This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/9/2024
A large collection of more than eighty autographs signed by authors, journalists and several lecturers, many of whom are famous dating as early as the late 1800s to more contemporary figures. Signatures include Ray Bradbury (3) (inscribed envelope, photograph, stamp block of 2), William Winter (1884 letter), Kate Field (2 signature cuts), James A. Michener (calling card), Edward Albee (3) (FDC, card and photograph), Norman Mailer (calling card), Arthur Schlesinger (4) (signature cut, signature card, postal envelope, stamp block of 4), Richard Watson Gilder (initialed note page dated 1898), Gwendolyn Brooks (3) (FDC, postage stamp block of 2, signature card), Alistair Cooke (FDC), Will Durant (5) (4 Signed Letters, signed photograph), Edmund Stedman handwritten signed poem dated 1874, Daniel Schorr (2) (birth announcement, initialed CNN Network note page), Lowell Thomas signature cut, John Cameron Swayze signature cut, Pierre Salinger ABC News note page, Kingsley Amis (5) (signed letter, 2 signature cards, 2 Carl Sandberg postage stamps), Joseph Wambaugh signed photograph, Owen Wister (2) (calling card, inscribed signature cut), Arthur Hailey photograph, Christopher Fry (5) (two inscribed signature cards, photograph, 2 John Steinbeck postage stamps), Morris West (5) (two signature cards, photograph, 2 John Steinbeck stamps), Irvin S. Cobb handwritten letter, Kurt Vonnegut (2) (FDC, postage stamp block of 4), Edward Hoagland envelope, Wallace Carroll photograph, Louis Lochner photograph, John Roy Carlson cabinets photograph, Edwin Gordon Lawrence art card, Mack Sauer photograph, Bob Crawford photograph, Jan Struther photograph, Monte Barrett photograph, Channing Pollock (2) (photograph, inscribed signature cut), Mario Puzo (2) (letter, signature cut), Elie Wiesel FDC, Studs Terkel (3) (FDC, Signature cut, postage stamp block of 4), William Rogers photograph, and John LeCarre newsprint picture. Still other signatures include signature cards, signature cuts or 3 X 5s signed by John Kenneth Galbraith (2), Sara Thompson, John Tolland (2), Erma Bombeck (2), Irving Penn, William Manchester (inscribed), Irving Wallace (inscribed), Normon Mailer, Winchell Smith, Arthur C. Mason and Thornton Burgess (inscribed). Very few signatures remain unidentified. NOTE: this collection comes from a single source collection, but we cannot guarantee the authenticity of every signature).
As represented in the listed images, sizes vary. Good condition.