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Theodore Roosevelt Worn Pince-nez Eyeglasses. Sold for About $35,000.
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Rare Theodore Roosevelt Toy Teddy Bear Drum, Circa 1907
Theodore Roosevelt toy Teddy Bear drum, circa 1907. Famously the ”Teddy” Bear’s namesake, Theodore Roosevelt is featured on the drum’s tin band in his Rough Rider uniform, playfully leading a troop of Teddy Bears, as they carry a sword, gun flag, drum and horn. Drum measures 11.75” in diameter and 7” high. In original and unaltered condition, including fittings and original drum heads. Very minimal scattered surface rust on the tin portion, and some light scratches to paint. In very good plus condition. Sold for $4,063.
As President, Theodore Roosevelt signed copy of ”The London Company of Virginia”, published for the 300th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. President Roosevelt signs the front free endpaper, ”To Capt. S.A. Cheney with the best wishes of / Theodore Roosevelt / Feb 19th 1909”, likely inscribed to Major S.A. Cheney of the Corps of Engineers. Number 22 of a limited edition of 300, book includes 23 gorgeous photogravures, published by Devinne Press in 1908. Full leaf photogravures begin with Queen Elizabeth and include other prominent contributors to the formation of Jamestown including Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, King James I of England, John Smith, and Pocahontas. Book measures 9” x 11.75”. Some foxing to gravures, otherwise interior is clean and near fine. Richly bound in one-half pebbled morocco leather, with the title and seal of Virginia in gilt on front. Front board is detached and small loss of leather to spine. Signature page has light foxing, otherwise near fine. Overall in very good condition. Sold for $3,750.
Signed limited edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s ”Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains.” New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons: 1899. Number 972 of 1,000. Fountain ink signature to pictorial frontispiece reads ”Theodore Roosevelt” beneath a masculine photograph showing Roosevelt in Rough Rider regalia taken by Civil War photographer George G. Rockwood. This volume combines two previous Roosevelt books ”Hunting Trips of a Ranchman” and ”The Wilderness Hunter.” 476pp. measures 9” x 11.5” and weighs 7 pounds. Wear and some soiling to beige cloth boards, with tape along edges to keep cover intact. Previous owner’s inscription to front free endpaper, else interior is well-preserved, and all 55 illustrations are fully intact with tissue guards. Signed Rough Rider photograph of Roosevelt is display-worthy and near fine. This lot of 2 also includes ”Barns Of California” issued by the California Historical Society. First edition 1974. A collection by Earl Thollander, this book features black and white illustrations of the varied barn styles. Red cloth boards with lovely gilt hillside image. Approximately 65 pages measuring 9” x 12.25”. Original dustjacket has tear along spine and bottom corner, along with smudging and general wear. Overall very good condition. Sold for $3,049.
Theodore Roosevelt “Ghost” Button From the 1904 Presidential Campaign — Scarce
Very rare “Ghost” button from the 1904 Presidential election, promoting Theodore Roosevelt in the spirit of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as “Soldier” and “Statesman”. One of the rarest buttons from the 1904 election, with less than 10 examples extant. Roosevelt would go onto win the election in a landslide, the first President to win in his own right after ascending to the Presidency after the death of his predecessor. Backed by Baltimore Badge paper on the verso, and with their copyright stamp to lower curl. Button measures 1.25″ in diameter. Small spot at Washington’s shoulder and very discreet staining over “combined” at the top edge and on Lincoln’s arm. In very good plus condition with fully intact celluloid. Sold for $3,025.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Photograph — In His Rough Riders Uniform
Excellent Theodore Roosevelt 6.5” x 9.5” signed photo, posing in his Rough Riders uniform. Originally bound as the frontispiece photo from Roosevelt’s 1899 book, ”Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains.” Roosevelt elegantly signs ”Theodore Roosevelt” beneath the image in fountain pen. Light toning and a trimmed right edge. Near fine. Sold for $2,813.
Signed limited edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s ”Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains”. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons: 1899. Number 972 of 1,000. Elegant fountain ink signature to pictorial frontispiece reads ”Theodore Roosevelt” beneath a masculine photograph showing Roosevelt in Rough Rider regalia taken by Civil War photographer George G. Rockwood. This volume combines two previous Roosevelt books ”Hunting Trips of a Ranchman” and ”The Wilderness Hunter”. 476pp. measures 9” x 11.5” and weighs 7 pounds. Wear and some soiling to beige cloth boards, with tape along edges to keep covers intact. Previous owner’s inscription to front free endpaper, else interior is well-preserved, and all 55 illustrations are fully intact with tissue guards. Signed Rough Rider photograph of Roosevelt is display-worthy and near fine. Sold for $2,138.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed First Edition of ”Big Game Hunting”
Theodore Roosevelt signed first edition of ”Big Game Hunting”, a compilation of hunting trips by the President. Roosevelt signs to frontispiece image of himself in this copy, numbered 549 of 1,000 and published by G.P. Putnam & Sons: New York: 1899. Rebound in leather and marble boards, with Moroccan spine embellished in gilt. Runs 476pp. with 55 illustrations by Remington, Frost, Beard and others. Measures 8” x 11.25”. Detachment of the front board from the joint and rubbing to edges. Good condition. Signature page is near fine, elegantly signed ”Theodore Roosevelt”. Sold for $2,063.
Theodore Roosevelt signed first edition of his ”The Rough Riders”, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York: 1899. ”The Rough Riders” is the tale of Roosevelt’s military battles during the Spanish-American war, in which he enlisted in the 1st Volunteer Regiment of the U.S. Army and fought at the Battle of San Juan. First edition features Roosevelt’s signature to front free endpaper, elegantly signed ”Theodore Roosevelt”. Clothed in olive green cloth boards with gilt lettering and ”Rough Riders” medallion to front cover. Runs 298pp. with black and white photographs throughout. Measures 5.75” x 8.75”. Also included is a U.S. Army Paymasters document from June 1898 showing payments made to the 1st Volunteer ”Rough Riders” Regiment in the amount of $1,714.62. Document measures 22” x 18”; near fine save for folds. Book contains two ex-libris stickers to front pastedown, light cocking to spine and slight detachment at hinge. Good condition. Sold for $1,875.
President Theodore Roosevelt autograph on typed letter on official White House letterhead, dated 4 June 1904. Letter is addressed to his friend Charles Jesse ”Buffalo” Jones, whom Roosevelt appointed head Game Warden of Yellowstone National Park in 1902. Here, Roosevelt discusses bison, as Jones was a proponent of the animal and introduced them to the park. Reads in full: ”I am very sorry to learn of the death of those wild buffalo, but I am much pleased at what you tell me of the calf crop in the tame herd. I will take up at once with the Secretary the matter of cross-breeding, and let you know.” With a large and bold ”Theodore Roosevelt” signature. Also includes original postmarked envelope and a 3” x 3.25” photo of the President on horseback. Single page typed letter on a single sheet of card-style stationery measures 7.25” x 8.75”. Toning and small chips to edges. Very good condition. Sold for $1,875.
Presidential Candidate William McKinley & Running Mate Teddy Roosevelt 1900 Election Campaign Umbrella — Clever Way to Promote the Successful Republican Candidates
1900 Presidential candidate William McKinley and running mate Theodore Roosevelt promotional campaign umbrella. Umbrella has six panels, two with portraits of McKinley, two of Roosevelt, and two of American flags. Umbrella fabric is cotton cloth; its handle is made of wood with metal infrastructure atop. Umbrella measures 36” open and 33.5” in length. Umbrella is very delicate from age and two sides have come loose from their metal prongs. Some staining and wear to fabric. Good condition with all panels intact. Sold for $1,791.
Attractive document signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President and future President William Howard Taft as Secretary of War. Dated 29 December 1905, Roosevelt appoints a George Moseley as Captain of Cavalry. Military vignettes and blue War Department seal accent the document. Very well preserved in near fine condition. Sold for $1,563.
Large Theodore Roosevelt Photo Display Signed as President — Image Alone Measures 13.75” x 16.25”
Theodore Roosevelt large photo display signed as President. Photo of a seated Roosevelt looking relaxed and pensive is mounted to a mat inscribed, ”To F.L. Dunlap with high appreciation of the public service he has rendered, with the warm good wishes of Theodore Roosevelt / Feb 25th 1909”. Black and white photograph itself measures 13.75” x 16.25”. Matted and framed nicely to an overall size of 25.5” x 30.5”. Chip to lower right corner of the photo, toning to mat and a small tear to the mat running vertically through the inscription not affecting the signature. Dr. F.L. Dunlap was the father of WWII Rear Admiral Stanton Baldwin Dunlap. Frame is likely original. Sold for $1,563.
Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft 1907 Military Appointment Signed as President
Theodore Roosevelt military appointment signed as President, dated 2 May 1907, from Washington, D.C. Countersigned by Secretary of War William Taft. Document appoints Jacob M. Coward “Captain in the Artillery Corps”. Document measures 21″ x 16″, with toning, smoothed folds and a blue “War Office” seal in the lower left corner. Very good condition. Sold for $1,500.
President Theodore Roosevelt signed first edition, Volume I, of ”The Burton Holmes Lectures”, the fin de siecle travelogue by celebrity traveler and photographer Burton Holmes. Battle Creek, Michigan: The Little-Preston Co., 1901. An avid traveler himself, Roosevelt signs the fly-leaf, ”To The Episcopal High School with all good wishes / from / Theodore Roosevelt / The White House / Feb 10th 1909”. Full of photographs from across the globe, Volume I focusing on the Moorish Empire measures 7.5” x 10”. In original publisher’s half-leather boards with marbled endpapers. Splitting to backstrip, tape repair at margin to first few pages, shelf wear and slightly loose binding. With a few Episcopal High School labels. Overall in good plus condition. Sold for $1,099.
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Abraham Lincoln Personally Owned and Worn Spectacles — With Provenance From Lincoln’s Family
Spectacles worn by Abraham Lincoln, photographed with the President in the portrait taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington, D.C. in 1865 (O-116D in ”Lincoln in Photographs”). With provenance from Abraham Lincoln’s great grandson, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith. As his last direct descendant, Beckwith writes in an ”Affidavit and Deed of Gift”, signed and dated 16 August 1977 (a photocopy of which is included in the lot): ”I, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith of Washington, D.C., certify that among the contents of a trunk located and unopened until recently, and placed in the attic of Hildene, the estate of my grandfather Robert Todd Lincoln, Manchester, Vermont, by my grandmother Mary Harlan Lincoln (Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln), and the said contents being awarded to me by the Estate of my sister Mary Lincoln Beckwith, were found two pair of eye glasses which had belonged to my great grandfather President Abraham Lincoln, and so marked by my grandmother Mary Harlan Lincoln.
I further give one pair of these eye glasses to Margaret Fristoe of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and one pair to James T. Hickey of Elkhart, Illinois.” Hickey was the Curator of the Lincoln Collection of the Illinois State Historical Library, now the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. The pair given to Hickey is still in the Library’s collection. Two years after gifting the glasses to Fristoe, Beckwith married her and upon her death the glasses were passed to her daughter from a prior relationship, Lenora Fristoe Hoverson. Her affidavit is also included. Also included is a signed letter from a board-certified optician attesting to the prescription of the glasses as +2.12, a match to Lincoln’s known prescription strength in the 2.00 range. An amazing piece of personal history from one of America’s greatest presidents. Sold for $84,422.
Impressive set of nine eyeglasses owned and worn by nine U.S. Presidents, with many accompanied by signed photos and letters from the Presidents. Set includes eyeglasses worn by nearly every post-WWII President, including: Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, all gifted to the Museum of Ophthalmology, and each framed in its own presentation shadowbox.
Set comprises (1) Harry S. Truman’s iconic round eyeglasses, worn by the 33rd President and gifted to Dr. Spencer Sherman, to whom Truman inscribes the photo framed with the glasses: ”To Dr. Spencer E. Sherman / From Harry S. Truman”. Truman famously wore eyeglasses his entire life following an early childhood bout with diphtheria that led him to reading and academics. While Truman’s eyesight inhibited him from joining a military academy as a young man, he would later serve in the trenches during World War I. Eyeglasses with brass-finish frame measure 5.5” from endpiece to endpiece, with the trademark round lenses, slightly peaked bridge, and transparent temple tips and nose pads. Shadowbox frame measures 29.5” x 16.5” x 2.875” deep. Presentation is near fine.
(2) Pair of Victory 6 U.S.A. bifocal eyeglasses owned and worn by 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson who, incidentally, was the first President to wear contact lenses. Green translucent plastic eyeglasses measure 5.25” wide from endpiece to endpiece, with maker’s name visible on both temples. Framed in a shadowbox with a photograph of LBJ wearing a similar or the exact pair of bifocal glasses, and with a typed letter signed by Char Diercks, Museum Registrar of the ”Lyndon Baines Johnson Library”. Glasses have two damaged areas near the bridge, which have been repaired. Shadowbox frame measures 29.5” x 16.5” x 2.875” deep, in near fine condition.
(3) Eyeglasses worn by President Richard M. Nixon, who ”used the reading glasses…on a five-week around-the-world trip I made in 1985. They are perhaps the best-traveled glasses in your collection!” Pair of reading glasses with black plastic frames have flared endpieces decorated with oblong metal cartouches, and measure 5.25” wide from endpiece to endpiece. Framed with a letter signed ”Richard Nixon” to Dr. Spencer Sherman, dated 13 January 1994 from Nixon’s home in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, referencing the trip where Nixon wore these glasses. During this trip, Nixon traveled to China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Pakistan, Turkey, and Great Britain. Glasses are nicely framed in a shadowbox measuring 29.5” x 16.5” x 3.25” deep, in near fine condition.
(4) President Gerald Ford owned and worn pair of eyeglasses, which he has used ”for years”, according to the accompanying letter. Pair of Terri Brogan eyeglasses, with Optyl amber colored plastic frames, measure 5.25” from endpiece to endpiece. Framed in a shadowbox with a copy of a typed letter signed by Ford to Dr. Spencer Sherman, dated 3 February 1992, which reads in part, ”…I have used this pair for years, since I am a bit near-sighted. They have served me well…” Shadowbox frame measures 29.5” x 16.5” x 2.75” deep, in near fine condition.
(5) President Jimmy Carter’s owned and worn pair of ”his personal” Foremost, U.S.A. browline eyeglasses. Glasses have thick plastic frame fading black to clear, and diamond shaped cartouches at endpieces, in size 5 1/2 measuring 5.25” from endpiece to endpiece. Framed in a shadowbox with a copy of Carter’s letter dated 27 January 1992 reading, ”…I am pleased to send you a pair of my personal eyeglasses for the museum’s collection…” Shadowbox frame measures 29.5” x 16.5” x 2.875” deep, in near fine condition with light surface wear.
(6) Pair of the ”Great Communicator’s” eyeglasses, owned and worn by President Ronald Reagan. Glasses are framed with a lovely letter signed ”Ronald Reagan” from 1 December 1994 on Reagan’s stationery that reads in part, ”It is my pleasure to submit my personal reading glasses for your exhibit…I have lived a very long and full life and been richly blessed with overall good health. While my eyes have always been sharp…these days…my eyes need a little more help and I use these spectacles. Having been a voracious reader since I was a little boy, I simply couldn’t allow this precious gift to be taken from me. / So with my trusty glasses a whole new, vivid world is opened up to me. They bring the pages of my books alive, a lovely softness to the face of my Nancy, and a renewed appreciation for the beauty of a brilliant California day.” Lot also includes a photo of Reagan wearing a similar or the exact pair of eyeglasses, working in his Fox Plaza, Los Angeles office. Personal Optics Mauritius reading glasses with amber colored plastic frames measure 5.375” from endpiece to endpiece. Shadowbox frame measures 29.5” x 21.25” x 3.25” deep, in near fine condition.
(7) Logo Paris eyeglasses owned and worn by President George H.W. Bush, framed with an 8” x 10” photograph of Bush holding a similar or the exact pair of glasses. Metal finish glasses measure 5.25” from endpiece to endpiece, with maker’s name visible on left temple. In shadowbox frame with copy of letter from Bush and photo signed in autopen. Frame measures 29.5” x 16.5” x 2.875” deep, in near fine condition.
(8) President Bill Clinton’s owned and worn pair of Italian-made Safilo Elasta eyeglasses, measuring 5.875” from endpiece to endpiece. Framed with a photograph of Clinton at his desk in the Oval Office wearing a similar or the exact pair of glasses, and also with a proclamation signed in print ”Save Your Vision Week, 1996”. Shadowbox frame measures 29.75” x 16.5” x 3.125” deep, in near fine condition.
(9) Pair of Saville eyeglasses owned and worn by President George W. Bush. Well-worn pair of glasses have two flakes to the right lens, and both endpieces are even scarred with teethmarks by the 43rd President! Metal finish glasses measure 5.5” from endpiece to endpiece, framed with a letter signed by Bush on his Presidential letterhead on 8 May 2009, which reads in part, ”…Whether at the White House or across the globe, I used these glasses while preparing speeches, reviewing briefings, and writing letters to constituents and world leaders. I also wore these glasses while reading mysteries, biographies, and other good books. I liked to begin each day by reading the Bible, and these glasses were a crucial part of that daily ritual…” Framed in a shadowbox measuring 29.5” x 16.5” x 2.75” deep, in very good to near fine condition.
Dr. Spencer Sherman is a known scholar in the field of ocular science and history, whose rare book and document archives formed the nucleus of the collection of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is the founder and curator of The Museum of Ophthalmology and Historical Library in San Francisco, from which these pieces are deaccessioned and consigned. An incredibly unique and personal collection of Presidential owned memorabilia. Sold for $31,250.
Large collection of eyeglasses belonging to U.S. Presidents and world leaders, including a pair belonging to Ronald Reagan, along with Reagan’s autograph letter signed, and accompanying signed envelope. Composed on his Yearling Row ranch stationery, where Reagan lived from 1951-1966, the 40th President writes to Dr. Bagley in full, ”Since I’m now a wearer of Corneal Lens’ this is the best I can do. / These broken parts are all that remain except for one spare pair I keep on hand in addition to my ‘Corneals’. / Best Regards / Ronald Reagan”. Letter is undated but accompanied by original envelope handwritten by Reagan, signed ”R. Reagan / Pacific Palisades Calif.” with a postmark from either 1962 or 1963. Letter is addressed to Dr. Melvin J. Bagley, who assembled this large collection for ”The Famous People’s Eyeglasses Museum”, which he founded.
Another pair of eyeglasses comes from Robert Kennedy, whose accompanying typed letter signed is on Attorney General stationery, dated 26 July 1963. Kennedy writes, ”My belated thanks for your letter requesting a pair of eyeglasses I have used for the collection. At long last, we have located a pair which are no longer useful. These are being mailed to you under separate cover…[signed] Robert F. Kennedy”.
Other eyeglasses, nearly all with accompanying letters, come from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (two pairs), Israeli President Ephraim Katzir, Colombian President Belisario Betancur, Austrian President Kurt Waldheim, Italian Prime Ministers Giulio Andreotti and Bettino Craxi, the Presidents of Ireland and Chile, Vice President Spiro Agnew, and Presidential candidates Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater, and Alf Landon. Other glasses come from politicians Elizabeth Holtzman and Estes Kefauver, Speaker of the House Carl Albert, New York City Mayor Abraham Beame and Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, the General Secretary of the Communist Party Gus Hall, and several others.
The lot also includes letters from individuals declining sending a pair of eyeglasses, including a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt who writes, ”I wish I could send you a pair of eye glasses for your collection. Unfortunately, however, I do not have any except the ones I am now using for reading…[signed] Eleanor Roosevelt”. Each pair of glasses is labeled in its own case, compiled by Dr. Bagley beginning in the 1960s through the 1980s, most in very good condition. Lot also includes a copy of his book, ”Celebrity Sighting”. A very unique and personal collection of memorabilia worn by the most influential leaders of the world.
Additional photos can be found here. Sold for $15,699.
Very personal collection of eyeglasses and sunglasses owned and worn by over 75 world-famous entertainers, most of which are accompanied by letters signed by the individuals when they donated the glasses. Collection includes actors, sports figures, authors, artists and musicians, most collected in the 1960s and 70s when Dr. Melvin J. Bagley was establishing the ”The Famous People’s Eyeglasses Museum”.
List of actors, directors and performers include Cary Grant, Helen Hayes, Bing Crosby, Barbara Stanwyck, Jayne Mansfield (who gifts a ”unique pair of green sunshades”), Greer Garson, Fred ”Mister” Rogers, Eddie Albert, Phyllis Diller, Douglas Fairbanks, Bob Fosse, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Goulet (two pairs), Ryan O’Neal, Peter O’Toole, Peter Sellers, Betty White, Jean Stapleton, Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Christie, Joan Bennett, Peter Bogdanovich, William Peter Blatty, Milos Foreman, Steve Allen, Sam Peckinpah, Ozzie Nelson, Wild Bill Elliot, and many more.
List of musicians and composers include Noel Coward, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Cole Porter, Loretta Lynn, Don McLean, Charlie Daniels, Chet Atkins, Rudy Vallee (two pairs), Jimmy Durante, Sir Michael Tippett, Artie Shaw, Yehudi Menuhin, Lili Kraus, L. Wolfe Gilbert, George Crumb, Sammy Cahn, Paul Anka, Roy Acuff, Lee Krasner, and more.
List of sports figures include Brooks Robinson, Terry Bradshaw, Stanley Dancer, Kathy Kusner, and Kyle Rote. List of authors and artists include John Updike, Agatha Christie, Edward Gorey, Pearl Buck, Erica Jong, Grant Reynard, N. Scott Momaday, Erskine Caldwell, Jorge Amado, Fannie Hurst, and more.
In addition to the eyeglasses, collection includes dozens of letters, not only from the individuals gifting the glasses, but also from celebrities declining, many of whom write detailed and humorous reasons as to why. Additional letters include a postcard of ”The Great White Throne” by Ansel Adams, signed by Adams, letters signed by Olivia de Havilland, Gene Kelly, Edward G. Robinson, Raymond Burr, Stephen Sondheim, Hedda Hopper, and others. Each pair of glasses is labeled in its own case, most in very good condition. Lot also includes a copy of Dr. Bagley’s book, ”Celebrity Sighting”. A very personal collection from many of the greatest creative minds of the 20th century.
Additional glasses are shown here. Sold for $10,721.
Interesting collection of eyeglasses personally owned and worn by over 50 VIPs of the 20th century, including a Supreme Court Justice, and the most influential journalists, entrepreneurs, military leaders, scientists, labor leaders, activists, and opinion leaders. In addition to the eyeglasses, lot also includes accompanying signed letters from most of the individuals, all sent to Dr. Melvin J. Bagley, who founded the ”The Famous People’s Eyeglasses Museum”, from which this collection originates.
Military leaders include WWII hero Jimmy Doolittle, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Thomas H. Moorer, and Ulysses S. Grant III. Lawyers and journalists include Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski (worn during Watergate), ”King of Torts” Melvin Belli (two pairs), Walter Cronkite, Hugh Downs, and Av Westin. Doctors include Denton Cooley who performed the first heart transplant, Alex Comfort who wrote ”Joy of Sex”, Robert A. Good who performed the first bone marrow transplant, Milton Helpern, and Makio Murayama. Several Nobel Prize winning scientists are included, such as Karl von Frisch, and Burton Richter.
Many entrepreneurs and labor leaders are represented in the collection, including Henry Ford II, UAW President Douglas Fraser, Colonel Sanders, Goddard Lieberson, Charles F. Berlitz, Liz Claiborne, Akio Morita, and Bertram Powers. Activists, political commentators, and thought leaders include William F. Buckley, Jr., Art Buchwald, Vine Deloria, Jr., Arthur A. Fletcher, Percy Sutton, R. Buckminster Fuller (two pairs), and Arthur Jensen.
Other individuals include Prince Albert, evangelist Billy James Hargis, Rabbi scholar Arthur Hertzberg, propagandist Leni Reifenstahl, philosopher Jean-Francois Revel, anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, etiquette author Amy Vanderbilt, and many others. Lot also includes several signed letters from individuals who decline sending a pair of glasses, such as Edward R. Murrow, Diane Sawyer and Judge John Sirica.
Each pair of glasses is labeled in its own case, compiled by Dr. Bagley beginning in the 1960s through the 1980s, most in very good condition. Lot also includes a copy of his book, ”Celebrity Sighting”.
View the other glasses here. Sold for $6,489.
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