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1981 HSH PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO
LIMITED EDITION PRINT .................................... PH $200-300

Charles Duryea (1861-1938) built first successful gasoline
engine automobile in America in 1893. Collection of 10 bold
autographs, each approximately 5"x1" and signed as ‘Chas E.
Duryea,’ clipped from checks or business documents. All crisp,
clear signatures. Ideal dealer lot, attractively priced. A single
Duryea cut autograph lists in Sanders at $186.

Limited Edition mixed media lithograph (#196/1000) by HSH
Princess Grace for World Federation of United Nations
Associations (WFUNA), signed ‘GPK’ in plate and with 1981
UN Geneva s7.50 Renewable Sources of Energy issue and First
Day Geneva cds above signature. In WFUNA folder with corner
tear & bends and accompanied by COA signed by Annabelle
Wiener. Unframed, 8½”x14". Fine to very fine.

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D 1885 LETTER ON ELECTRIC LIGHT BATTERY
............................................................................. PH $750-1000

Letter from Excelsior Manufacturing Company referencing
their ‘electric light battery,’ a competitor of Thomas Edison.
One page, 8"x10", on letterhead printed ‘Office of Excelsior
Manufacturing Co. Manufacturers of Haid Electric Batteries
and Appliances,’ dated February 13, 1885, New York.
Addressed to Mr. Wm. Hunt of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, it
reads in part ‘As The Business of the Excelsior Mfg Co. is
done on a strictly Cash Basis, we can make no exception in
your place. If you will forward us Money Order for $6.00, we
will send you one of our Electric Light Battery & Scarf Pin.
Yours truly, Phillips.’ The name of the company is stamped in
what appears to be purple ink just above the signature, but has
faded. An accompanying envelope is include with a cachet of a
battery printed in red. Usual folds, minor ink bleeding does
not affect legibility, else near fine condition. (University
Archives LOA).

1910s-90s VINTAGE AUTOGRAPH HOARD &
CONSIGNMENT BALANCE ............................. PH $3500-5000

Enormous collection of vintage autographed photos, mostly
8"x10"s with the vast
majority featuring Silent
Era film stars. At least 500
autographed
photos,
featuring some of the era’s
biggest stars like Marion
Davies, Mary Pickford,
Norma Talmadge, Alice
Brady, Lilian and Dorothy
Gish, Billie Dove, Pola
Negri, Irene Dunne, Helen
Hayes, Tom Mix, and many
many more. Many autographs personalized with
lengthy
inscriptions,
written for fans. Quality of
photos range from Good to
Fine, with most autographs
and inscriptions still very
legible and fresh. Group
also features smattering of more modern star autographs (since
1950) including Bob Hope, Tony Curtis, Christopher Reeve
(as Superman), Janet Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Piper
Laurie, Rock Hudson, and a long-in-years Charlie Chaplin.
Other bits of Hollywood-related ephemera found here as well,
including some playbills, notes, random photographs, and
more. Treasures await the curious inspection.

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1920s CHARLES DURYEA (AUTOMOBILE),
LOT OF 10 SIGNATURES .................................. PH $750-1000

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