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.
JEB STEWART Note handwritten as a lieutenant in the US Army, on duty at Fort Riley, Kansas Territory, signed in the text and accompanied by the original $3 bank note Stewart enclosed with it. Third Person Autograph Note, 1 page, 8x5. In full: "Be sure to direct $6 Lieut. J. E. B. Stuart Fort Riley K. T. P. S. I enclose also $3 more for which please send the Congressional Globe & appendix t P. L. Taylor, Fort Riley K. T. [Kansas Territory]." Accompanied by the $3 demand note, issued by the Phoenix Bank of Hartford, which Stewart forwarded with this letter.James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart (1833-1864), called Jeb by his friends and by history, graduated from West Point in 1854, serving on the Western frontier. He participated in the capture of John Brown at Harper's Ferry. When he signed this note, Stewart was serving as Quartermaster of the 1st Cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley in the Kansas Territory. "Bleeding Kansas" was aflame with pro- and anti-slavery forces, seeking to determine by which system the Territory would enter the Union.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT'S THIRD INAUGURATION Oversize black and white photograph showing FDR being inaugurated for his third term, signed by the President, his Vice President and Secretary of State, Chief Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes and Supreme Court ClerkCharles Elmore Cropley, who held the President's family bible while the oath was administered. Handsomely framed to 17½x15. Photograph signed: "Franklin D Roosevelt", "Charles E. Hughes, Jan. 20, 1941", "Charles Elmore Cropley/January 20, 1941.", "Cordell Hull" and "H.A. Wallace", B/w 13¼x10¼, framed to 17½x15. On Monday, January 20, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the nation's first and only president to be inaugurated to a third term in office. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945, born in Hyde Park, New York) is an American politician who served as president during two of the most difficult times in world history, the Great Depression and World War II. He also served as president for four terms (1933-1945), longer than any other president in history.
WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY His autograph letter, signed as Cousin Will, asking to be sent "some more headache powders" to relieve the headache caused by his financial woes Autograph Letter signed: "Cousin Will", 1 page, 8x10. New Rochelle, N.Y., no date. To "Dear Frank and Nellie". In full [spelling errors in original]: "I've had a lot of hard upset. Twice I've had moneyed men who were ready to put up a $150,000 to back me with a new show. And that man Tammen has scared them out by telling them he had a contract for my services for 1916 which he hasent. But he still thinks if I cant get out with a show I come back and make more money for him, which will never do. However, I haven't given up. But will stay here until know what I can do. The men are still working at the mines. Say, please send me some more headache powders. This nervous strain makes my head ache. I am living here at Rochelle with my nephew and neice. Its only 45 minutes from New York. Love ever." William Frederick CODY (1846-1917) earned the name "BUFFALO BILL" for killing thousands of buffalo as a hired hunter in 1867 and 1868.
NEIL ARMSTRONG Two years before his first spaceflight, and five years before he set the first human foot on the moon, Armstrong fills out a flight plan, preparing to pilot a NASA jet from Ohio to Texas. Document signed twice: "N. A. Armstrong", 1 page, 8x12¾. Port Columbus, Naval Air Station [Ohio], 1964 June 25. Department of Defense flight aircraft clearance form. Details filled in by another hand, including mileage, transponder code, and equipment, but Armstrong has penned this notation: "Request radar vector climb on course." Armstrong plans to pilot a T-33 ("Shooting Star") aircraft from Port Columbus to Ellington Air Force Base in Texas, by way of Dayton. The co-pilot is J. F. Stegall, another NASA employee. Civilian Neil Alden Armstrong (1930-2012) had entered the U.S. space program as a senior NASA research pilot in 1962. A fan of aviation from the age of nine, Armstrong had his pilot's license by the age of 16, and, after studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue for two years, went to Pensacola, Florida for Navy flight training. Serving in Korea at the age of 21, Armstrong flew 78 combat missions and won three Air Medals.
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTERImportant, Civil War-dated ALS, enthusiastically endorsing a new saber shield and urging that the US Cavalry be equipped with it Autograph Letter signed: "G. A. Custer, Brig. Genl.", 1 page, 6¼x8. Washington, D.C., 1864 April 6. To Captain R. R. Moffatt, in full: "Having carefully examined your 'Sabre Shield,' and having considered its merits, as pertaining to my own branch of the service, I do not hesitate in pronouncing it a most invaluable acquisition to the cavalry arm of the service. I am firm in the belief that the possession of it by our cavalry would give confidence and increases courage to those wearing it. The trifling weight of the shield is such as to be almost unfelt by the wearer. I hope it will be adopted at once." 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.
JAMES A. GARFIELD Garfield, as President, signed the day before his 1881 assassination Right portion of a blank check signed: "J.A. Garfield", 4½x2¾. Washington, D.C., 188_.Riggs & Co. check most probably signed as President. Left edge ragged. Horizontal fold crease above signature. Otherwise, fine condition. Accompanied by: a handwritten note of provenance by S. W. Cowles, which reads, "This check was signed by Genl. Garfield at the White House in Washington, D.C. July 1st/81, the day before his assassination. It was present [sic] to me by Mrs. Lucretia R. Garfield at Mentor, Ohio, Oct. 1881." Lightly toned and soiled. Otherwise, fine condition. The fact that this check is neither filled out nor dated, coupled with the fact that we have had completed checks of the same type filled out by another and signed by Garfield, indicates that President Garfield signed blank checks that were later to be filled out. This check was probably torn in half after he died to protect it from being used by an unauthorized party or, more likely, to be given by Mrs. Garfield to admirers of her late husband requesting his autograph.
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.
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN He signs a handwritten 1871 letter responding to a bill for nautical equipment, complaining that some of it was faulty. ALS: "J L. Chamberlain", 2 pages, 5x8. Brunswick, Maine, 1871 September 23. To C.S. Donnelly, Esq. In part: "Your bill is received as requested, & is I believe correct. I don't know anything about the Notch Boom but suppose Capt. Stover got it. It never came to my yacht, but if it was got for me, I will be accountable for it...Also I may mention that I found the pump, when I came to set it, in two pieces, never having been properly soldered or brazed. & I had to pay $1.00 to have it done...But the pump was an imperfect one, & I would have returned it if I could have done so. Please inform me if I am at liberty to make deduction accordingly...." Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) commanded the 20th Maine in its famous defense of Little Round Top in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Chamberlain was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for this action.
THE FORMER UNION OFFICER IS SUPPORTED BY CONFEDERATE OFFICERS AS HE FIGHTS TO CLEAR HIS NAME FITZ JOHN PORTER. ALS: "F.J. Porter", 4p, 5x7¾. New York, 1882 January 24. To Colonel Charles Marshall, Baltimore, Maryland. Begins: "My dear Colonel". In full: "I Thank you warmly for your full reply to my letter - I knew or believed that no written messages had passed between Longstreet & Gen Lee to the effect I wrote you - but Longstreet had testified to that effect before the Board. had written it years before. and Col. W.M Owens of New Orleans. had without confering (sic) with Longstreet. stated he heard Gen Lee about 1. PM. tell Longstreet to advance. & Longstreets reply that he wanted to hear from Stuart of the force coming up on this right - and So I took it for granted it was so. I am glad to have the details you give. That Genl Lee had a contempt for Genl Pope and justly I never doubted. He knew Pope. I don't think that any grounds could have induced him to make the moves he did.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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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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JACK DEMPSEY - INSCRIBED PRINTED ART SIGNED IN INK 06/06/1928 - HFSID 76243JACK DEMPSEYHe inscribesthis 10x12 printed drawing of himself Inscribed Printed Art Signed in Imk: "To Tom Callaghan/Best Wishes/Jack Dempsey/July 6/28". B/w, 10x12 overall, image 8½x10¾ (one surface). Reproduction of a pencil drawing of him by John Doctoroff © 1927.Sale Price $360.00
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