Ohio
119 Amelia Earhart Autograph on 1929 Cleveland, Ohio Kiwanis
Day 9 National Air Races Expo.
August 27, 1929, commemorative
cover, Posted at Air Mail Field, Cleveland, Ohio. Excellent signature
with an underprint of small bi<planes on the cover, XF condition.
Amelia Earhart was a pioneering aviator who disappeared on her
flight around the world via the equator somewhere in the South
Pacific.
(PH)
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EST. $5009800
New York
120 Bernard Baruch Signature on his Personal Letterhead.
New
York, 1952, Bernard Baruch signature on personal letterhead, Letter
is Baruch providing a reference to the State Dept for a Samuel D.
McGill, VF condition. Baruch (1870<1965) was a financier and stock
speculator in the early 20th century, he was also a presidential advi<
sor during the first and second World War’s.
(PH)
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EST. $40980
Autographs - Finance
121 Bernard Baruch Signature on his South Carolina Estate and
NYC Residence Letterhead, Lot of 2.
South Carolina, December
2nd, 1922, Bernard Baruch signature on his South Carolina Estate
Hobcaw Barony letterhead along with his signature on 1055 Fifth
Ave. letterhead, VF condition pieces. Black and white photo of Rear
Ad. Cary T. Grayson B. Baruch and Vance McCormick standing is
also included. Baruch (1870<1965) was a financier and stock specula<
tor in the early 20th century, he was also a presidential advisor dur<
ing the first and second World War’s.
(PH)
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EST. $759150
122 Ivan Boesky Signed and Issued Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Co. Check.
New York, N.Y., August 23, 1975, Ivan Boesky Signed
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., Issued Check in light yellow with
POC’s, VF condition. Ivan Boesky is known for his role in the insider
trading scandals of the 1980’s. Prosecutors fined him $100 million
and sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison and his criminal activities have
been recounted in the best selling book “Den of Thieves”. This check
is issued the year he started his firm Ivan F. Boesky & Company spe<
cializing in corporate takeovers.
(PH)
...........................
EST. $40980
Autographs - Financial
Pennsylvania
123 AndrewMellon Signature on Small Card.
AndrewMellon (1855<
1937) signature on small card which reads “Autograph of ________
Secretary of the Treasury, VF<XF condition. Mellon was Secretary of
the Treasury between 1921 and 1932. Prior to becoming Secretary
he was a successful industrialist with interests in shipbuilding,
finance, oil and construction. His wealth peaked in 1929 at between
$300<400 million.
(PH)
..................................................
EST. $40980
Autographs - Foreign
Philippines and USA
124 Ferdinand Marcos (President of Philippines) Autograph on
Stamped Cover.
Signed cover bearing 8c stamp bearing the like<
ness of another president of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay.
The cover is signed “F. E. Marcos” in pen.
(PH)
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EST. $1209240
119
124
Autographs - Literary
California
125 Edgar Burroughs Signature on Personal Letterhead, 1926.
Los Angeles, California. 1926, Edgar Burroughs signed letter on per<
sonal letterhead, VF condition. Edgar Burroughs (1875<1950) was an
American novelist best known for his Tarzan and Barsoom (Mars)
Series.
(PH)
..................................................................
EST. $1009200
England
126 Charles Dickens Autograph on Letter and Color Engraved
Portrait.
1860, Dickens autograph on Tabistock House letterhead
with correspondence to a W. Adams, Color engraving of a 56 yr old
Dickens on the left. Ensemble is on dark blue mat. Dickens (1812<
1870) famous British writer of the 19th century who wrote classic
novels “A Tale of Two Cities” (1859), “Great Expectations”(1861),
“Hard Times”(1854) among others. Dickens is buried in Poets Corner
of Westminster Abbey.
(PH)
........................................
EST. $150093000
127 William Makepeace Thackeray Autographed Letter With
Original Photograph.
Kensington (Gardens, London, England. ND
(ca.1830<50’s), Short note to “Spring Rice” about dining date.
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th
century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity
Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. XF condition and
framed under glass.
(PH)
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EST. $1009200
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