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Showing posts with label Americana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Americana. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

1st Edition Of Emancipation Proclamation & Final Edition Of Lincoln's Hair

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by Stephen J. Gertz A copy of the first edition in book form of the Emancipation Proclamation, the document that freed the slaves in ...
Monday, April 7, 2014

Congress Establishes The Dollar And It'll Cost You $50,000 - $75,000

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by Stephen J. Gertz The dollar becomes the official coin of the nation in the first printing of An Act Establishing a Mint, and Regul...
Friday, December 6, 2013

Mark Twain a Bore?

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by Alastair Johnston If, like me, the steps to your bookshelf are paved with good intentions, you probably have Mark Twain's fat A...
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Scarce True First Edition Of Jefferson's Notes On Virginia $100K-$150K

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by Stephen J. Gertz Title-page. A copy of the true first edition of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (1782, i....
Monday, December 2, 2013

Nixon To Ehrlichman: Miss You and Haldeman, Love You, We Were RIght

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by Stephen J. Gertz Two letters from President Richard M. Nixon to John Ehrlichman, his counsel and Assistant to the President for Dom...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

"All Women's Colleges Should Be Burned"

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by Stephen J. Gertz Alonzo B. See, elevator manufacturer and outspoken foe of higher education for women, who retired in 1930 as pres...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Spectacular Th. Jefferson Letter On Lewis & Clark Est. $500,000-$700,000

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by Stephen J. Gertz A historically rich and highly significant signed autograph letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. William Eustis of ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Robert E. Lee, Gentleman & George McClellan, Jerk

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by Stephen J. Gertz Two signed autograph letters by the American Civil War's commanding generals, Robert E. Lee of the Confederat...
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Friday, October 11, 2013

Mark Twain On How To Announce Your Marriage Engagement

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by Stephen J. Gertz On October 16, 2013, Bonham's-Los Angeles is offering a three-page, recto and verso Autograph Letter Signed, d...
Monday, October 7, 2013

George Washington's Original Thanksgiving Proclamation $8-$12 Million

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by Stephen J. Gertz The original manuscript proclamation establishing the first federal Thanksgiving Day in the United States of Ameri...