New York
128 Mark Twain Autograph on Letter and Black & White
Photograph.
New York, 1906, Samuel L. Clemens (signs as Mark
Twain on letter to a Miss Faith Baldwin of Brooklyn, Black and white
photograph of an older Samuel Clemens on left. Photo and letter
are matted and framed. Clemens (1835<1910), better known by his
pen name, is the American author of such notable novels as “The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876), and its sequel, “Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn” (1885). Twain is honored with an asteroid named
after him, a U.S postage stamp was issued for him, along with
numerous statues and historical sites throughout the
country.
(PH)
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EST. $175093500
Autographs - Military
129 Enola Gay Photograph Signed by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets.
Historic image showing the airplane and pilot of the first aircraft to
drop an atomic bomb on a city, Hiroshima, Japan. VF condition.
(PH)
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EST. $1009200
128
129
Autographs - Notable
Thomas Edison Autograph With Edison
Ephemera
130 Edison Autograph Signed Note on Letterhead.
Lot of 3 Edison
related Ephemera items; 1). Letter to Edison Pioneers with mem<
bership form. Edison pioneers was a group formed by and for asso<
ciates and employees of Thomas Edison; 2). 191x, 2 Northwestern
Electric Equipment Co. Specimen Stock certificates, VF condition;
3). 1890, Letter written in pencil and signed by Edison discussing
expenses written on the back of “Central Station Construction
Dept.” Letterhead with Thos. A. Edison, 65 Fifth Ave. NY on top, VF
condition.
(PH)
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EST. $50091000
Autographs - Political
New York
131 Fiorello LaGuardia Signed Thank You Letter to Mr. L. Roman,
Esq.
Lot of 2 letters, includes December 15, 1941 letter thanking Mr.
Roman for his pledge of patriotic support, signed by M.H. McIntyre,
Secretary to the President and a December 17, 1941 letter signed
my Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia thanking him for his pledge of patriot<
ic support. Both are in VF condition.
(PH)
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EST. $609100
132 Lot of (3) Francis Spinner Letters (185391855).
Lot of 3 letters all
signed by and entirely in Spinner’s hand. Francis Elias Spinner was
an American politician from New York. These Letters were written
during his term as President of the Mohawk Bank. He was Treasurer
of the United States from 1861 to 1875. Mostly VF with his distinc<
tive signature.
(PH)
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EST. $50091000
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Archives International Auctions, Part XVI
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