To buy, auction, sell or consign your Edward Gorey book art, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com). Edward Gorey’s Illustration Career Edward Gorey illustrated over 100 books, both his own and in collaboration with others. Between between 1953 and 1960 he created cover and interior art for books while…
To buy, auction, sell or consign your Mark Twain signed book, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com). Mark Twain is a highly celebrated American writer remembered for his novels, essays, witticisms and lectures. He wrote and published 28 books during his lifetime along with numerous essays, including “Advice to Youth”…
To buy, auction, sell or consign your Mark Twain autograph, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com). Mark Twain is the pen name adopted by acclaimed American writer and lecturer Samuel Clemens. Twain grew up in Missouri near the Mississippi River, which is referenced in some of his most famous…
To buy, auction, sell or consign your George Custer autograph, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com). George Custer was a cavalry commander and Army officer during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He’s best remembered for his brazen charges during the Civil War and for leading the Union…
John Cullen Murphy was an American illustrator who studied under notable artists including Norman Rockwell and Franklin Booth. He started his career illustrating for magazines and later illustrated the comic strip Big Ben Bolt written by Elliot Caplin. Murphy is perhaps best known for illustrating Prince Valiant once Hal Foster decided take on a lighter…
Many consider Hal Foster as one of the greatest comic artists. His detailed, realistic drawings were among the first to be used in comic strips and stood out next to most who employed a cartoonish style. Foster worked tirelessly on Prince Valiant for over forty years before fully retiring from the comic series in 1980…
The Mercury 7 were the first American chosen by NASA to be part of Project Mercury. These astronauts included Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Deke Slayton. They played an important role in the space race and paved the way for the Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle programs….
Bill Watterson’s philosophical comic strip Calvin and Hobbes ran between 1985 to 1995, and remains one of the most beloved comic strips. The strip revolves around Calvin, a six year old boy, and his tiger plushie, Hobbes, who comes to life in his imagination. Bill Watterson is famously remembered for preserving the artistic integrity of…
Founding Father John Hancock is remembered as president of the Continental Congress between 1775 and 1777 during the important early years of the American Revolution. He’s famously known for being the first signer of Declaration of Independence and his vivid and elegant signature style is the most prominent of all the signers. Today the term…
Founding Father Benjamin Franklin had several roles that significantly impacted the early years of the United States including helping draft the Declaration of Independence and negotiating the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions have sold several documents signed by Benjamin Franklin and other Declaration of Independence signers….
White House china is among the most popular presidential memorabilia. The striking sets provide a peek into the preferences of past first ladies as well as trends of the various eras. The White House China room, created by First Lady Edith Wilson, is devoted to displaying of all the china sets from previous administrations. We’ve…
NASA red number photos are very collectible official photographs from early space missions, including the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo programs. These photos are typically first generation prints produced from original negatives and have a printed red code along the front margin. They were used officially by media outlets, NASA staff and contractors and capture some of…