GENERAL COURTNEY H. HODGES Photograph signed in 1946 by the Commanding Army General that was first to enter Paris in World War II! Autographed Photograph Signed: " Courtney H. Hodges/Gen. U.S. Army/Dec. 1, 1946.", 8x10. Reverse bears a Signal Corps credit stamp. Hodges (1887-1966) was the Commanding General of the Third U.S. Army from February 16, 1943 to January 25, 1944, when he turned it over to Lieutenant General Patton. First Army soldiers commanded by Hodges were the first Americans to enter Paris on their way across Northern France and through the Ardennes Forest. They were also the first to cross the Siegfried Line into Germany in September 1944 and reach the Rhine in March 1945. Minor surface creasing and slightly creased and worn at corners and edges. Ink stamps and notes (unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA. 
GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL Rare, over-sized, vintage matte-finish photograph of the general in full-uninform! Autograph Inscribed Photograph: " To Captain Timothy Donohue USN, with appreciation/ and warm regards of G. C. Marshall.", vintage, 11x13½. George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) served on General Pershing's staff during World War I, helping to plan the Meuse-Argonne offensive which hastened the defeat of Germany. He was Army Chief of Staff (1939-1945) and President Roosevelt's principle military advisor throughout World War II. He took charge of the weak, poorly-equipped US Army in 1939 and expanded it 40-fold en route to victory. Marshall, whom Winston Churchill called "the architect of victory," became the first General of the Army (5 stars) in 1944. President Truman sent Marshall in 1945 to mediate between the Communist and Nationalist forces in China, a mission which failed, and which led to attacks on the General by Senator Joseph McCarthy 8 years later. As Secretary 
JOSEPH STILWELL Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of General Stilwell wearing his four-star uniform Photograph signed: "Joseph W. Stilwell/Gen., U.S.A.", 8x10. Collector's notations to reverse date the autograph to May 28, 1946. Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883-1946) was a tactically skilled US Army officer who, at the date of this letter, was training the newly formed US Seventh Division. If assigned to the European or Pacific Theaters when World War II commenced, Stilwell might have been remembered as a gifted corps commander. Instead, President Roosevelt sent him in 1942 to the China-Burma-India Theater, where he led British and Chinese forces in combat and served as Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Stilwell, who reveled in the nickname "Vinegar Joe," was not a talented diplomat. Although he led British troops on foot in a daring escape from Burma, he soon antagonized British commanders and Chiang himself.(Stilwell came to believe, not unreasonably, 
ALFRED T. TORBERT Exceedingly rare carte-de-visite photo of Torbert in uniform by Mathew Brady! Autograph Signed Photograph: "Yours truly/A. T. A. Torbert, Brig. Genl: Vols." 2½x4 carte-de-viste with backstamp of Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York & Washington. Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (1833-1880), an 1855 graduate of West Point, was appointed a First Lieutenant in the Confederate States Army on March 16, 1861, just before the start of the American Civil War, but the Delaware native declined the appointment and remained a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. By August 1862, he was a Brigade Commander of the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and Torbert was promoted to Brigadier General on November 29, 1862. On April 10, 1864, he was given command of the 1st Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. During Major General Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns (1864), Torbert commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Shenandoah. He later commanded the Army of the Shenandoah from April 22, 1865-June 27, 1865.
FRANK JAMES Awaiting his second trial in a year, the famous outlaw writes to his wife and son, expressing (well founded) optimism about the outcome. Autograph Letter signed: "Frank James", 2 pages, 8½x14. Hand addressed envelope included (toned and torn from opening). Huntsville, Alabama, 1884 February 29. To "My dear Wife and Rob", in full: "This being my lucky day I will write you a brief. Although the situation has not changed materially since I last wrote you I am feeling real well today, much better than for some time. It may be from the fact I got up much earlier than common. I arose this morning before seven, three hours earlier than I usually get up. I had a long conference with General Walker yesterday and you may hear some good news in the next week. I am spending my time as usual. As Rob would say 'the same old thing' each and every day. Tell Rob I heard someone singing his song this morning, 'Goodbye my love, goodbye'. Who do you think I wrote today I bet you can't guess in twenty guesses. See if you can. I will tell you in the last of this who it was. As yet I have not heard from any of my 'Mo' friends. I guess they are waiting until the weather gets warm. I am going to live on eggs from this on.
EMPEROR HIROHITO, CO-SIGNED BY: EISAKU SATO and SHIINA ETSUSABUROIn this very rare and important 1965 document, Emperor Hirohito notified Bolivian President René Barrientos that he was recalling Japan's ambassador to Bolivia. Also signed by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and Foreign Minister Shiina Etsusaburo Document signed "Hirohito", "Eisaku Sato" and "Shiina Etsusaburo", with red ink seals. 2 pages, 9¾x13¼, 1 sheet folded, front and verso, on cardstock, with embossed Imperial Seal of Japan at top edge of page 1. With two binder holes at left edge. Dec. 21, 1965. Addressed to René Barrientos, President of Bolivia. In Japanese, partially translated: "The important mission of Mr. Eiji Kawasaki is at an end, the Japanese government having recalled him, whom it had accredited Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…" Lightly toned. Light impressions on letter (do not touch sigangures). Show-through from seals on page 2. Otherwise in fine condition. Accompanied by: Untranslated Japanese language letter of transmittal. Lightly toned and creased. Irregular right edge.
JEFFERSON DAVIS Five days after General Lee's surrender, the Confederate President, determined to fight on, signs instructions to General Beauregard, framed in the Gallery of History style to 37x21. ALS: "J.D." as President of the Confederacy,on verso in lower ¼ page of 8½x5 telegraph form,South of Yadkin River, 1865 April 14. On telegram form headed "The Southern Express Company/Forward Packages by Passenger trains and Steamers, and Dispatches by Telegraph,/to all parts of the Confederate States". Telegram from Brigadier General S.H. Ferguson to General Beauregardcompletely in the hand of a telegraph clerk, including signature.In full: "Have Crossed Almost all my horses on RR bridge with a little work wagons Can be brought over by hands will push on after enemy & have advised Genl Johnston to put his Command at work to repair Rail Road if this is approved orders had better be given = neither find passable today. S.H. Ferguson Brig Genl". Initialed "DH" by the telegraph clerk.
NAVY SECRETARY GIDEON WELLES ORDERS THE NAVY TO TRANSPORT CAPTURED FUGITIVE JOHN SURATT BACK TO THE US TO STAND TRIAL FOR CONSPIRING TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT LINCOLN GIDEON WELLES Telegram, unsigned, 1 page, 8½x11. 1866 December 6. Telegram partly printed in Portuguese, received from Gideon Welles in Washington, D.C., for transmittal to Admiral Goldsborough, American Squadron at Lisbon, Portugal. Manuscript text of Welles' message (unknown hand): "Send steamer to Alexandria, Egypt to receive Surautt [sic] from Consul Hale and bring him to Washington." [Welles' name has also been misspelled by the telegraph office.] Docketed on verso: "Hon. G. Welles/Secy of the Navy/6th Dec. 1866/Send steamer to/Alexandria, Egypt". Gideon Welles (1812-1878), a Jacksonian Democrat who joined the new Republican Party in 1854 because he detested slavery, was Secretary of the Navy throughout the Presidencies of Abraham Lincoln (who called him "Neptune") and Andrew Johnson (1861-1869). John Suratt (1844-1916) was the son of Mary Suratt, convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of President Lincoln and the first woman executed (hanged) by the US government.
APOLLO 11: NEIL ARMSTRONG and MICHAEL COLLINS Framed 26x26 display featuring signed space suit fabric with the mission patch Ephemera signed: "Neil Armstrong", "Michael Collins", 6x6 strip of space suit fabric bearing 3¼-diameter Apollo 11 mission patch. The fabric was originally signed by the third astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, but Aldrin's signature has faded and is now almost invisible. The signed fabric is matted and framed to an overall size of 26x26 with the following items: 1) backdrop photo of lunar landscape with Earth above the horizon, and separate photo cutout of space-suited figure with lunar lander (LEM) reflected in the faceplate; 2) set of 3 inset, unsigned photos (each color, 3x2½) of the astronauts Armstrong, Collins and Buzz Aldrin; and 3) metallic plaque imprinted with caption: "Apollo 11 - Patch printed on genuine space suit material. Apollo 11 crew Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins. The historic Apollo 11 spaceflight, the fifth manned flight in the Apollo series, took human beings to the surface of the moon for the first time. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, the spacecraft entered lunar orbit on July 19.
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTERHandwritten letter, signed in the text as "General Custer" (even though he had reverted to his pre-war rank), written in the Dakota Territory two years before his death at the Little Big Horn. Letter includes Custer's stab at poetry. Third Person Autograph Letter, 1 page, 7¾x6¼. Fort Lincoln, D.T. [Dakota Territory], 1874 June 5th. Unknown addressee. In full: "Gen Custers compliments his regrets likewise, in response to your kind invitation. His absence should never create surprise except from his own habitation. This being written his duty might end. With no fear of being called Alfred Tennyson. He simply desires, however to send you, the accompanying leg of venison." George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) graduated last in his class at West Point in 1858, but promptly redeemed himself through his brave and aggressive cavalry leadership during the Civil War. Earning the confidence of cavalry commanders Pleasanton and Sheridan, he rose swiftly to the rank of brevet major general by war's end.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTAs Governor of New York, he used this red, silver-tipped pen to sign a railroad bill creating the Board of Transit Control in 1931 Document Signed: "Franklin D Roosevelt", 1 page, 9x14½. Albany, New York. April 27, 1931.Certificate authenticating that FDR used the attached pen to sign Senate Bill 12, the railroad unification bill. In full: "THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the pen hereunto affixed was used by me in signing Senate Bill Introductory Number 12, Printed Number 2455, entitled: 'AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the plan of readjustment provided for in article seven thereof, to authorize the creation of the board of transit control and subsidiary corporations, to prescribe its and their duties and powers, to exempt its and their properties, income and securities from taxation and to make such securities legal investments, and to authorize the acquisition and operation of railroads and other transportation facilities, and otherwise.' and which became a law by my signature April 23, 1931, being Chapter 689 of the Laws of 1931.
JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAINWriting 25 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the hero of Little Round Top gives a judicious but convincing answer to a question of whether Union Corps Commander Daniel Sickles acted wisely or foolishly by advancing his men on the 2nd day of the battle. Typed Letter signed: "Joshua L. Chamberlain", 2 pages, 8½x11. New York, N.Y., 1888 August 16. On letterhead of the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad to M. S. O'Donnell, Massachusetts. In full: "Yours of the 15th has just reached me here, having been forwarded from Brunswick, Maine. The military wisdom and effect of the movement and position taken by Gen'l Sickles with the 3rd Corps at Gettysburg is a matter of controversy. The facts are these: He advanced his corps, just before the action of the 2nd of July commenced, and before our general line was fairly taken up, to a broken piece of ground some half mile in advance of the left of the line General Meade intended our left wing to occupy, on the ridge of hills which stretches southerly from Cemetery Hill to Round Top.
FOUR STARS WORN BY GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF! H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF. TLS: "N Schwarzkopf" as General, U.S. Army, Retired. 1p, 7x8½. Tampa, Florida, 1998 April 16. To Ken. In full: "This is in response to your letter of 15 February in which you asked that I send you a piece of memorabilia. Enclosed is one set of the stars that I wore during the time I was a general officer. I hope it will find a place in your extensive collection." General Schwarzkopf has added the word "set" in his hand and the four silver stars (one set) is present. Each star is approximately one square inch in size. Almost immediately after receiving his first star in 1983, Brigadier General Schwarzkopf was leading troops into battle. A coup had taken place on the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada. Grenadian revolutionaries were building an airfield which U.S. intelligence suspected would be used to supply insurgents in Central America. General Schwarzkopf was placed in command of U.S. ground forces. The coup was thwarted. Schwarzkopf was promoted to Major General (second star) and given command of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, at Fort Stewart, Georgia.Military | Art
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290491[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws still-life scene with colored markers on cardboard Original Art unsigned on 7½x15 thin cardboard stock. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt DisneySale Price $288.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290492[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws flowers in a vase with colored markers on cardboard Original Art unsigned on 7½x15 thin cardboard stock. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt DisneySale Price $288.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290493[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws a scene of what could be an office lobby with colored markers on cardboard Original Art unsigned on 15x7½ thin cardboard stock. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originallySale Price $288.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290494[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws an orange house with a fence and landscaping with markers on cardboard Original Art unsigned on 15x7½ thin cardboard stock. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally aSale Price $288.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290495[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws his longtime companion Suzanne reclining with a dog in the background Original Art unsigned on 12x18 sketch pad sheet. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt DisneySale Price $324.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290496[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws a profile view his longtime companion Suzanne LaFrance Original Art unsigned on 12x18 sketch pad sheet. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt Disney animatorSale Price $324.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290497[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws his companion Suzanne resting on a sofa Original Art unsigned on 12x18 sketch pad sheet. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt Disney animator who worked onSale Price $324.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290498[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws his companion Suzanne - full face view looking out the corner of her eye Original Art unsigned on 12x18 sketch pad sheet. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt DisneySale Price $324.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290499[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws a stark profile of his companion Suzanne LaFrance Original Art unsigned on 12x18 sketch pad sheet. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt Disney animator whoSale Price $324.00
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GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290500[GEORGE BAKER] Sad Sack creator draws his dog - laid out snoozing! Original Art unsigned on 12x18 sketch pad sheet. Cartoonist George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt Disney animator who worked on the classicSale Price $324.00
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AL (J. ALBERT BANKS) BANX - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED - HFSID 318162AL BANX (J. ALBERT BANKS) Original drawing by the Massachusetts-based cartoonist, showing "another cartoonist" on the way to the Poor House Original Art signed: "Al Banx/Worcester", 5½x3½.Sale Price $288.00
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MATT BATTS - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 283788MATT BATTSSigned 3x5 color picture of him in Red Sox uniform, on a heavy card Illustration signed: "Matt Batts". Color, 3¼x5 heavy card. Matt Batts (b. 1921) was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1942, but then served in the Army Air Force as a crew chief through 1945.Sale Price $108.00
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CHUCK BEDNARIK - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 45161CHUCK BEDNARIK He signs on this 5½x3½ printed illustration shown playing football Printed Illustraion signed in ink: "Chuck/Bednarik" beneath printed "Best Wishes", 5½x3½ card. Illustration taken from his niche in the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, where Bednarik was enshrined in 1967.Sale Price $180.00
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CHUCK BEDNARIK - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 45187CHUCK BEDNARIK He signs on this 5½x3½ printed illustration shown playing football Printed Illustraion signed in ink: "Chuck/Bednarik" beneath printed "Best Wishes", 5½x3½ card. Illustration taken from his niche in the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, where Bednarik was enshrined in 1967.Sale Price $180.00
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CHUCK BEDNARIK - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 52589CHUCK BEDNARIK He signs on this 5½x3½ printed illustration shown playing football Printed Illustraion signed in ink: "Chuck/Bednarik" beneath printed "Best Wishes", 5½x3½ card. Illustration taken from his niche in the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, where Bednarik was enshrined in 1967.Sale Price $180.00
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PRIME MINISTER DAVID BEN-GURION (ISRAEL) - PRINTED ART SIGNED IN INK CIRCA 1973 - HFSID 87046DAVID BEN-GURION Signed 21x17 lithograph framed in the Gallery of History style to 40x26. Printed Image signed in ink: "D. Ben-Gurion" at lower margin. Color, 21½x17 overall, image 19¾x14¾ (one surface). Lithograph from a painting by artist Herbert Lawrence Davidson.Sale Price $1,912.50
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ELMER A. BENSON - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 273946ELMER A. BENSON B/w bust-view printed illustration of Benson in wire-rimmed glasses, tie and dark jacket Printed Illustration signed in Ink: "Elmer A. Benson", B/w 3½x5½.Sale Price $126.00
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WILLIAM PETER BLATTY - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED - HFSID 286432WILLIAM PETER BLATTYHis signed drawing of a character saying, "Boo!" 6¾x10½. William Peter Blatty (1928-2017) wrote critically acclaimed humorous fiction and nonfiction in the 1960s, including Which Way to Mecca, Jack?, about his previous work with the US Information Agency.Sale Price $324.00
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LOUIS BLERIOT - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED - HFSID 176249LOUIS BLÉRIOT Original 4¾x5½ portrait of Blériot, signed by him and initialed by the artist Original Portrait signed: "L. Blériot", 4¾x6½. Initialed by the artist: "EM". French pilot andSale Price $637.50
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BOCKSCAR CREW (MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES W. SWEENEY) - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED - HFSID 251375BOCK'S CAR CREW: CHARLES W. SWEENEY The pilot of Bockscar draws his plane, adding his signature Original Art Signed: "B-29 'Bock's Car'/Charles W. Sweeney/Commander Nagasaki/9 August '45", 10½x6¾ white board. The plane measures four inches in length. Major Charles W.Sale Price $337.50
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ROGER D. BRANIGIN - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 273753ROGER D. BRANIGIN Roger D. Branigin signs a color photograph of him sitting in a chair in a suit and tie. Photograph signed: "Roger D Branigin/Governor". Color, 3¼x5½ overall, image 3x4 (one surface). Captioned at lower margin: "Reproduced from painting by/Helen Duckwall 1967".Sale Price $90.00
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DAVE (IRVING DAVID) BREGER - INSCRIBED ORIGINAL ART SIGNED 4/1947 - HFSID 17705DAVE BREGER Self-caricature on his personal stationery, inscribed and signed in 1947 Self-caricature inscribed and signed: "Greetings to Peter/from Dave Breger/April 1947", 6x8. Facial caricature, waving or rendering a very unmilitary salute, drawn in ink on his personal letterhead.Sale Price $324.00
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CLARE BRIGGS - INSCRIBED ORIGINAL ART SIGNED - HFSID 15962CLARE BRIGGS The cartoonist's pencil drawing of a monkey wearing a hat. Original Art inscribed and signed: "with love/from Clare/Briggs". 3x4 Signed on verso of a card from the restaurant/bar Chez Pirali (Paris). Frayed at top edge, removing what was probably an inscription.Sale Price $198.00
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MEL CASSON - INSCRIBED ORIGINAL ART SIGNED - HFSID 291487MEL CASSON Colored ink drawing of his cartoon character "Redeye" Original Art inscribed and signed: "To/Joan/Sanders/from 'Redeye' and/Mel Casson", 3x5 card. Mel Casson (1920-2008) was creating cartoons for Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Esquire and the New York Times from age 17.Sale Price $180.00
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GENERAL MARK W. CLARK - MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 258000MARK W. CLARK Small printed image of Mark W. Clark as a Three-Star General. Printed Image signed: "Mark W. Clark". Color, 4½x5¼. Magazine illustration picturing Clark as a Three-Star General.Sale Price $247.50
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GENERAL LUCIUS D. CLAY - MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 258003LUCIUS D. CLAYThe American WWII general and post-war military governor of Germany signed this image of himself Magazine Image signed: "Lucius D. Clay". Color, 5¼x6. From the cover of the June 25, 1945 issue of "TIME" magazine. Lucius D.Sale Price $270.00
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IRVIN S. COBB - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 215335IRVIN SHREWSBURY COBB Circa 1942 printed illustration signed by the American author and humorist. Printed Illustration signed: "Yours Sincerely,/Irvin S. Cobb". B/w, 6x8. Imprinted at lower left margin: "A. P. Lamoreaux 11-1942".Sale Price $288.00
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GEORGE CONNOR - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED 01/14/1992 - HFSID 209082GEORGE CONNOR. Printed Certificate signed: "George Connor/1-14-92", 11x8½. Official Hall of Fame certificate certifying "that George L. Connor is a Member in Good Standing of the National Football League Alumni for the Year 1987". Affixed with official NFL seal.Sale Price $144.00
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JACK DEMPSEY - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 154953JACK DEMPSEY Jack Dempsey signs a printed illustration of"The Long Count - 14 seconds that are the most famous in boxing history" Printed Illustration signed: "Jack Dempsey". B/w, 8x11. Captioned magazine illustration of "The Long Count - 14 seconds that are the most famous in boxing history".Sale Price $270.00
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JACK DEMPSEY - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 47272JACK DEMPSEY "The Manassa Mauler" sings a printed illustration of him in the boxing ring. Printed Illustration signed: "Jack Dempsey". Color, 5x8 overall, image 4½x5½ (one surface). Captioned: "DEMPSEY-TUNNEY".Sale Price $270.00
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