bill” Signed Photo Card with Pawnee Bill
Original vintage portrait card featuring Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) and Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon W. Lillie), signed at bottom by W.F. Cody “Buffalo Bill” in black fountain pen. Printed...
William F. Cody - Double Signature
Cody’s trademark double-signature “W. F. Cody” above “Buffalo Bill” on 2″ x 4″ paper. (See vintage cabinet card here.) WILLIAM FREDERICK “BUFFALO BILL” CODY (1846-1917) was an American soldier, bison...
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Franklin D. Roosevelt ALS to Director of the US Mint Ray Baker
Autograph Letter Signed in the bold hand of Roosevelt himself, written in black ink with a fountain pen. It conveys a caring sentiment FDR sent to an old friend and...
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
Pristine Typed Letter Signed on engraved light green White House stationery, boldly signed by FDR in fountain pen, addressed to the Reverend Howard Wilkinson of St. Thomas’ Church in Washington...
William Randolph Hearst - William Randolph Hearst Inscribed Photo of Hearst Castle
Beautifully framed 22″ x 26″ black-and-white aerial photograph of Hearst Castle taken in 1931 by H.W. Rudy Truesdale, San Luis Obispo, California. Slight tear in upper right, otherwise in very...
Bill Clinton - Bill Clinton First Edition of “MY LIFE” Signed
A handsome copy of his autobiography My Life, stated First Edition/First Printing in unread As New condition in alike dust jacket, this one SIGNED IN RARE FORM “Wm. J. Clinton”...
Richard E. Byrd - Signature on Album Page
Bold Autograph “Archduke Joseph F.M.” (Field Marshal) on autograph album page. Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia (1872-1962) was the eldest son of...
Sophia Loren - Sophia Loren Signed Photo
Stunning vintage pose on a contemporary 8×10 photograph hand-signed in person. SOPHIA LOREN (1934-) is an Academy Award-winning Italian film actress, born Sofia Villani Scicolone. She is widely considered to...
Veronica Lake - Autograph on Album Page
This highly desirable autograph of Humphrey Bogart was obtained in person by none other than Stanley Berman (1927-1968), a Brooklyn cab driver, actor and widely-known in New York City as...