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Benito Pablo Juárez García (Spanish: [beˈnito ˈpaβlo ˈxwaɾes gaɾˈsi.a] (listen); 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec, he was the first indigenous president of Mexico, and the first indigenous head of state in the postcolonial Americas.
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A Chilling Relic From the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy — Section of the Leather Seat Upon Which JFK & the First Lady Sat When He Was Shot — With Letter of Provenance — “…The spots on the leather are the dried blood of our beloved President John F. Kennedy…”
A chilling relic from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A section of the seat upon which he and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sat when Lee Harvey Oswald pulled the trigger on his Mannlicher Carcano, tragically ending the young president’s life. Dark blue leather seat section which composed the outside and upper seat trim. Under black light the leather section shows spotting which is undoubtedly blood. Measures approximately 3″ x 3″. Accompanied by a copy of a letter of provenance on White House letterhead, 1p. quarto, dated 22 November 1982 (twenty years after the assassination), written by White House Technical Service Rep. F. Vaughn Ferguson. Ferguson, whose involvement with the limousine before and after the shooting is well-documented, writes in part: “…The leather…is from the automobile in which John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, was assassinated in on November 22, 1963…Four days after the assassination the White House upholsterer and I removed this leather at the White House…The dark blue leather is from the border of the rear seat. The spots on the leather are the dried blood of our beloved President John F. Kennedy.” Ferguson then describes the extensive modifications that were made to the vehicle so that it could be used by President Lyndon B. Johnson, and mentions that he drove the vehicle from Cincinnati to Washington in complete secrecy to avoid the press. He concludes: “…My career at the White House spanned a twenty year period…It was so sad…” Included is a color photograph of Ferguson signing the letter of provenance and a photo of the bloodied rear seat of the vehicle. Also included is a copy of a 1982 newspaper article featuring Ferguson and his involvement with the ill-fated limousine. In the article Ferguson states: “[after the return of the car to Washington]…FBI agents had ripped the leather seats. They told me they had to do it to find the bullet particles from the shooting…Ferguson said he took a little of the memorabilia with him…’I still have some of the leather from the seats’ he said…” A heart-rending relic from a day that shook the world. Sold for $19,036.
John F Kennedy Autograph on a 1944 PT-109 Document
Historically significant John F Kennedy autograph World War II document regarding torpedo boat training, after his command of PT-109, the torpedo boat that was hit by a Japanese destroyer in 1943. Dated 1 March 1944, Lieutenant Kennedy signs a military “Report of Compliance With Orders” at the “Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center” after the famed PT-109 affair that distinguished Kennedy as a war hero and set the stage for his future political career. Beautifully signed in bold black ink, “John F. Kennedy.” Framed and matted with a photograph of JFK in uniform and a plaque. Very early John F Kennedy autograph. Measures 22″ x 20″ overall. Fine condition. Sold for $14,670.
Mahatma Gandhi signed copy of ”Mahatma Gandhi – His Own Story”, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.: London: 1930. Gandhi signs ”MK Gandhi” to the front free endpaper. Book runs 350pp., clothed in navy blue boards. Also signed by Gandhi’s editor and close friend C.F. Andrews to the front free endpaper, and by a second person in pencil. Staining to boards, foxing to signature page and mouse holes to lower right of pages. Also writing on rear pastedown. Overall in good condition. With COA from University Archives. Sold for $11,075.
John F. Kennedy Handwritten Speech
On 30 April 1957, a special five-man Senate committee headed by 38 year-old freshmen Senator John Kennedy chose five “outstanding” senators of the past after almost two years of study. The committee names John Calhoun, Henry Clay, Robert LaFollette, Robert Taft and Daniel Webster. Pictures of these exceptional senators would eventually be placed in a Senate reception area. On March 12, 1959, the unveiling of the portraits took place. This lot contains a colossal amount of handwritten notations on 29 pages from Kennedy for the speech or for notes regarding the five outstanding senators. At the 1959 unveiling ceremony, Kennedy reminded his audience that these long-dead senators were controversial figures in their day. Their own colleagues might not have been as quick as later generations to induct them into a senatorial hall of fame. Kennedy reported that one contemporary said of Henry Clay, “He is a bad man, an imposter, a creator of wicked schemes.” Who made those remarks? None other than Clay’s fellow honoree, John C. Calhoun. Enjoying the audience’s appreciative laughter, Kennedy continued, “On the other hand, who was it who said that Calhoun was a rigid fanatic, ambitious, selfishly partisan and a sectional …turncoat,’ with …too much genius and too little common sense,’ who would either die a traitor or a madman? Henry Clay, of course.” Kennedy then concluded his joking references to the Great Triumvirate with the help of a quote by John Quincy Adams, who viewed with alarm “the gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition, and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.” When Senator Kennedy announced his committee’s selections, he expressed frustration over the exclusion from the list of his three personal favorites. If the decision had been entirely up to him, he told his audience, the Senate Reception Room would include Webster, Taft, and Norris, along with Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut and Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. As an outlet for the frustration of passing over these and other strong candidates, the committee included in its final report the names of fifteen other senators. “Perhaps some future committee of the Senate, meeting at some future date, will find occasion to honor additional names.” These 29 pages have thousands of words in Kennedy’s hand, mostly illegible to the common eye, but worthy of further deciphering from a Kennedy handwriting expert. Also included are two original Government printed booklets regarding detailing of the unveiling, and a typed letter from another Senator to Kennedy dated just days before the unveiling about the Proceedings booklet mentioned above. Sold for $10,408.
Joseph Stalin Autograph on a World War II Document
Joseph Stalin autograph on a World War II-dated document. Written in Cyrilic, ”Diploma of the Laureate of the Stalin Prize” is datelined from Moscow, and was awarded to the men who helped create emergency leather substitutes. Additionally signed by Y Chadaev, Council of the People’s Commissars, Administrator of Affairs. Reads in part: ”…by the decision of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Union at the S.S.R…the Stalin Prize second class is awarded to (Pisarenko, Alekseenko, Gavrikov, Rogov, Plotnikov, Khomutov, Marakhovskiy)…” Nicely bound document with embossed U.S.S.R. seal. Contained within a gilt hardcover folder with metallic profile busts of Stalin and Lenin. Document measures 10.25” x 14.25” and runs 8pp. Light toning to first blank page and minor foxing throughout, otherwise in very good condition. Dark Joseph Stalin autograph. Sold for $9,625.
Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi Signed Book
Signed book: Young India. First edition, first printing. Madras, S. E.: S. Ganesan, 1922. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 1197 pages. Signed on the half-title page, “With love, M. K. Gandhi 19-9-31.” Also signed on the inside front cover by his son Devadas Gandhi, his secretaries Mahadev Gandhi and Pyarelel Nayar, as well as his disciple Mirabehn. The same day, Gandhi gave a special and strictly private reception to a group of youngsters at Kingsley Hall. Grown-ups were excluded with the exception of one or two helpers. The three Round Table Conferences of 1930 32, organized by the British government following the Simon Commission, met so much resistance they did not even complete their report. Demands for swaraj, or self-rule, in India had been growing increasingly strong. By the 1930s, many British politicians believed that India needed to move towards dominion status. While in London for the Second Round Table Conference on India, Gandhi stayed at Kingsley Hall, a community center in East London founded by Muriel Lester, a close friend of this book’s previous owner, Ben Platten. This is the first collected edition of Gandhi’s articles on non-violent resistance previously published in his weekly newspaper of the same name. Covers worn at edges, some mild cracking and sunning to the slightly loose spine, red ink stain to end of pages, an early ownership signature, and soiling to first free end page and cover interiors, and mild handling wear, otherwise very good condition. Gandhi’s writing is crisp and the signed page is quite presentable. Sold for $7,500.
Napoleon Bonaparte letter signed with exceptional content regarding funding his vast armies which, by 1811 when this letter was written, encompassed almost all of Europe and with preparations to invade Russia in the works. Dated 21 April 1811, letter translates in part, ”Count Mollien, I cannot sign this partial decree. It is necessary that you agree beforehand with the Minister of War Administration. It results from your report that, if you paid 4/5th of the 42 millions, he would have received only 27 million, and that you had 40 million paid. But the minister’s budget, considering the extraordinary arming which is being done, must be increased to 160 millions. Thereupon, I pray to God that he keeps you under his Holy protection. / Napoleon”. Single page measures 7.25” x 9”. Folds and light uniform toning, overall near fine. Sold for $5,125.
Napoleon Bonaparte Letter Signed, With an Exceptionally Large Signature
Napoleon Bonaparte letter signed, with an exceptionally large signature filling half the page. Bonaparte writes to one of his closest allies in the French government, Michel-Louis-Etienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d’Angely, who then served as president of the Interior at the Council of State.
Datelined Paris on 3 January 1810, Napoleon writes in part, translated from the French, ”I read with interest the table you sent to me on the situation of the budget of cities in 1808. This leads me to extend the measure and to submit to the Council of State the budgets of cities whose income does not rise more than 5000 francs. I see that the cities have 14 million of assets and 85 million of liabilities…I would like you to send me a report on these debts on the mechanism adopted to the amortization fund to turn them off and on what there would be to do for that and to bring them up to date. I see that the municipal expenses amount to 8 million which seems to me a very high sum. Reviewing the table, I see the City of Niort, which is paid for 216 thousand francs in annuities and the granting of which is 140 thousand francs. There must be something against the law about this amount because the grant from Niort cannot return 140,000 francs…”
Two page document on a single sheet measures 7.25” x 9”. Ink stain at bottom of second page, and shallow folds, else near fine. Sold for $5,000.
Beautiful Papal copy of ”Lumen Fidei”, signed by its author, Pope Francis. Published by the Vatican Press in 2013, it is the first encyclical of Pope Francis’ papacy. In ”Lumen Fidei”, Pope Francis finishes the encyclical started by his predecessor Pope Benedict, who began writing on the history and nature of faith, including the mutually inclusive notions of faith and reason, and the importance of faith in building a moral society. Pope Francis writes in the encyclical, ”…A light this powerful cannot come from ourselves but from a more primordial source: in a word, it must come from God. Faith is born of an encounter with the living God who calls us and reveals his love, a love which precedes us and upon which we can lean for security and for building our lives. Transformed by this love, we gain fresh vision, new eyes to see; we realize that it contains a great promise of fulfillment, and that a vision of the future opens up before us…” Pope Francis signs the title page, ”Francisco” above the embossed stamp of the Pope’s personal secretary. Stunning garnet-colored hardcover book measures 5.25” x 9.25” and runs 84 pages, with a garnet ribboned bookmark. Accompanied by an LOA from the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, detailing the book’s donation to help raise funds for the Servite Order ”Servants of Mary” work in Uganda. In exquisite, near fine condition. Sold for $4,688.
Nelson Mandela signed first edition, first printing of ”Long Walk to Freedom”, Easton Press: Norwalk: 2000. Mandela signs ”N Mandela” to the limitation page in black ink. The South Africa president’s chronicle of his extraordinary life in the apartheid country is bound in green leather boards with all edges gilt, gilt design, pink silk moire endpapers and a sewn-in gold satin page marker. Runs 558pp. and measures 6.5” x 9.5”. Fine. Sold for $3,750.
Nelson Mandela Signed Autobiography — ”Long Walk to Freedom”
Nobel Peace Prize winner and first democratically-elected President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela’s signed autobiography, ”Long Walk to Freedom.” Easton Press: Norwalk, CT: 2000. Increasingly rare book is signed on the special edition page in dark ink by Mandela. From a print run of 1,000, this volume is in unread condition and accompanied by the COA issued by Easton Press. An elegant, pristine edition, 558 pages, measuring 6.25” x 9.5”. Fine condition. Sold for $3,691.
Indian spiritual and political leader Mohandas Gandhi signs a slip, ”MKGandhi” in ink. The slip is mounted to another slip, which reads ”Indian Political Leader” in an unknown hand. Lot also includes a photo postcard of Gandhi smiling humbly among a cheering crowd as well as a commemorative stamp issued in Gandhi’s honor by the Indian postal authority. Stamp is made of khadi fabric as a tribute to Mahatma’s belief in the act of weaving yarn as a simple pleasure and tool for peace-keeping. Signed slip is trimmed irregularly, measuring 2” x 1” at is largest and 2” x 0.75” at its smallest. Mounted, else near fine. Measures 3” x 1.25” overall. Postcard measures 5” x 3.5”. An 8.5” x 6.75” folder printed with Gandhi’s image and a biographical blurb is included. A beautiful signature by the hallowed human rights champion. Sold for $2,772.
Pope Pius XI autograph letter signed, ”Achille Ratti” as a Cardinal. Letter issues a pass to refuse to fight in WWI. Datelined Rome in 1917, letter is written on Vatican stationery presumably in Italian. Pius XI was the first sovereign of Vatican City. Single-page letter features a date stamp from the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Fragile sheet measures 8.5” x 10.75”. Toning, wormhole near signature and scattered minor tears, else very good. Sold for $2,680.
Olympic Torch From the 1968 Olympic Games Held in Mexico City
Olympic relay torch used in the 1968 Summer Olympics. The Torch Relay tradition began in 1928, and transports a spark from the parent flame in Olympia, Greece to the host city in time for the opening ceremonies, in this case Mexico City. Manufactured by Producios Victor S.A. and designed by M. Villazon, torch features a circular design of silver doves at top with a wood handle. Majority of torch is made of black aluminum, with ”Mexico” label at bottom. Measures 20.75” long and 4.25” at its widest point at top. Weighs 1 lb. 12 oz., or 799 g. Light wear and foil at bottom starting to peel off, overall very good condition. Sold for $2,269.
Benito Mussolini Autograph Letter Signed
Benito Mussolini autograph letter signed, dated 12 May 1928 when Mussolini served as Italian Prime Minister and also Duce of Fascism. At this time Mussolini was dismantling all checks on his power and recently survived two assassination attempts on his life. Upon “Il Capo del Governo” stationery, Mussolini writes to his Finance Minister Giuseppe Volpi: “Dear Volpi, Four million was requested, and it was affirmed that this would be enough to get the Credito Paduano on its feet. I do not accept these leaps and bounds by which eight million is being requested today, as if millions grew on trees. The Credito Paduano can count on four million, as it had requested, but not a cent more. It’s time to put an end to considering the State as a kind of Court of Miracles! / Mussolini / 12 May 1928 Year VI”. Single page letter on card-style stationery measures 8″ x 10.25″. Light toning, small punch hole and horizontal fold; overall very good plus condition. Sold for $1,013.
Benito Mussolini Autograph Letter Signed
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (Italian: [beˈniːto mussoˈliːni]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 1943, and “Duce” of Italian Fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919 until his execution in 1945 by Italian partisans. As dictator of Italy and founder of fascism, Mussolini inspired and supported the international spread of fascist movements during the inter-war period. Sold for $900.
Diego Rivera Signed Copy of ”Portrait of Mexico”
Diego Rivera signed book ”Portrait of Mexico”, showcasing his paintings. Published by Covici: New York: 1937. Signed ”To W.H. Hoover / Diego Rivera” to the front free endpaper. Beautiful book contains 211pp. of text by Bertram Wolfe, followed by 249pp. of black and white images of Rivera’s paintings and drawings. Bound in cream color cloth boards with bronze lettering. Measures 6.75” x 9.25”. Toning to leaves and slight rear hinge detachment. Very good overall. Sold for $625.
Dr. Albert B. Sabin autograph letter signed ”Albert B. Sabin.” On his personal stationery dated 16 May 1992, Sabin discusses polio eradication in Mexico with Gerard Watt, in part: ”…I have been involved in Mexico since 1954. The organization they have achieved for the eradication of polio is truly remarkable, and your personal experience in a tiny village was most enlightening…P.S. I liked your quotation from Bernard Baruch…” Single-page letter measures approximately 8.5” x 11”. Near fine. Sold for $625.
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