- November 10, 2016 10:30 AM EST
- Wilton, CT, US
- Auction Details
Fabulous Selection of Autographs, Books and Relics
189 lots
2: John Q. Adams signed presentation copy of his soaring 1831 4th of July speech!
3: Document signed by John Alden, great-grandson of John and Priscilla Alden
4: Rare Amistad-related nautical letter of Commander Thomas R. Gedney
6: Silverplate Wood "Sled" Inkstand commemorating the 1877 Arctic Expedition
7: Chester A. Arthur adds how own verse to Whittier's poem, "Maud Muller"
8: An archive of Nobel Laureate Frederick Banting, co-discover of Insulin
9: First human heart transplant doctor, Christiaan Barnard, signs a typed letter
11: Mass. Colonial Gov Bernard signed doc, impt early boundary dispute b/t Mass & N
12: A well documented Peruvian military appointment boldly signed by Simon Bolivar
13: French botanist & explorer Aimé Bonpland sends friend a letter re: sending seeds
14: A Gutzon Borglum letter critiquing his Henry Ward Beecher anti-slavery statue
15: Extremely rare David Brearley Constitution Signer war-dated document
16: Brezhnev writes to mentor, Khrushchev, to allow a Mining Institute celebration
17: Signatures of convicted murderers Whitey Bulger and Birdman of Alcatraz!
18: Whitey Bulger signs an Alcatraz mug shot of Public Enemy #1 Alvin Karpis
20: President George Bush tells a friend he cannot go to his golf tournament