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Our sales feature Presidents, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, military figures, statesmen, royalty and nobility, writers, scientists, artists, musicians, and entertainers. We are pleased to talk with you about your area of Autograph collecting interest.
We accept consignments of individual items and collections or archives, and accept material throughout the year.
An Autograph Letter Signed from Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant, proposing an exchange of prisoners of war, October 1, 1864, sold on April 23, 2009 for $57,600.
A rare photograph of Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur seated side by side in a limousine during Ike's May 1946 visit to Tokyo, signed by both, sold on March 13, 2008 for $36,000.
A complete copy of Chicago Daily Tribune from Nov. 3, 1948 with the headline “Dewey Defeats Truman,” signed by both candidates, and with an inscription from Truman, sold on April 23, 2009 for $10,200.
An Autograph Letter Signed by Sigmund Freud, in German, a letter of reference for a student of his, Vienna, 1933, sold on April 23, 2009 for $9,600.
Frederick Douglass' Autograph Quotation Signed, and dated, from an unknown work, 1867, sold on September 25, 2008 for $7,200.
A Typed Letter Signed, with holograph corrections, by Thomas Pynchon to Charles Hollander, 1981, sold on April 23, 2009 for $14,400.
Contact the Specialists
George S. Lowry, Director
212-254-4710 ext.303
glowry@swanngalleries.com
Marco Tomaschett
212-254-4710 ext.12
mtomaschett@swanngalleries.com
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AUTOGRAPHS
April 22, 2010
Featured a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform standing beside a tent at Camp Wikoff, Montauk, in 1904, signed and inscribed by the President, which brought $15,600.
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SIGNED HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE JEROME SHOCHET COLLECTION
February 11, 2010
Contained about 90 fine signed photographs, including a seated portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner, Signed “A. Lincoln,” as President, which brought $48,000.
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AUTOGRAPHS
October 29, 2009
Americana and literary autographs were featured, including several presidential items, such as this photograph of John F. Kennedy, signed and inscribed, as Senator, which sold for $4,080.
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AUTOGRAPHS
April 23, 2009
Offered items written by historical military figures, poets, and novelists, including this Autograph Letter Signed by General Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant, written near the end of the Civil War, proposing a man-for-man exchange of prisoners of war, which sold for $57,600 (detail shown). For more information click catalogue cover. |