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LYMAN ABBOTT - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 142788LYMAN ABBOTT Signed autograph sentiment Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours Sincerely/Lyman Abbott", 3½x1¾ card. Congregationalist minister Abbott (1835-1922) succeeded Henry Ward Beecher as editor of The Christian Union, later renamed The Outlook, heading it for 46 years until his death.
Sale Price $81.00
$90.00
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LYMAN ABBOTT - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 198010LYMAN ABBOTT His signature on the letterhead of The Outlook, the influential magazine he edited Signature: "Yours Sincerely/Lyman Abbott", 1 page, 5x7½. On letterhead of "The Outlook/287 Fourth Avenue/New York".
Sale Price $81.00
$90.00
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LYMAN ABBOTT - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 112387LYMAN ABBOTT Signed typed sentiment Typed Sentiment signed: "Lyman Abbott", below "Yours sincerely," 2¾x1 piece of paper. Congregationalist minister Abbott (1835-1922) succeeded Henry Ward Beecher as editor of The Christian Union, later renamed The Outlook, heading it for 46 years until his death.
Sale Price $72.00
$80.00
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PHILIP D. "THE PORK BARON" ARMOUR - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 156661PHILIP D. ARMOUR. Signature: "Sincerely/Philip D Armour", 4½x2¼ autograph card. Imprinted: "The Lincoln Collection/of Autographs/Started by Mr. Lincoln in 1863/John Sparhawk Wurts, Philadelphia". In 1869, Armour, who became a partner in a pork packing firm in 1863, established the Armour & Co.
Sale Price $467.50
$650.00
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STEPHEN MOULTON BABCOCK - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 298726STEPHEN MOULTON BABCOCK Handwritten sentiment of the agrarian chemist and pioneer nutritionist Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very truly yours,/S. M. Babcock", 3x1¼. Stephen Moulton Babcock
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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HAROLD BAUER - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 225620HAROLD BAUER Small slip of ruled paper signed "Yours Faithfully" by pianist Harold Bauer Autograph sentiment signed "Yours faithfully,/Harold Bauer". Black ink and lead pencil notations on sentiment and mounting card, all in unknown hand. 4x1½ ruled paper, mounted to a 5x3 blue card.
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 1940 - HFSID 28650ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT Actor Eleanor Robson Belmont signed this index card "Sincerely yrs" in New York City in 1940 Autograph sentiment signed "Sincerely yrs-/Eleanor Robson Belmont/New York City/1940". 5x3 index card.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1907 - HFSID 171770ELEANOR ROBSON (MRS. AUGUST BELMONT) Handwritten Sentiment signed as Eleanor Robson, with a newspaper photo affixed at left edge Autograph Sentiment signed: "Sincerely -/Eleanor Robson/1907", 6¾x2¾. 2½x2¾ newspaper photo affixed to left edge.
Sale Price $90.00
$100.00
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MAUD BALLINGTON BOOTH - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 182703MAUD BALLINGTON BOOTH. Signature: "Yours truly in/the war for God/Maud B. Booth", 4¼x3½ card. Slightly soiled. Mounting paper remnants on verso show through faintly. Otherwise, fine condition. Accompanied by unsigned photo (sepia, 2¾¾) of a youthful Booth. Slightly soiled.
Sale Price $722.50
$850.00
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MAUD BALLINGTON BOOTH - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 320315MAUD B. BOOTH The activist and Co-Director of the U.S. Salvation Army signs a typed sentiment Typed Sentiment Signed: "[below a printed Very Cordially Yours]Maud B. Booth", 4¾x1¾.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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DAME LILIAN BRAITHWAITE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/1942 - HFSID 143760LILIAN BRAITHWAITE The English actress signs a 5½x3½ sheet of paper with her good wishes. Autograph Sentiment signed: "good wishes!/Lilian Braithwaite/April 1942", 5½x3½ sheet of paper. Dame Lilian Braithwaite (1873-1948) was an English actress born in Ramsgate, Kent.
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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FANNY BROUGH - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 304487FANNY BROUGH Handwritten sentiment of the English actress, supporter of indigent actresses Autograph Sentiment signed: "In great haste/Yours truly/Fanny/Brough", 4x3½. Paris-born English actress Fanny Brough (1852-1914) performed both dramatic and comedy roles, excelling at the latter.
Sale Price $72.00
$80.00
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ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/21/1930 - HFSID 297592ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN The NYU Chancellor sends his autograph. Typed Sentiment signed: "Elmer Ellsworth Brown/New York University/April 21, 1930", 5x3. Typed message in full: "I am pleasured to furnish you with my autograph for your collection.
Sale Price $81.00
$90.00
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WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 03/27/1869 - HFSID 14072WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Ruled cardstock signed by American poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant in New York in 1869 Autograph signature signed "I have the honor to be/very respectfully yours/William Cullen BryantNew York, March 27, 1869.". 5x2 ruled card.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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RALPH J. BUNCHE - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 17725RALPH J. BUNCHE Ralph J. Bunche signs the closing of a typed letter. Typed sentiment signed: "Ralph J. Bunche" as United Nations Under Secretary, 8½x6¼. Signed below typed closing, "Sincerely yours," on a letter fragment. Typed addressee, George R. Sanders of KMLA Broadcasting Corporation, Los Angeles, at lower left.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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RALPH J. BUNCHE - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 225704RALPH J. BUNCHE Ralph J. Bunche signs the closing of a letter. Typed Sentiment Signed: "Ralph J. Bunche", 3½x1¾ piece of paper. Signed below typed sentiment: "Sincerely yours,/Ralph J, Bunche/Under-Secretary-General". Ralph J.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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SAMUEL H. BUTCHER - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 297503SAMUEL H. BUTCHER The classical scholar praises "a perfect bit of literary work". Autograph Sentiment signed: "is a perfect bit of literary work./With very many thanks/Yours truly/S. H. Butcher", 4½x2¼.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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JOE L CLARK - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 294783JOE CLARKE The inspiration for Morgan Freeman's character in the 1989 film Lean on Me signs a 6½x3¾ piece of paper. Autograph Sentiment signed: "I hope I signed it in the right place- Joe Clarke", 6½x3¾.
Sale Price $63.00
$70.00
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NORMAN COUSINS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 12/1945 - HFSID 73440NORMAN COUSINS Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, signed this slip of paper in blue ink and "With profound admiration" in 1945 Autograph sentiment signed "With profound admiration for/Jessie Wainwright and all/that she stands for/Norman Cousins December 1945" in blue ink. 5½x2, with two binder holes at left edge.
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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JACOB SECHLER "GENERAL COXEY" COXEY - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 1929 - HFSID 224318Reformer Jacob Sechler Coxey signed and dated this small card with holiday greetings and "Yours Truly" in 1929 as "Genl.J.S.Coxey". 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, for which people often gave him the honorary title of General.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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RUBY DEE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 278166RUBY DEE The actress signs "Joy!" in red ink on a 5x3 card Autograph Sentiment signed: "Joy!/Ruby Dee", 5x3 index card. Ruby Dee (1922-2014), a multitalented veteran of stage, screen and television who made her
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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EMILY FAITHFULL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 225441EMILY FAITHFULL Signed sentiment of the English woman's rights activist and publisher. Extremely rare! Autograph sentiment signed: "Yours truly/Emily Faithfull", in brown ink, 4¼x2¼ attached to 5x3 card (2 surfaces). Emily Faithfull was an English women's rights activist of the 1860s.
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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MARSHALL FIELD - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 167195MARSHALL FIELD The American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company signs on this 4¼x1¼ typed sentiment signed in iron gall ink Typed Sentiment Signed: “Marshall Field” in iron gall ink. 4¼x1¼.
Sale Price $216.00
$240.00
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ROBERT BENNET FORBES - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 23354ROBERT BENNET FORBES Clipped autograph sentiment of the ship owner, opium trader and philanthropist Autograph Sentiment signed: "very truly/Your Servant/R B Forbes", 3x1 affixed to a 3½x1½ slip, which is also affixed to a 4½x3 card with ink caption (unknown hand).
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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ELISABETH GILMAN - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 10/30/1930 - HFSID 286893ELIZABETH GILMAN Autograph Sentiment signed in October 1930, while she was the Socialist candidate for Governor of Maryland Autograph Sentiment signed: "With all good wishes/from/Elisabeth Gilman/Oct. 30, 1030", 3¾x1¾, paper, affixed to 5x3½ cardboard.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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JOHN B. GOUGH - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/02/1885 - HFSID 182705JOHN B. GOUGH Small card signed "most truly Yours" by temperance lecturer John B. Gough in 1885, one year before his death Autograph sentiment signed "most truly/Yours/John B. Gough/April 2, 1885". 4x2½ card.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ELSPET (BARONESS RIX) GRAY - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 160548ELSPET GRAY (BARONESS RIX) The Scottish actress extends best wishes. Autograph Sentiment signed: "Best Wishes/Elspet/Gray", 4x4. Scottish actress Elspet Gray (1929-2013) played
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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SIR WILFRED T. GRENFELL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 17953WILFRED GRENFELL. Autograph Sentiment signed: "Truly Yours/Grenfell". 3x1¾, affixed to 4½x3 album leaf. Pencil note (unknown hand), "Lord Grenfell", below signature slip.
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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JOHN HAYS HAMMOND SR. - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 12/1930 - HFSID 299841JOHN HAYS HAMMOND He signs a short sentiment on a 5x3 card. Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very sincerely/John Hays Hammond/Washington D.C./Dec. 1930", 5x3 card. John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) was an American mining engineer and businessman who worked for British mining firms in South Africa, working for Cecil Rhodes.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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GEORGE JESSEL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1938 - HFSID 165338GEORGE JESSEL Signing "with love" on a question card distributed at a performance by "Myrus the Mental Marvel" Autograph Sentiment signed: "WITH LOVE/George Jessel" in pencil, 4x5 lined card. Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1938.
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00