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KING CARLOS I (PORTUGAL) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/14/1886 - HFSID 143750

Writing in English as the Duke of Bragança (heir to the throne), he assures a fellow traveler that he has protested poor treatment of the latter by Austrian customs officials Autograph Letter signed: "Duke of Bragança", 3 pages (integral leaf), 4¼x7. Schwalbach [Germany], 1886 July 14. To "Dear Major House", in full: "On my short stay in Vienna, I made communication to the minister of the finances, on the way you were treated on our arrival in Trieste. It really was a great shame and he certainly will by his orders prevent such things to happen again. I am sure that the employe's [sic] of Trieste customhouse will be contriven to write and apologize. I hope you had a pleasant voyage after we parted and found your family all well. I am always remembering with pleasure our walks on deck and our trip together. The same I hope you won't forget your very sincerely". The House of Bragança [alt: Braganza] was the ruling monarchy of Portugal from 1640 until 1910. (The House also ruled Brazil until that nation became a republic in 1889.) The heir to the Portuguese throne was called the Duke of Braganza, just as the heir to the British throne is called the Prince of Wales.

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SIR WILLIAM WATSON CHEYNE - PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED - HFSID 177646

Signed 4x6 photo, in naval uniform Photograph signed: "W. Watson Cheyne". Vintage b/w, 4x5¾ photograph attached to 4¼x6½ card (two surfaces). Sir William Watson Cheyne (1852-1932) was a British surgeon and medical researcher who worked closely with Joseph Lister and did much to promote antiseptic surgery. He practiced and taught medicine at King's College Hospital for 40 years (1877-1917). He served as consulting surgeon to British military forces in South Africa (1900-1901), and performed the same role for the Royal Navy during World War I, becoming a Surgeon Rear Admiral. After retiring from medical practice he served was elected to Parliament (1917-1922). Lightly silvered. Rounded corners. Fine condition.

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SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY - STS - 51C CREW - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 296021

SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY - STS - 51C CREW - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 296021

Commemorative Envelope signed by all five crew members: Mattingly, Shriver, Onizuka, Buchli and Payton Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ken Mattingly", "Loren Shriver", "Ellison Onizuka", "James Buchli", "Gary Payton", 6½x3½. Envelope postmarked Kennedy Space Center, January 24, 1985. Space shuttle mission STS-51C, the fifteenth orbital flight and the third flight of Discovery, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on January 24, 1985 and landed at the same site on January 27. The first of nine shuttle flights in 1985 and the 100th human spaceflight to achieve orbit, deployed a classified military payload. The five-person flight crew consisted of THOMAS K. "KEN" MATTINGLY, commander, making his third space flight, including Command Module Pilot of Apollo 16. Pilot LOREN SHRIVER would be mission commander on two later flights, including the 1990 deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. Mission Specialist JAMES BUCHLI was making the first of four spaceflights. GARY PAYTON was making his only journey into space, but the aeronautical engineer was destined to become Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space Programs.

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BROOKS ROBINSON - BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE POSTCARD SIGNED - HFSID 114984

aseball Hall of Fame Plaque Card signed: "Brooks Robinson". Color, 3½x5½. Known as "The Human Vacuum Cleaner," Brooks Robinson established a standard of excellence for modern-day third basemen. He played 23 seasons for the Orioles, setting major league career records for games, putouts, assists, chances, double plays and fielding percentage. A clutch hitter as well, Robinson hit 268 career home runs, at one time an American League record for third basemen. Robinson earned the league's MVP Award in 1964 and the World Series MVP in 1970, when he hit .429 and made a variety of sparkling plays in the field. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983. Fine condition.

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SIMON CAMERON - MILITARY APPOINTMENT SIGNED 09/19/1861 - HFSID 46939

SIMON CAMERON In the first months of war, War Secretary informs soldier of his appointment by President Lincoln. Partly Printed LS: "Simon Cameron" as Lincoln's Secretary of War, 1p, 8x10. War Department, Washington, 1861 September 19. To Henry W. Smith. In full: "You are hereby informed that the President of the United States has appointed you Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers with the rank of Captain, in the service of the United States, to rank as such from the nineteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. Should the Senate, at their next session, advise and consent thereto, you will be commissioned accordingly. Immediately upon receipt hereof, please to communicate to this Department, through the Adjutant General's Office, your acceptance or non-acceptance of said appointment; and, with your letter of acceptance, return to the Adjutant General of the Army the oath herewith enclosed, properly filled up, subscribed and attested, reporting at the same time your age, residence when appointed, and the state in which you were born. Should you accept, you will at once report, by letter, for orders, to the General-in-Chief." Four months after signing this letter, Cameron resigned and was appointed Minister to Russia by President Lincoln.

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COLONEL GORDON COOPER JR. - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 102046

Photograph signed and inscribed: "Best wishes to Arthur Siemien/this is signed by Hand-/Gordon Cooper". Color, 8x10. A test pilot, Cooper (1927-2004) was one of the original seven astronauts (1959). He orbited the Earth 22 times aboard his Faith 7 Mercury space capsule in 1963. In 1965, he was the command pilot of Gemini 5., which proved that men could remain in space long enough to travel to the moon and back. He left the Air Force as a Colonel (1970) to start his own aerospace consulting firm. Lightly creased (not at writing or signature). Fine condition.

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CAPTAIN CHARLES "PETE" CONRAD JR. - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 09/22/1969 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 101187

CAPTAIN CHARLES PETE CONRAD JR. - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 09/22/1969 - HFSID 101187

Second manned landing on the Moon. Photograph signed: "Charles Conrad, Jr.", "Dick Gordon" and "Alan L. Bean". B/w, 8x10. Apollo 12, launched on November 14, 1969, landed on the Moon on November 18, 1969. While on the Moon, Conrad and Bean collected parts of an old Surveyor 3 probe that had landed two and a half years earlier. The crew returned to Earth on November 24, 1969. Conrad was killed in a motorcycle accident on July 8, 1999. A Dick Gordon signature is impressed at top background from signing a page over this photo. Lightly creased at blank margins.

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TOM CRUISE - DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/30/1987 - HFSID 250348

The actor agrees to endorse a video in exchange for assistance in preparing for a role as a pool playing in The Color of Money Document Signed: "Tom Cruise", 2p, 8½x11, separate sheets. Los Angeles, California, 1987 April 30. On letterhead of the Law Offices of Armstrong, Hirsch & Levine, Los Angeles, California to Mr. Michael Sigel, Towson, Maryland. Headed: "Re: 'Instructional Pool Video' - Consent". The actor grants Siegel the right to use his endorsement for a videocassette in consideration for Siegel's assistance in helping Cruise to prepare for a role as a pool player in The Color of Money. In part: "You have recently prepared an educational/instructional videocassette for home use entitled 'Michael Sigel's Winning Edge On Pocket Billiards'...In consideration of your assistance in helping me prepare for my role as a pool player in the motion picture "The Color of Money"...I grant you the right to use, and to authorize the manufacturer and distributor...to use the following quotation...'In a very short time Mike Sigel's patience and expert teaching technique enabled me in "The Color of Money" to look like a professional pool player. Thanks again, Mike'...The right to use my name in the limited manner set forth herein shall be revocable by me at will....…"

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PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 04/07/1940 - HFSID 5158

The former President signs a typed letter fowarding "confidential information" to noted evangelist and future Nobel Prize winner John Mott, who had supported Hoover during his 1928 presidential campaign. Typed Letter Signed: "Herbert Hoover", 1 page, 7x10½. No place, 1940 April 7. On sheet imprinted with his name to Mr. John Mott, Citizens National Bank Bldg., Los Angeles, California. Begins: "My dear John". In full: "I called you up, but you had gone away to get some relief. Gradually, by all of us pining away, we are getting nearer to the control of the situation. I send you herewith the latest compilation for your confidential information. I hope you will keep somewhat in touch with Herbert Clark, as he is your kind of man. I will be away for two or three weeks. Yours faithfully". Methodist evangelist and author JOHN RALEIGH MOTT (1865-1955) was a fellow Iowan who would win the 1946 Nobel Prize (along with Emily Greene Balch) for his efforts to bring world peace through church and missionary movements. A longtime leader of the YMCA and the World Student Christian Federation, Mott was instrumental in the founding of the World Council of Churches in 1948. We have found reference to Mott supporting Hoover during the 1928 elections.

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COLONEL BUZZ ALDRIN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 157743
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Photograph inscribed and signed: "To John Dayner/With Best Wishes/Buzz Aldrin". Color, 8x10. Official NASA photo. Captioned at lower margin and on verso. Aldrin, a 1951 West Point graduate, had flown 66 missions in Korea, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Sale Price $375.00

$500.00
LUKE APPLING - BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE POSTCARD SIGNED - HFSID 44524
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Hall of Fame Plaque Postcard signed: " 'Luke' Appling". Color, 3½x5½. Appling was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. From the plaque: "Lucius Benjamin Appling/Chicago A.L. 1930-1950/A.L. Batting Champion in 1936 and 1943.…"

Sale Price $90.00

$140.00
IRVING ASHER - MEAL TICKET SIGNED 12/18/1951 - HFSID 181980
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He signs this meal ticket from the Paramount Continental Café for $.45 Meal Ticket Signed: "Irving Asher", 5½x3½ receipt. Paramount Continental Cafe meal ticket for $.45. Dated in ink (unknown hand) under signature: "12/18/51".

Sale Price $40.00

$90.00
LUCILLE "LUCY" BALL - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 309653
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Matte-finish 11x14 image of the comic actress portraying Chaplin's Little Tramp, a skit she performed on The Lucy Show on New Year's Eve, 1962 Photograph inscribed and signed: "Kenny/I love you/Lucy". B/w, 11x14.

Sale Price $900.00

$1,200.00
TALLULAH BANKHEAD - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 178279
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Small black and white publicity photograph of Tallulah Bankhead sitting with her hand on her knees. Photograph inscribed and signed: "Pfc Richard Clybils/Best Wishes/Tallulah/Bankhead". B/w, 4¾x7.

Sale Price $375.00

$550.00
P.T. BARNUM - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/23/1856 - HFSID 2163
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Barnum handwrote and signed this letter, expressing worry about his finances, from New York in 1856.

Sale Price $900.00

$1,200.00
RONA BARRETT - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 192760
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Black and white publicity photo of Barrett wearing a dark jacket and polka dotted tie Photograph signed: " Thank you-/Rona Barrett". B/w, 8x10.

Sale Price $50.00

$100.00
MONA BARRIE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1937 - HFSID 289455
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Shown in blouse with a bow at the collar, inscribed in person to collector Saul Goodman. A rare signature. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Saul/Mona Barrie". B/w, 8x10. Collector's ink stamp on verso dates signature: October 13, 1937.

Sale Price $375.00

$600.00
CHUCK BEDNARIK - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 45161
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He signs on this 5½x3½ printed illustration shown playing football Printed Illustraion signed in ink: "Chuck/Bednarik" beneath printed "Best Wishes", 5½x3½ card.

Sale Price $125.00

$200.00
JAMES "COOL PAPA" BELL - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 137352
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Lou Dials and James Bell signs a color illustration of James Bell. Illustration signed: "Lou Dials" and "Cool Papa Bell". Color, 8x10.

Sale Price $150.00

$300.00
JACK BENNY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/09/1964 - HFSID 169937
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FONT face=AGaramond He signs a check payable to a golf club he co-founded in response to anti-Semitic discrimination. Partly Printed Check signed: "Jack Benny", 8¼x3¼. Beverly Hills, California, 1964 December 9.

Sale Price $200.00

$300.00
MEL BLANC - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 06/11/1979 - HFSID 155175
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Photograph inscribed and signed: "Hi David/Mel Blanc/June 11, 1979". Color, 8x9¾. ©1978, Warner Bros. Inc. and Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. Stamped caption at lower right margin: "Eh - What's Up, Doc?/'Bugs Bunny & Gang'".

Sale Price $575.00

$800.00
JOHN BOLES - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1944 - HFSID 55456
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In this signed 8x10 sepia-toned photograph, the actor stands out front on his door step smoking a cigarette Inscribed photograph signed: "To Billie/Best wishes/of/John Boles/1944", in black ink. B/w with sepia hue, 8x10. Signed in 1944.

Sale Price $375.00

$600.00
RAY BOLGER - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 251426
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Early Vintage Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Ferly/may you have/as much success in/business as I/have in dancing/Ray Bolger". B/w, 8x10. Ink note (unknown hand) in lower margin: "5th interview".

Sale Price $375.00

$500.00
GENERAL OMAR N. BRADLEY - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 284381
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All six, important leaders of World War II and the early Cold War, signed this First Day Cover honoring President Eisenhower. First Day Cover signed: "Alfred M. Gruenther", "Lawton Collins", "Lauris Norstad", "Carl Spaatz", "Omar N. Bradley", "Lucius Clay", 6½x3½.

Sale Price $425.00

$600.00
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH - INSCRIBED BASEBALL SIGNED - HFSID 305828
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The 43rd U.S. President signs a Rawlings Official American League Baseball (Brown). Inscribed Baseball signed: "To Phyllis/Best wishes/George Bush" in black ink, Rawlings Official American League Baseball, Bobby Brown, President. George W.

Sale Price $500.00

$700.00
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/01/1833 - HFSID 254652
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utograph Letter signed: "B. F. Butler", 3p (integral leaf), 7¾x9¾. New York, 1855 October 1. To "Hon. G. A. Simmons", in full: "I have this moment received your letter of the 28th ult. About the time I wrote to you, I wrote to Mrs.…"

Sale Price $450.00

$600.00
SIMON CAMERON - MILITARY APPOINTMENT SIGNED 09/19/1861 - HFSID 46939
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SIMON CAMERON In the first months of war, War Secretary informs soldier of his appointment by President Lincoln. Partly Printed LS: "Simon Cameron" as Lincoln's Secretary of War, 1p, 8x10. War Department, Washington, 1861 September 19. To Henry W. Smith.

Sale Price $400.00

$650.00
GUSTAVE MAXMILIEN JUSTE CARDINAL PRINCE DE CROY-SOIRE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/26/1839 - HFSID 67390
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As Archbishop of Rouen, he signs an autograph letter (1839) to the Bishop of Nancy, wishing him well on his visit to America and offering to introduce him to American friends Autograph Letter signed: "+ g. Cardinal Prince de Croy", 2 pages, 5¼x8 (front and verso).

Sale Price $500.00

$800.00
ART CARNEY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 50650
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Publicity photograph shown in character as "Ed Norton" Photograph signed: "Art Carney" as Ed Norton. B/w 10x8. Stage, screen and television actor Art Carney (1918-2003) began his show business career as a comedian, moving into a sidekick role for others.

Sale Price $100.00

$240.00
JOHNNY CASH - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 264895
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Signed, captioned 5x7 photo Photograph signed: "Sincerely/Johnny Cash". B/w, 5x7. Captioned in lower margin. Cash (1932-2003) had some big country/pop crossover hits in the 1950s, including "I Walk the Line" (1956) and "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (1958).

Sale Price $750.00

$1,000.00
SIR WILLIAM WATSON CHEYNE - PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED - HFSID 177646
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Signed 4x6 photo, in naval uniform Photograph signed: "W. Watson Cheyne". Vintage b/w, 4x5¾ photograph attached to 4¼x6½ card (two surfaces).

Sale Price $400.00

$650.00
CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/28/1864 - HFSID 217013
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ALS: "George", 4p, 5x8, front and verso. Camp 84th Reg. Penna Vol on the Weldon Railroad, 1864 September 28-29. To his mother. With a 5½x3, stamped envelope addressed by him to: "Mrs. Mary A. Boyles/Williamsburg/Blair Co./Penna", postmarked Washington, January 6.

Sale Price $225.00

$360.00
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON - TYPESCRIPT SIGNED - HFSID 268700
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Typed Quotation signed: "Hillary R. Cl", 1p, 5¾x9. An excerpt from her book, Living History, explaining how President Clinton told her the truth of the Lewinsky affair, on a sheet of paper signed by Mrs. Clinton.

Sale Price $425.00

$600.00
JERRY COLONNA - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 36055
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A highly contrasted photograph of the comedian, signed "Let's celebrate!" Inscribed photograph signed: "Greetings/Gate!/Let's/Celebrate!/Jerry Colonna". B/w, 8x10. Colonna (1904-1986) was a talented trombonist and comedian who sported a large handlebar mustache.

Sale Price $275.00

$200.00
THE CONFEDERATE STATES - BOND SIGNED 03/01/1864 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 102673
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Partly Printed Bond signed: "E. Apperson for" Register of the Treasury, 1p, 15½x8½. Richmond, 1864 March 1.

Sale Price $400.00

$650.00
CAPTAIN CHARLES "PETE" CONRAD JR. - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 09/22/1969 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 101187
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Second manned landing on the Moon. Photograph signed: "Charles Conrad, Jr.", "Dick Gordon" and "Alan L. Bean". B/w, 8x10. Apollo 12, launched on November 14, 1969, landed on the Moon on November 18, 1969.

Sale Price $375.00

$500.00
FIRST LADY GRACE COOLIDGE - WHITE HOUSE CARD SIGNED - HFSID 178843
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Grace Coolidge signs a White House card in black ink. White House Card signed: "Grace Coolidge" as First Lady, 4¼x2¾. Grace Anna Goodhue (1879-1957) married Calvin Coolidge on October 4, 1905 in Burlington, Vermont.

Sale Price $600.00

$850.00
COLONEL GORDON COOPER JR. - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 102046
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Photograph signed and inscribed: "Best wishes to Arthur Siemien/this is signed by Hand-/Gordon Cooper". Color, 8x10. A test pilot, Cooper (1927-2004) was one of the original seven astronauts (1959). He orbited the Earth 22 times aboard his Faith 7 Mercury space capsule in 1963.

Sale Price $425.00

$625.00
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 08/01/1845 - HFSID 35795
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Check signed by James Fenimore Cooper to John Collen for $14.50 in wages. Check filled out and signed: "J. Feminore Cooper", 6x2¼. Cooperstown, New York, 1845 August 1.

Sale Price $200.00

$360.00