JOE MONTANAWilson NFL football, signed with silver paint pen Football signed: "Joe Montana". Wilson NVL football, signed in silver paint pen. On January 29, 2000, the day before Super Bowl XXXIV, it was announced that Joe Montana had been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The quarterback led Notre Dame to the national college football championship in 1977. Montana led the San Francisco 49ers to Super Bowl victories in 1982, 1985, 1989 and 1990, winning Super Bowl MVP honors in 1982, 1985 and 1990, the only player so honored three times. Montana, who holds the postseason record for touchdown passes and passing yards, spent his final two seasons in Kansas City, leading the Chiefs to the AFC Championship game in 1993. Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA.

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.

INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM Movie prop used to attack Indiana Jones Ephemera unsigned. Thirty-three-inch, rubber prop saber (silver blade, dark red handle) used by the Thuggee cultists in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). The film, directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Minor wear from use. Fine condition. The Indiana Jones trilogy, which begun with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 and concluded with Indiana Jones and the Lost Crusade (1989), paid homage to the serial films of the 1930s and increased the already great popularity of actor Ford and director Spielberg. The Thuggees, a network of professional assassins and robbers from whom the English word "thug" derives, were suppressed in British India during the 19th century, but many works of fiction have imagined the group's survival or revival. Strangulation was the murder method preferred by the historical thuggees. Accompanied by authenticating letter from the L.A. Prop and Wardrobe Company. Minor nicks on the blade paint loss from actual use. Otherwise, fine condition.

HERMAN MELVILLE Author Herman Melville wrote this letter to publisher George P. Putnam from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It accompanied a proof of one of his stories. Melville's signature is one of the rarest of all, and handwritten letters by him are highly desirable. Autograph letter signed "H Melville". 1 page, 4¾x7½, with embossing in top left corner. Pittsfield, Massachusetts, dated "Jan 27th". Addressed to George P. Putnam, Esq., 10 Park Place, New York City. In full: "Dear Sir: Re-enclosed is the proof [not included]. Very Truly Yours". We believe this letter was written between 1852 and 1855, when Putnam's publishing company G. Putnam Broadway was based at 1010 Park Place, New York City. Melville published a number of short stories through Putnam's Monthly Magazine during this time, including Bartleby the Scrivener (1853), The Encantadas, or: Enchanted Isles (1854) and Benito Cereno (1855). GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM (1814-1872, born in Brunswick, Maine) published many important American authors, like Melville, through his publishing house of G. Putnam Broadway, which later became G. P. Putnam's Sons.

BOB DYLANLong-sleeved T-shirt with his silk-screened image, signed in black felt tip by Dylan himself, and in red felt tip by members of his band Shirt signed: "Bob Dylan" in black felt tip on the sleeve. Also signed in red felt tip on front and back by 16 members of his band and crew, including "Captain/Jerry/None finer/your bud/Tommy Morrangiello/1999", "David/Kemper", "Larry Campbell", "Jerry/Always a HOOT!!!/Don Fitzsimmons". "To my/friend/Jerry/Tony Garnier". Singer/songwriter BOB DYLAN, born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota (1941), burst out of Greenwich Village coffee houses to national stardom in the 1960s, writing and performing songs which became anthems of the counterculture movement: "Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times Are A'Changin" and many others. Defying simple classification as a folk singer or "protest singer," Dylan shocked fans at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 by going electric. He has re-invented himself with new musical styles every few years, but his highly original, poetic lyrics are always present.

DAUNTE CULPEPPEROfficial Wilson football signed by the Vikings Quarterback who holds the record for most yardage produced in a single season! Football Signed: "Daunte/Culpepper". Imprinted: "Vikings Record 7 Victories in First 7 Starts/September 3 through October 22, 2000/[Vikings logo]/Daunte Culpepper/QB 6'4" 266 lbs. Central Florida". Dante Culpepper (born on January 28, 1977) is a former NFL quarterback. He played college ball at the University of Central Florida where he topped the 10,000 yard passing and 1,000 yard rushing mark, finishing college sixth on the NCAA's all-time time total offense list with 12,459 yards and 108 touchdowns. He was drafted eleventh overall in the 1999 draft by the Minnesota Vikings. A three time Pro Bowler, he holds the record for most total yardage produced by a quarterback in a single season with 5,123. After a 2005 knee injury he began to struggle in the NFL and was traded to several teams, eventually leaving the NFL in 2010 to play for the UFL's Sacramento Mountain Lions. Verigraph sticker. Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA.

BORIS KARLOFF Signed contract with Universal Pictures to portray Dr. Jekyll in the film Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Document signed: "Boris Karloff", 1 page, 8½x13 w/2 Riders attached to verso. No place, 1953 January 19. Screen Actors Guild Minimum Freelance Contract, committing Boris Karloff to portray Dr. Jekyll in a film with the working title Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Karloff is to receive $5,000 per week for a minimum of three weeks, beginning on or about January 27, 1953. Karloff consents to have 1% of each installment of his compensation deducted for payment to the Motion Picture Relief Fund. English actor Boris Karloff (1887-1969, born William Henry Pratt) had originally wanted a career in the diplomatic service, but he instead became one of Hollywood's most frightening actors. In 1931, he starred as the monster in the original Frankenstein, a role that had been turned down by Bela Lugosi. Karloff, who again scared movie-goers in the films The Mummy (1932) and The Ghoul (1933), also hosted and occasionally starred in the TV series Thriller.

BILL CLINTON and JIMMY CARTER 10x8 color photo of the White House as viewed across the Rose Garden, signed by both Presidents Photograph signed: "J. Carter", "Bill Clinton". Color, 10x8. CARTER, born in 1924 in Plains, Georgia, served as 39th U.S. President from 1977 to 1981. He was the only one-term Democratic president of the 20th century and the first Democrat not to be reelected since Grover Cleveland in 1888. Carter, the only U.S. president to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis (1946, at the age of 21), is also the only U.S. president to serve a full four-year term without making an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Carter is also the first Southerner to be elected president since the Reconstruction after the American Civil War. His presidency was marred by double-digit inflation, the 1979 oil crisis, and the capture of American hostages by Iranian militants. However, Carter also had notable foreign policy achievements, including

JACKIE ROBINSON Signed photo in Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, standing with a fan at Al Lang Field in St Petersburg in 1958 Photograph signed: "Jackie Robinson". B/w, 8x10. Ink note (unknown hand): "Al Lang field/St. Pete 1958". Identical note on verso in the same hand. In October 1945, General Manager Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers broke the unwritten but longstanding rule of Major League Baseball (and other white professional leagues) not to sign African-American players by signing Jackie Robinson. Robinson was assigned to the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' AAA affiliate, for the 1946 season. Spring training proved a crucial test for integrated baseball. Jacksonville, Florida padlocked its stadium rather than allow an integrated team to play there, so the USA's first integrated professional baseball game of the twentieth century was played in Daytona, between the Dodgers and the Montreal Royals. In 1948 the Dodgers built a new facility, Dodgertown, in nearby Vero Beach. On April 15, 1947, JACKIE ROBINSON played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first Black American to play major league baseball.