United States President Harry S. Truman (1884 – 1972) signed oval bust portrait print, distributed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Signed below the portrait in black ink, “To Arthur Shemisen (sp?)/Harry Truman, 11-20-67”. Image: 2 2/4″ H x 1 3/4″ W. Cardstock: 8″ H x 6″ W. CONDITION: Very good condition.
Lot 640: 6 Assorted Letters: Hoover, Taft, Pershing, G. Marshall, Alfred Smith
Autographs. 1st item: President and later Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft (1857-1930, President 1909-1913) TLS on Supreme Court of the US letterhead to Maj. General and Mrs. George Barnett thanking them for their Christmas card and greetings. Dated Dec. 22, 1927. Single page. 2nd item: President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964, President 1929-1933) TLS, on […]
Lot 639: 3 Letters: Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt
Autographs, ALS and TLS. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945, president 1933-1945), two (2) signed letters and 1 copy of a Roosevelt signed letter. Both of the Eleanor Roosevelt letters were written to Lelia Montague Gordon Barnett (later Noyes). 1st item: Eleanor Roosevelt ALS, single page in pen on […]
Lot 638: 2 Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Letters as Navy Secretary
Autograph: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945, president 1933-1945), two TLS to Major General George Barnett and his wife, Lelia (Montague) Gordon, both written while Roosevelt was Assistant (Acting) Secretary of the Navy, on Navy stationery and signed in pen. The first letter, to Gen. Barnett, is dated July 30, 1920. It offers thanks for a […]
Lot 637: Theodore Roosevelt Signed Letter
Autograph: President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, President 1901-1909) TLS to Major General George Barnett on Roosevelt’s personal Oyster Bay Long Island, NY stationary, dated July 26, 1918, acknowledging receipt of his “mighty nice letter.” Single page (9 1/2″ x 7″), signed in pen with initials TR to reverse. CONDITION: Overall good condition, lightly toned and faded, […]
Lot 636: Winston Churchill & Bernard Baruch Signed Letters Plus Photo
Two (2) autographed letters signed by Winston Churchill and Bernard Baruch, framed with a photograph of the two men together. 1st item: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) A.L.S., dated Jan. 16, 1939, to Dr. R. K. Kommer, briefly declining to speak on his behalf to Duff Cooper (1st Viscount Norwich, a political and military […]
Lot 635: 2 Wallis Simpson Signed Letters
Autograph: Wallis Simpson (1896-1986), two (2) ALS written to cousin Lelia Sinclair (Gordon) Noyes (1899-1989), one a note on Moulin de La Tuilerie stationery, September 19, no year stated but 1964; the other one page, front and back, in pencil, dated July 21, 1964. The letter on lined paper opens by stating “forgive this paper […]
Lot 634: Edward VIII Signed Letter Autograph
Autograph: King Edward VIII (1894-1972, crowned and abdicated 1936) TLS dated Dec. 16, 1937 from the Hotel Meurice, Paris, to Newbold Noyes, Associate Editor of the Washington Star, regarding the publicity around his decision to abandon the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Single page, on blue letterhead. 7 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. PROVENANCE: […]
Lot 633: Large Marius Roy O/C, The Morning Attack, 1882
Marius Roy (French, 1833-1921) oil on canvas painting entitled “The Morning Attack,” 1882. French soliders including Zouaves storm a fortifiied wall while those inside fire at them, as indicated by the emergence of smoke and fire from behind the fortification. Numerous fallen soldiers lie on the ground. Signed and dated lower left. With Hammer Galleries, […]
Lot 632: Henri Victor Lesur French Military Oil Painting, The Military Stable
Henri Victor Lesur (French, 1863-1900) oil on panel genre painting entitled L’Ecurie Militaire (The Military Stable), Two uniformed French soliders converse in a stable while one adjusts a saddle. Three other figures accompanied by a dog stand beside a horse in the middleground. In the distance a sixth figure enters through a doorway. Signed “V. […]
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