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Lot 561: JFK Photo Archive incl. Assassination

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President John F. Kennedy – an Album of 45 press photographs of or relating to his political career, presidency, and assassination. The period photographic prints, most accompanied by typewritten captions with dates, begin with a July 16, 1960 photo of then-Senator John F. Kennedy accepting the Democratic nomination for President at the Los Angeles convention and include […]

Lot 560: Arthur Sarnoff Charcoal Portrait of JFK

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Arthur Sarnoff (American, 1912-2000) charcoal and chalk bust-length portrait of President John F. Kennedy. Signed “Arthur Sarnoff” lower right. Linen mat with silvered fillet, under plexiglass in a silvered molded frame. Sight: 16 1/2 in. H x 14 in. W. Frame: 26 in. H x 23 1/2 in. W. Note: Arthur Sarnoff is best known […]

Lot 559: Autograph of John F. Kennedy, U.S. President and Senator, Framed

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John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) autograph, clipped signature line from a letter to the Hon. Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979, Governor of Massachussets 1939-1945 and Repulican senior senator from Masschussets from 1945-1967). Kennedy and Saltonstall both represented the state as U.S. Senators from 1953-1960, when Kennedy, the junior senator, became President.  Matted and framed under plexiglass along with a 9 […]

Lot 557: Grover Cleveland Framed Inaugural Invitation Plus Stevengraph

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1st item: President Grover Cleveland and Vice President J.A. Hendricks 1885 Inaugural Ball commemorative card, framed together with 2 silk ribbons picturing President Cleveland and his wife, Frances. Card Sight: 9 1/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. Frame: 17 1/2 in. H x 13 1/2 in. W. 2nd item: Stevengraph woven silk bookmark commemorating the signing of the […]

Lot 556: 4 19th C. Portrait Prints incl. Presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk

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1st item: General Zachary Taylor hand colored portrait lithograph entitled “Rough and Ready.” Depicting Taylor in uniform during the Mexican-American War in shades of blue, yellow and green. Includes the text: “Entered according Act of Congress in the year 1847 by N. Currier in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Southern District […]

Lot 555: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers

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Extremely scarce War of 1812 related Broadside on silk, commemorating the Petersburg Virginia Volunteers “who embarked in the Service Of Their Country in the War with Great Britain on the 21st October 1812 and consecrated their valor at the Battle of Fort Meigs on the 5th May 1813 commanded by Captain Richard McRae.” It goes on […]

Lot 554: Andrew Jackson Signed Mississippi Land Grant, 1832

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President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th president of the United States from 1829 to 1837, signed land grant document for Joseph Egg of Washington County, Mississippi, granting 79 and 56/100th acres of land in “the West half of the North West quarter of Section Six, in Township fifteen, of Range eight West, in the District of […]

Lot 553: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed

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Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) first governor of Kentucky and Revolutionary War officer, a scarce and historically significant 1823 monograph addressing the long-standing controversy over the leadership of the Overmountain Men’s victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780). Cover has string binding and  handwritten inscription with possible Shelby signature: “Battle of Kings Mountain by Isaac Shelby.” Inscribed “James Rhea, April 1823,” on page […]

Lot 552: TN Territorial Governor William Blount Signed Document, 1795

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Original document signed by William Blount (1749-1800, served 1790-1796), the Governor of the Territory of the United States south of the river Ohio, dated July 2, 1795, Knoxville, Tennessee. A warrant numbered 284, addressed to David Henley Esquire, Agent to the Department of War, for payment to William Rickard, the Pay Master pro tem. to […]