- September 26, 2017 10:30 AM EDT
- Wilton, CT, US
- Auction Details
Incredible Selection of Autographs, Documents, Manuscripts, Books & Relics
225 lots
1: Patriots John Adams, De Witt Clinton, and Lajos Kossuth personal calling cards.
2: Apollo XI insurance cover signed by Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin--rarest!
3: Spectacular Neil Armstrong signed full color photo w/ 2 letters of authenticity!
4: Chester A. Arthur signed note to "Old Salt", NY assemblyman Thomas G. Alvord.
6: William Astor ALS, as Pres. American Fur Co., writes to agent Robert Stuart.
7: 8 words in Sir Francis Bacon's hand as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England.
8: P.T. Barnum ALS from the year that he founded his traveling circus.
9: P.T. Barnum wants to revive Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York in 1854.
10: Barnum icon Commodore Nutt sends autograph 6 wks before Tom Thumb's wedding.
11: Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, Statue of Liberty sculptor, exhibits right arm & torch in PA.
12: Spectacular photos of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty from Parisian workshop.
13: Invitation celebrating Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty arrival in New York in 1885.
14: Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty arrives by boat in June 1885 - French sailors host lunch!
15: Two Ben-Gurion handwritten letters in English, one re: disagreement with Sharett.
16: Ben-Gurion to Dayan TLS a day after Nasser proclaimed a new constitution.
17: Constitution signer William Blount signs a 1795 TE document as Governor.
19: French botanist & explorer Aimé Bonpland ALS to photog. Chas D. Fredricks re: seeds.
20: Rev. War patriot & Continental Congressman Elias Boudinot signed letter.