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JESSE JAMES: This threatening letter, handwritten and signed by James in 1875 to man who accused him of stealing a horse, is one of only a very few letters written by James known to exist!
Autograph letter signed "Jesse W James" in pencil and on verso, "JW James" in blue ink, 2¾p, 4¾x7¾. Lafayette Co., Mo., 1875 June 5. The outlaw, in hiding, writes this life-threatening letter in response to being accused of being a horse thief. To Mr. Flood, with poor grammar and misspellings. Read More...
Price $5,500,000
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS: "The Black Lion," who often wrote verses to well-wishers, handwrote and signed this very rare poem on his beginnings as a slave and his resolve to abolish slavery.
Autograph Poem signed: "Frederick Douglass", 1p, 6x4¾. In full: "I was born a Slave,/And had to obey a master's command./And finding no arm to save,/In all this Christian land,/So I resolved to run away/And thus get rid of Slavery." Frederick Douglas, who would often write verse to well-wishers, wrote and signed this poem on an album leaf. Within it, he made reference to "this Christian land," a phrase he no doubt recalled vividly from his first appearance before the Massachusetts anti-Slavery Society in 1841. Read More...
Price $250,000
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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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THOMAS A. EDISON: This rare document is a patent drawing, signed by Edison, for a Bolivian patent on the incandescent bulb. This patent was to protect Edison's patent on the bulb in Bolivia and has his full signature - a rarity.
Rare Patent Drawing signed: "Thomas Alva Edison", 1p, 16x22. Headed: "Lamina 3/Bolivia" at upper right corner. This patent, which was filed in Bolivia, features two imprinted drawings for one of Edison's actual patents relating to his incandescent lamp. Also signed: "Chas H. Smith" and "Geo. T. Pinckney" as "Testigos" [Witnesses]. Read More...
Price $125,000
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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...
Price $110,000
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