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MAXWELL ANDERSON - CHECK ENDORSED 04/24/1925 - HFSID 18396Maxwell Anderson endorses a check on the verso from the "Greenwich Village Playhouse, Inc." for $250.00. Partly Printed Check endorsed on verso: "Maxwell Anderson", 8½x3. New York, 1925 April 22.Price: $260.00
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GEORGE AXELROD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 03/11/1959 - HFSID 321243The screenwriter wrote this check for $37.08 to Frederick-Thomas Associates Check signed: "George Axelrod", in blue ink, 8½x3¼. Dated March 11, 1959. Check no. 1174 drawn on the account of George and Joan Axelrod at the Chase Manhattan Bank.
Sale Price $175.00
$220.00
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GEORGE AXELROD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 06/28/1960 - HFSID 342389The successful stage and film writer signed this check for $69.86 to the New York Telephone Company in blue ink Check signed: "George Axelrod" in blue ink. 8¼x3¼ Chase Manhattan Bank check, from the George and Joan Axelrod account, check no. 148. Payment of $69.
Price: $320.00
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GEORGE AXELROD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 06/28/1960 - HFSID 345844The film production writer who turned his popular play The Seven Year Itch into a film signed this check Check Signed: "George Axelrod". 8 ¼ x 3. Dated June 28, 1960. Paid to Surrey Motors Corporation in the amount of $55.94 in payment of a Ford Station Wagon.
Price: $320.00
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GEORGE AXELROD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 06/28/1960 - HFSID 346110The successful stage and film writer who earned an Oscar nomination for his work on Breakfast at Tiffany's signed this check Check signed: "George Axelrod" in blue ink. 8¼x3¼. Dated June 28, 1960.
Price: $320.00
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GEORGE AXELROD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 06/29/1960 - HFSID 320095The stage and screenwriter signed this $24.60 check Check signed: "George Axelrod", 8¼x3. New York, New York. Dated June 29, 1960. Check #158, drawn on the joint account of George and Joan Axelrod at The Chase Manhattan Bank, payable to Eileen Mitchell for $24.60.
Sale Price $175.00
$220.00
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GEORGE AXELROD - CHECK SIGNED & ENDORSED 01/25/1960 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 342457Signed check for an alimony payment from the successful screenwriter to his former wife for the amount of $2,500.00 Check signed and endorsed: "George Axelrod", endorsed: "Gloria Axelrod", in blue ink, 8½x3¼. January 25, 1960. Check no.
Price: $320.00
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JUANITA BARTLETT - CHECK ENDORSED 01/13/1972 - HFSID 39249Check endorsed: "Juanita L. Bartlett", 3x7¾. Burbank, California, 1972 January 13. Check no. 528 made out to Juanita Bartlett, drawn on the account of Seneca Productions at City National Bank for $2,387.10.
Price: $100.00
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HEINRICH T. BOLL - CHECK ENDORSED 08/10/1979 - HFSID 222703Check endorsed: "Heinrich Boll", 6x2¾. Filled out and signed: "Mrs. Charles Searle" on August 10, 1979. Check No. 4579, drawn on People's Bank, St. Mary's, Georgia, payable to Böll for $1.50 for postage.
Price: $90.00
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DANIEL J. BOORSTIN - CHECK ENDORSED 03/15/1974 - HFSID 38474Pulitzer prize-winning author and Librarian of Congress endorses a check for $1,000.00. Check endorsed: "Daniel J. Boorstin/for deposit", 8¼x3¼. Los Angeles, California, 15 March 1974. Check no. 2584, drawn on the Wolper Production's, Inc.
Sale Price $175.00
$220.00
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LOUIS BROMFIELD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 03/12/1946 - HFSID 83306The Pulitzer Prize winning author signs this check Check signed: "Louis Bromfield", 6½x2¾. Unnumbered check drawn on the Bank of New York, payable to Gotham Hotel for $318.13, filled out by Bromfield, 1946 March 12.
Price: $200.00
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GWENDOLYN BROOKS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/19/1956 - HFSID 272032The Pulitzer Prize winning poet signs this check to Illinois Bell Telephone Company Check filled out and signed: "Gwendolyn Blakely", 6¼x2¾. Chicago, Illinois, 1956 January 19.
Price: $300.00
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GWENDOLYN BROOKS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 05/25/1980 - HFSID 272054The Pulitzer Prize winning poet signs this check to American Express Company Check filled out and signed: "Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely", 6x2¾. Chicago, Illinois, 1980 May 25. Check No.
Price: $300.00
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GWENDOLYN BROOKS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 09/21/1959 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 272033The Pulitzer prize winning poet signs a check for $6.00 to her husband, writer Henry Blakely. Check signed: "Gwendolyn Blakely", 6x2¾. Chicago, Illinois, 1959 September 21. Drawn on her account at Chatham Bank of Chicago, payable to her husband, "Henry Blakely" for $6.
Sale Price $245.00
$300.00
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JAMES MACGREGOR BURNS - CHECK ENDORSED 03/15/1974 - HFSID 141735A check from the Wolper Productions paying the Pulitzer prize winner $1,000 for his services Check endorsed: "James Mac Gregor Burns" in blue ink. 3¼x8¼. Los Angeles, California, March 15, 1974. Check No.
Price: $200.00
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 02/14/1947 - HFSID 342511PSA/DNA certified check for $5.00 signed by Burroughs in blue ink Check signed: "ER Burroughs", 7¼x3 encased in 9¾x4½ PSA/DNA capsule. Tarzana, California, 1947 February 14. Check No.
Price: $400.00
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 08/15/1945 - HFSID 343439The esteemed author of Tarzan of the Apes signs this check to Mutual Telephone Company Check signed: "E. R. Burroughs" in black ink, 8¼x3. August 15, 1945. Check no. 715 drawn from his account at Citizens National Trust and Savings Bank in Los Angeles, California.
Price: $380.00
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 10/31/1935 - HFSID 266282Edgar Rice Burroughs signs a check for $45.00 Check signed: "E.R. Burroughs", 7¾x3. October 31, 1935. Check No. 156 drawn from the account of Edgar Rice Burroughs at Citizens National Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles. Payable for $45.00 to Collette Stenger.
Sale Price $315.00
$380.00
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS - CHECK SIGNED & ENDORSED 07/18/1935 - HFSID 291581He signs, fills out and endorses a check for $100.00 payable to Currency. Check filled out, signed & endorsed: "ER Burroughs", 8¼x3. Tarzana, California, 1935 July 18. Check No.
Price: $480.00
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS - CHECK SIGNED & ENDORSED 10/09/1935 - HFSID 174573Edgar Rice Burroughs signs and endorses a check for $100.00 Check endorsed and signed: "E.R. Burroughs", and endorsed on verso: "E.R. Burroughs", 7¾x3. Los Angeles, 1935 October 9. Citizens National Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles. Filled out by Burroughs.
Price: $480.00
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ERSKINE CALDWELL - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK - HFSID 270832A check signed by the author, matted to an overall size of 22½x22½ Check signed: "Erskine Caldwell", 8x3. Augusta, Maine, 1937 January 5. Check No. 13, drawn on the First National Granite Bank, payable to Alma P. Butler for $4.00.
Price: $400.00
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ERSKINE CALDWELL - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/07/1937 - HFSID 252221The author fills out and signs this check for $4.75 Check Signed: "Erskine Caldwell", 6¼x2¾. Augusta, Maine, 1937 January 7. Check No. 9, drawn on the First National Granite Bank, payable to Narcross Motor Sales for $4.75.
Price: $400.00
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ERSKINE CALDWELL - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/18/1937 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 176080The author fills out and signs this check for $4.30 to Alma Butler Check filled in and signed: "Erskine Caldwell", 6¼x2¾. Augusta, Maine, 1937 January 18. Check No. 20, drawn on the First National Granite Bank, payable to Alma P. Butler for $4.30.
Price: $500.00
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ERSKINE CALDWELL - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 03/31/1933 - HFSID 285442He filled out and signed this $2.00 check to the New York Times Book Review in 1933. Accused that year of disseminating pornography with his God's Little Acre, Caldwell had good reason to keep abreast of what literary critics were saying about his book.
Price: $400.00
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THOMAS CAMPBELL - CHECK SIGNED & ENDORSED 12/04/1822 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 297858Scottish publisher Campbell writes a £15 check to poet Campbell, who in turn signs it over to a third party. Check Signed and Endorsed: "Archibald Constable", "Thos. Campbell", 9x7½. Edinburgh, 1822 December 4. Filled out by Constable: "Pay to Thos.…"
Sale Price $250.00
$320.00
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OCTAVUS COHEN SR. - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 02/26/1919 - HFSID 83143Signed $100.00 check of journalist Octavus Cohen, father of the American writer Octavus Roy Cohen. Extremely rare! Check signed: "Octavus Cohen", 8¼x3¼. Charleston, South Carolina, February 26, 1919. Drawn on the Cohen's account at The Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co.
Price: $220.00
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BARNABY CONRAD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 03/03/2002 - HFSID 292001$100 check written to fellow contributor of Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life Catherine Ryan Hyde Check signed "Barnaby Conrad" 6x3. Carpenteria, California, March 3, 2002.
Price: $220.00
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BARNABY CONRAD - CHECK SIGNED & ENDORSED 02/16/2002 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 292000$100 check written to fellow author Elizabeth George, a contributor to Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life, and endorsed by her Check signed "Barnaby Conrad" and endorsed "Elizabeth George/Deposit only", 6x3. Carpenteria, California, 2002 February 16.
Sale Price $295.00
$360.00
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BARNABY CONRAD - CHECK SIGNED & ENDORSED 02/20/2002 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 292002Endorsed $100 check written to fellow author and contributor to Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life. Accompanied by a typed draft of the author's essay, bearing a signed note by the editor Check signed "Barnaby Conrad" and endorsed "Herbert Gold", 6x3.
Price: $380.00
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BARNABY CONRAD - CHECK SIGNED & ENDORSED 03/04/2002 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 291997Endorsed $100 check written to fellow contributor to Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life Check Signed and Endorsed: "Barnaby Conrad" and endorsed "J. F. Freedman", 6x3. Carpenteria, California, March 4, 2002.
Price: $360.00
