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JOHN JACOB ASTOR - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/18/1814 - HFSID 31303JOHN JACOB ASTOR This document lists the monies owed to Astor, then a predominant force in the American fur industry, by Joseph Winter, Manuscript DS: "John Jacob Astor", 1p, 7¾x9½, New York, 1814 July 18. Astor, as "merchant", acknowledges receiving monies owed him.
Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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JOHN JACOB ASTOR - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 08/25/1804 CO-SIGNED BY: PETER SMITH, SARAH ASTOR, MAGDALEN ASTOR - HFSID 23286JOHN JACOB ASTOR, CO-SIGNED BY: PETER SMITH, SARAH ASTOR, MAGDALEN ASTOR The two business partners sign their names on this document agreeing to sell a portion of the Astor land to new owners, co-signed by Astor's wife and daughter Manuscript Document signed:
Sale Price $935.00
$1,100.00
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JOHN JACOB ASTOR - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT UNSIGNED CIRCA 1819 - HFSID 32877JOHN JACOB ASTOR A ledger from his Mackinaw fur trading post, unsigned by the business owner, detailing supplies and their prices Manuscript document unsigned. Written in several unknown hands, 4p, 6x7¾, front and verso. Mackinaw, [Michigan], 1819 August 21-23.
Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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SAMUEL AUGUSTUS BARNETT - DOCUMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1906 CO-SIGNED BY: REGINALD JOHN "R. J." CAMPBELL, AYLMER MAUDE, J. F. MACKARNERS, J. HARRISON MACDONALD - HFSID 23823A group of influential English churchman and scholars' petition Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey to release Egyptians imprisoned after the Denshawai Incident, which aroused Egyptian nationalism against British colonial rule.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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CLARA BARTON - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID 350434CLARA BARTON Eloquently demands protection of the Red Cross symbol. Manuscript Signed: "Clara Barton" circa 1893, three typed pages, 8 x 10½. American
Sale Price $2,125.00
$2,500.00
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RALPH J. BUNCHE - DOCUMENT SIGNED 11/18/1953 CO-SIGNED BY: KEN MURRAY - HFSID 251699RALPH J. BUNCHE and KEN MURRAY The entertainer who hosted the popular 1950s show Where Were You? received permission via signature from the Nobel Prize Winner to use his voice and photograph on
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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PETER COOPER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 05/01/1881 CO-SIGNED BY: GEORGE W. PLYMPTON - HFSID 158427PETER COOPER Certificate awarded to a student who took Cast Drawing at his free night school. Partly Printed DS: "Peter Cooper" as President, 1p, 16x13¼. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, 1881 May 1. Countersigned: "Geo. W. Plympton, A.M., C.E.
Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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PETER COOPER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 10/1842 - HFSID 154782PETER COOPER Cooper signed this dated New York Public School award for Maria Nunns in 1842. Partly printed document signed "Peter Cooper" for the School Committee and "Caroline Whiting" as Teacher. With pencil notation on verso in unknown hand. 1 page, 7¼x9¼. Oct. 1842.
Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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PETER COOPER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/1843 - HFSID 154780PETER COOPER Cooper signed this dated New York Public School award for Maria Nunnst in 1843. Partly printed document signed "Peter Cooper" for the School Committee and "Caroline Whiting" as Teacher. With pencil notation on verso in unknown hand. 1 page, 7¼x9¼. Dec. 1843.
Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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PETER COOPER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/1846 - HFSID 252225PETER COOPER Cooper signed this dated New York Public School award for Maria Nunnst in 1843. Partly Printed document signed: "Peter Cooper" for the School Committee and by "Caroline Whiting" as Teacher. With pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. 1 page, 9¼x7¼. Feb.
Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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PETER COOPER - DOCUMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1842 - HFSID 286442PETER COOPER As a school committee member, he signs an award certificate to a student (1842) Partly printed document signed "Peter Cooper" for the School Committee and "Caroline Whiting" as Teacher. With pencil notation on verso in unknown hand. 1 page, 7¼x9¼. February, 1842.
Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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PETER COOPER - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/21/1836 - HFSID 16773PETER COOPER Cooper signed this dated manuscript document in New York in 1836 to acknowledge that he had received an $8.32 payment from William Conley for merchandise received. Manuscript document signed "Received Payment/Peter Cooper", 1 page, 7¾x2¾ mounted to 8x3¼ sheet of paper.
Sale Price $382.50
$425.00
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NORMAN COUSINS - DOCUMENT SIGNED 08/27/1968 CO-SIGNED BY: THERON C. LIDDLE - HFSID 42599NORMAN COUSINS, CO-SIGNED BY: THERON C. LIDDLE The editor of the Saturday Review signed this document in 1968 to give the editor and book publisher permission to reprint one of his quotes about war Document signed "Theron C. Liddle" in blue ink and "Norman Cousins" in black ink.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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JACOB SECHLER "GENERAL COXEY" COXEY - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 11/07/1891 - HFSID 17820Reformer Jacob Sechler Coxey wrote and signed this document on his personalized business letterhead in 1891 to acknowledge that he got the recipient's payment. Coxey is best remembered for leading a band of jobless men called "Coxey's Army" on a march on Washington D. C. after the Panic of 1893. This letter is dated two years before Coxey's Army began its march on Easter Sunday in 1894.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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MAJOR GENERAL PEDRO ANTONIO DIAZ MOLINA - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/25/1899 - HFSID 218129The Cuban Major General who emancipated himself from slavery writes a message to Commander Alfredo Nodarse to inform him that his application to the Lieutenant Colonel rank had been elevated to superiority and signs his name in Fatherland and Liberty
Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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TED DONALDSON - DOCUMENT DOUBLE SIGNED 07/03/1946 - HFSID 288766Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce Donaldson's signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money for needy film industry veterans. Donaldson has signed twice, once as an autograph sample and again to grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly verified example, of a rare signature, signed at age 13!
Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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JACK ELLIOT - CONTRACT SIGNED 08/01/1967 - HFSID 262635Oscar and Emmy-nominated composer Jack Elliott signed this contract to appear in a 1967 episode of Kraft Music Hour for $1,500 plus union scale. Elliott composed the themes for Charlie's Angels, Barney Miller and Night Court.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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ARLENE FRANCIS - CONTRACT SIGNED 01/16/1946 CO-SIGNED BY: ANNA SOSENKO - HFSID 76058ARLENE FRANCIS and ANNA SOSENKO Document signed in regards to Francis's performance on The Raleigh Room Document Signed: "Arlene Francis" and "Anna Sosenko", 1p, 8½x13. New York, N.Y., 1946 January 16.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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J. PAUL GETTY - CONTRACT SIGNED 01/14/1937 - HFSID 187757J. PAUL GETTY. Partly Printed DS: "J. Paul Getty", "F.W. Dye", "J.J. Deaner" andfive others, 4p, 8½x14. No place, 1937 January 8.Headed: "Casinghead Gas Contract".J. PAUL GETTY, F.W. DYE and J.J.
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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J. PAUL GETTY - DOCUMENT FRAGMENT SIGNED - HFSID 261597J. PAUL GETTY This last page of a legal document is signed by the oil magnate and two members of the Julian Oil Company Document fragment signed: "J. Paul Getty", 1 p, 8¼x12¾. No place, no date.
Sale Price $1,445.00
$1,700.00
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J. PAUL GETTY - DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID 264358J. PAUL GETTY The oil businessman signs this document assigning Thomas Dockweiler as his attorney Document signed: "J. Paul Getty" as Trustee, 1p, 8½x11. Paris, France, circa 1956. Headed:"Income Tax Power of Attorney [Individual Return]". Begins, in part: "I, J.
Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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J. PAUL GETTY - DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/25/1963 - HFSID 250711J. PAUL GETTY This Power of Attorney form is signed by the oil businessman who agrees to appoint a Joseph Peeler as the attorney on behalf of his son, Eugene Document signed: "J Paul Getty", 1p, 8½x11. Surrey, England, 1963 March 25.
Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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J. PAUL GETTY - DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/01/1948 - HFSID 250710J. PAUL GETTY. Carbon Partly Printed DS: "J. Paul Getty" in ink, 2p, 8½x13, front and verso. No place, 1948 April 1. Headed: "Form 6/Securities and Exchange Commission/Philadelphia, Pa.
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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J. PAUL GETTY - DOCUMENT SIGNED 09/19/1951 - HFSID 251389J. PAUL GETTY This document appointing D.T. Staples as his power of attorney is signed by the oil tycoon in blue ink Document signed: "J. Paul Getty" as Taxpayer, 1½p, 8x10½. Hamburg, Germany, 1951 September 19.
Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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J. PAUL GETTY - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/31/1974 - HFSID 260562J. PAUL GETTY The business mogul signs this typed document forgiving loans that he gave to a Mrs. Gloria Bigelow, totaling $4,800 Document signed: "J Paul Getty", 1p, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1974 December 31. On his business letterhead to Mr.
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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DANNY GLOVER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/12/1990 - HFSID 270898DANNY GLOVER Danny Glover signs a document for his appearance on the Today show. Document Signed: "Danny Glover", 1p, 7¾x10¼. New York City, 1990 July 12. Headed: "Statement Pursuant To Section 507 Of The/Communications Act of 1934 - Guest". Disclaimer for Glover's appearance on the Today show.
Sale Price $234.00
$260.00
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SAMUEL GOLDWYN - DOCUMENT DOUBLE SIGNED 12/30/1968 CO-SIGNED BY: SAMUEL GOLDWYN JR., FRANCES GOLDWYN - HFSID 256593SAMUEL GOLDWYN, SAMUEL GOLDWYN, JR. and FRANCES GOLDWYN The Goldwyn family signs a document extending their partnership to December 31, 1970. Document Signed: "Samuel Goldwyn" (twice), "Samuel Goldwyn Jr" (twice) and "Frances Howard Goldwyn", 4p, 8½x13. Los Angeles, California, 1968 December 30.
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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SAMUEL GOLDWYN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/21/1950 CO-SIGNED BY: FRANCES GOLDWYN, JAMES A. MULVEY, M. A. EZZARD, A. R. EVENS - HFSID 269047SAMUEL GOLDWYN. Document signed: "Samuel Goldwyn", 1p, 8½x14. No place, 1950 March 21. The Directors of Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc. consent to waive prior notice of a meeting of the board, to be held on March 24. Also signed by fellow Directors "Frances H. Goldwyn", "James A. Mulvey", "M.A. Ezzell", "A.
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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SAMUEL GOLDWYN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/19/1944 CO-SIGNED BY: Y. FRANK FREEMAN - HFSID 258104Goldwyn and Freeman both signed this certificate of appreciation, written on gold leaf- illuminated vellum, in 1944 for Fred W. Beetson, a producer and founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. An incredibly beautiful document and a piece of Hollywood history.
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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SAMUEL GOLDWYN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 08/19/1946 - HFSID 271158SAMUEL GOLDWYN. Typed DS: "Sameul Goldwyn", 1p, 8½x13, stapled to 9x13¼ sheet. Los Angeles County, California, 1946 August 19. Headed: "Assignment of Copyright".
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00