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FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE: Signed autograph letter from Paris written just weeks before his death in 1778, fearing that hypocritical priests will deny him a church burial. The letter, written in fine French (fully translated here) in a beautiful hand to the Count of Rochefort, shows that the sage had lost none of his mental acuity.
Autograph Letter signed: "V", 2 pages (integral leaf) 4½x7 folded, 9x7 open flat. Paris, 1778 April 16. To the Comte de Rochefort. In French, fully translated: "I must apologize for having written so formally to Madame Dix-Neuf Ans ["Nineteen Years"]. I apologize for taking so long to thank you for your pleasant letter, sir, but I have had lately a very violent fever, following two fatal illnesses from which I escaped. I think that Monsieur the Abbey of Beauregard, preacher of Versailles, so-called former Jesuit, would willingly refuse me a burial, which is very unfair, because they say that I would not ask for more than to bury him; and he owes me, it seems, the same courtesy. Read More...
Price $110,000
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CHUCK CONNORS: Photo ID (with his fingerprints), issued by the US Army when Connors visited US troops in Vietnam (1967), signed with his full legal name, Kevin Joseph Connors!
Document signed: "Kevin Joseph Connors", 3¾x2½ (Laminated). Headquarters, MACV (Military Assistance
Command Vietnam), 1967 April 10. Noncombatant's Certificate of Identity, issued to Connors as a
"DOD Entertainer" by the US Army. Connors' "assimilated rank" is designated as "Maj thru Col". Photo affixed under
lamination. Fingerprints and typed description on verso. Also signed by the issuing officer. Accompanied by
unsigned color photo of Connors as "the Rifleman". Read More...
Price $4,999
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GUTZON BORGLUM: This historically significant sculpture is a deep-relief bust rendering of George Washington's head by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor who created the Mount Rushmore National Monument. It's an exceptional and very important piece of Americana that displays the skill and detail, in small scale, that Borglum put into America's "shrine of democracy".
Original art signed "Gutzon Borglum/Rushmore" on verso. 4¼x5x2 sculpture mounted on 8x9¼x¼ brown velvet-covered wood board. This is a deep-relief rendering of George Washington's head by the sculptor who created the Mount Rushmore National Monument. Though a small piece, this sculpture is filled with subtle details breathe life and humanity - and dignity - into both the piece and its subject. Read More...
Price $65,000
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LORD BYRON: His handwritten quotation from an epic Celtic poem by Ossian, accompanied by his signature on a separate paper.
Autograph quotation unsigned: "Motto to Neustein, Adieu. Why dost thou build the hall, Son of the winged days?
Thou lookest from thy towers today; yet a few years, and the blast of the Desert comes, it howls in thy
empty Court. - Ossian". 7x3¾ page. Accompanied by his signature: "Byron", on a 2x1 slip of paper affixed
to a 4½x2¾ card. Framed to an overall size of 21x37. Read More...
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VLADIMIR ILYICH LENIN: Lenin signed and annotated this telegram in 1921, in the midst of a widespread famine, in order to prepare for the visit of an English trade delegation. This telegram, thought to be lost, was discovered by Russian composer Yuriy Limanov among his father's papers.
Autograph note signed: "Lenin" in blue pencil, 1p, 9½x6¾. Moscow, Soviet Union, July 13, 1921. Routed at top in his hand: "To Krasin", written by Lenin in lower margin of a telegram from London. In Russian, fully translated: "Keep your eyes open. Check it and make sure that everything is really done." Read More...
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NATHANIEL BOND: Bond signs a desperate autograph letter to the future Declaration signer and Vice President, his fellow townsman, one week after the Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 1775), seeking armed protection until he can vindicate himself at a court martial: "I am in danger of my life every moment, thousands having sworn to kill me at first sight."
Autograph Letter signed: "N. Bond", 3 pages, 6x7¼, with integral address leaf. Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1775 April 26. "To/Mr. Elbridge Gerry/There". "Every species of Misfortune seem to fall to my share, those things which I had no reason to fear no less than those which I had, a story that in the simplicity of my Heart I supposed true I had last Wednesday morning. Read More...
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