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Non-Sport Memorabilia
10 Lots
 Lot 19. 2 Time Covers Signed by 3 Nobel Peace Prize Winners – Begin, Sadat, Kissinger. Anwar Sadat (d. 1981) and Menachem Begin (d. 1992) share the Time cover for Sept. 25, 1978, the year they also shared the Nobel Prize for the Arab-Israeli peace memorialized in the Camp David Peace Agreement. Signed by both leaders, this cover may very well be unique. Both signed on their white shirt collars, and their signatures stand out boldly as gem mint 10s. Begin signed “M. Begin.” Sadat’s signature is accompanied by an official transmittal letter from the Embassy of Egypt attesting to Sadat’s signature. Henry Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the Paris Peace Accords, which established a cease-fire and U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. His signature is a bold 7-8 on the Aug. 25, 1975 Time cover, which features an illustration of him working to get Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin together for peace talks. Magazine covers only, all with minor edge tears and creases and folded for mailing. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $240.
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 Lot 20. Time Covers Signed by President Reagan, 5 Cabinet Members, Oliver North. Strong, nm 7 Ronald Reagan autograph shows nicely on a dark background on the Oct. 7, 1966 Time cover reporting on the California governorship race. Mailing label has been removed with almost no evidence and only minor chipping to margins. Extremely attractive copy with a great image of Reagan. 2. Donald Reagan, Jan. 21, 1985, gem mint 10. 3. Feb. 26, 1973, George Shultz, another 10. 4. James Watt, Secretary of the Interior, Aug. 23, 1982, signature a nm-m 8. Accompanied by a letter from the Assistant to the Secretary. 5. Oct. 28, 1991, Oliver North, personalized 8. 6. Alexander Haig, April 2, 1984, a 9. Magazine covers only, all folded for mailing mailing, some labels present, some partially removed, possible light corner creases, chipping or staining at edges. Authenticated by Kevin Keating. Excellent collection of strong autographs from the era of “The Great Communicator.” Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $134.
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 Lot 21. Time Covers Signed by President Carter, 4 Cabinet Members, Jordan, Powell. President Jimmy Carter signed the Mar. 8, 1976 cover, which features fabulous Jack Davis artwork, “J Carter.” The signature is a 10. Carter was later named Time’s “Person of the Year” for 1976. Cover has mailing folds and label, but is pristine otherwise. 2. Cyrus Vance, April 24, 1978, 8-9. 3. James Schlesinger, April 4, 1977, a 10. 4. June 12, 1978, Joseph Califano, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, an 8. 5. May 23, 1977, Harold Brown, Secretary of Defense, an 8. 6. June 6, 1977 “The President’s Boys” cover signed by both Jody Powell and Hamilton Jordan, both 8s. This cover is accompanied by a letter on White House stationery signed by Hamilton. These covers have mailing folds and labels. There are some gorgeous covers here. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Minimum Bid $100.
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 Lot 22. Signature of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Fahd on the Cover of Time, May 22, 1978. Prince Fahd was the fourth of Saudi founder Ibn Saud’s five sons to have ruled the kingdom; he did so in official capacity from 1982 to 2005, the time of his death. His signature is a gem mint 10. Accompanying this cover is an Oct. 3, 1978 transmittal letter from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia testifying to the authenticity of the signature. The cover has mailing folds and the residue from a removed label but is otherwise exceptionally clean. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Minimum Bid $100.
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 Lot 23. Autograph of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on the Cover of Time, Nov. 28, 1977. The week previous to this magazine’s release, Sadat became the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he met with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in attempts to achieve a peace to the Arab-Israeli conflict. In 1978, this work would culminate into the Camp David Agreement, which would win Sadat and Begin the Nobel Peace Prize. Sadat’s signature is beautiful along the bottom red margin, high contrast, 9. His signature is very scarce and even more so on covers of Time. Sadat was named Time’s Person of the Year for 1977. The cover is accompanied by a transmittal letter signed by his PR Director, in 1978. Sadat passed away in 1981. The cover has mailing folds and label residue, as well as minor edge chipping. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Minimum Bid $100.
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 Lot 24. Autograph of Mohammad Riza Pahlavi – the Shah of Iran. Mohammad Riza Pahlavi was the last Shah of the Iranian monarchy, from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979. While his “White Revolution” led to many beneficial social and economic reforms, the Westernization of Iran and his abolition of the two-party system in 1975 earned him much opposition and his and his family’s exile in 1979. It was during this exile that he found temporary residence in the United States to undergo cancer treatment, during which time the Iran hostage crisis occurred. The oppressive nature of recent Iranian history has prompted a more benevolent consideration of the Shah’s rule, his legacy is changing. Signature is on his personal card, which is affixed to the Sept. 18, 1978 cover of time, which bears his image. Signed M. R. Pahlavi, 9-10. D. 1980. The cover exhibits mailing folds and soft vertical folds, with a few tiny stapleholes. The card obscures the mailing label, displays beautifully. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Minimum Bid $100.
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 Lot 53. Circa 1865 Carte de Visite of Abner Doubleday from a Mathew Brady Negative. For many years, conventional baseball history, relying on the early 1900s Mills Commission, credited Doubleday with inventing the sport. His place in history as a Civil War figure is much more secure. Doubleday is credited with firing the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter. He saw action at Fredericksburg and performed admirably at Gettysburg after achieving the rank of brigadier general. Nevertheless, he ran afoul of Maj. Gen. George Meade, who was eventually replaced by Lincoln for his ineffectiveness. Doubleday then spent most of the remainder of the Civil War carrying out administrative duties in Washington, D.C. Later in his career, he commanded an African-American unit in Texas, and he patented a cable car railway that still runs in San Francisco. In the photo, Doubleday is posed in his military uniform. A single star on his shoulder reveals his rank and dates the photo as Civil War vintage. After the war, Doubleday reverted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. More common is a full-length portrait by Brady taken after Fort Sumter. Here, Doubleday sits, and a few jacket buttons are undone. The studio stamp on the back recognizes E. & H. T. Anthony of New York and notes that the photo is from a “negative in Brady’s National Portrait Gallery.” During the Civil War, Brady provided thousands of negatives to the Anthony studio. The CDV measures the traditional 2 3/8” x 4” with clipped corners; it is untrimmed. The sepia photo shows light foxing. There is a minute spot of paper loss and a very tiny inute brown stain on the background, both away from Doubleday’s image. The card has ghost Doubleday signatures on the front and back. The signature on the front is over an area where another signature appears to have been removed. This is an excellent and scarce photo of one of the 19th century’s more interesting historical, and mythical, figures.
Winning Bid $390.
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 Lot 139. 1952 Wells Lamont “Red Ryder” Uncut Card Panel in Original Packaging. The panel, which features 6 “Red Ryder Playmates Trading Cards,” is packaged with a pair of Wells Lamont gloves. The panel is MINT. The complete set of 14 Red Ryder cards was issued in two panels of four cards each and one panel of six cards. Although the package is 56 years old, it could easily be mistaken for new. And it hasn’t had a “facelift.” An incredible example!
Winning Bid $175.
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 Lot 140. 1940s-50s Exhibit Card Vending Machine. The glass front displays two exhibit cards, which are included. The case is made of metal. The machine has two different sections, each advertising a different issue. The left side features a Hot Rod with signage above reading “Hot Rods and Custom Cars…1 card 2 cents.” The right side features a card of Andy Williams. The signage above reads “Buy the Beatles and other popular Recording Stars Here!” This machine is 18” high, 7” wide, & 7 ¾” deep. It is in good condition and full working order.
Winning Bid $200.
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 Lot 141. 1849 Sartain’s with the First Appearance of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells. July to Dec. bound magazines, including the first appearance of one of Poe’s most famous poems, The Bells in the October issue. For those interested in gothic literature, this is an even more fascinating volume because it features an early reprinting of G.G. Foster’s The Nightmare and a full-page steel engraving of the famous Fuseli painting commissioned to illustrate it originally. The overall condition of the book is g with a broken binding, missing title page and heavy toning. The condition of the important pages is ex with either light toning or, in the case of the engraving, only toning to the margins. Extremely rare subject matter.
Winning Bid $102.
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