Sale 20GC01 | Catalogue

Autograph Seeker: The Estate of Gary Combs

Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 10am EDT | New York

Autograph Seeker: The Estate of Gary Combs | Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 10am EDT

Lot 1

ADAMS, JOHN Autograph letter signed with initials as President to Secretary of War James McHenry.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

Sold for $8,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 2

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY Franking signature.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 3

[AMERICANA] Large group of signed items.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $2,812 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 4

BOOTH, JOHN WILKES Carte-de-viste portrait.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 5

BURR, AARON Autograph letter signed to Mrs. Bradstreet.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold for $562 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 6

BURR, AARON Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Sold for $1,625 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 7

BYRD, RICHARD E., ADMIRAL Archive of photographs depicting a Byrd Antarctic Expedition.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - CALHOUN, JOHN C. Autograph letter signed.

Lot 8

CALHOUN, JOHN C. Letter signed. 26 August 1823. Single-page letter in a secretarial hand signed J.C. Calhoun to Richard S...

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $312 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 9

CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $343 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 10

[CIVIL WAR] SHERIDAN, PHILIP. War date letter signed attaching his brother to his staff as aide-de-camp.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 11

[CIVIL WAR-CONFEDERATE] EARLY, JUBAL. Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $312 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 12

[CIVIL WAR] Group of ten signed items from Civil War era figures.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 13

[CIVIL WAR] Group of five signed items from Civil War military figures.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $312 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 14

CLAY, HENRY Autograph letter signed to John J. Crittenden seeking a Supreme Court opinion on slavery.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $1,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 15

CLAY, HENRY Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $250 - $350

Sold for $531 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 16

EDISON, THOMAS Signed photograph.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $1,500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 17

FARRAGUT, DAVID, Admiral Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 18

GERRY, ELBRIDGE Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 19

GRANT, ULYSSES S. Group of four carte-de-visite portraits and one unmounted photograph.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 20

GRANT, ULYSSES S. Autograph letter signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800

Sold for $1,875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 21

[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER] Letter from Alexander Hamilton, concerning the public conduct & character of John Adams, Esq. President of the...

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 22

HANCOCK, JOHN Document signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $3,437 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 23

JOHNSON, ANDREW Endorsement signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $593 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 24

KNOX, HENRY Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $562 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 25

LEE, MARY ANNA CUSTIS Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $312 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 26

LEE, ROBERT E. Autograph letter signed as President of Washington College.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $2,375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 27

[LOYALISTS] The Summary Case of the American Loyalists.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 28

MacARTHUR, DOUGLAS Engraved United States Military Academy diploma signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $531 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 29

MADISON, JAMES Autograph letter twice signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Sold for $1,500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 30

MARSHALL, JOHN Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $1,875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 31

MONROE, JAMES Autograph letter signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $1,875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 32

MONROE, JAMES Document signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $562 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - MORRIS, ROBERT Autograph letter signed.

Lot 33

MORRIS, ROBERT Autograph letter signed. New Brunswick: 4 December 1796. 2 1/4 page letter signed Robt. Morris on the rec...

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $343 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 34

NIXON, RICHARD Typed letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $468 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 35

NIXON, RICHARD Typed letter initialed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Unsold

Lot 36

PERRY, MATTHEW C., COMMODORE Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 37

[PRESIDENTS] Five appointments signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $937 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 38

[PRESIDENTS] Collection of signed White House cards.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $2,250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 39

[PRESIDENTS] Group of eight signed items, 1858-1931.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $1,375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 40

[PRESIDENTS] Group of framed letters and items from Presidents in office.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $3,750 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [PRESIDENTS & MISC. GRAPHICS] A large group of Presidential portraits.

Lot 41

[PRESIDENTS & MISC. GRAPHICS] A large group of Presidential portraits. Includes: A worn and disbound copy of The Presiden...

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $100 - $200

Unsold

Lot 42

POLK, JAMES Manuscript legal document in Polks hand.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $406 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 43

RANDOLPH, EDMUND Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 44

ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D. Signed photograph.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 45

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Autograph memorandum.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 46

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Typed letter signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $312 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 47

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Inscribed photograph.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 48

ROOSEVELT, SARA DELANO Group of letters.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $87 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 49

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Typed letter signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $1,625 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 50

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Signature below mounted flower from African trip.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 51

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Typed letter signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 52

SUMNER, CHARLES Group of four letters to sculptor Horatio Greenough regarding his statue of Washington for the Capitol Rotunda.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 53

[SUPREME COURT] Group of signed items from various Supreme Court Justices, 1810-1977.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $812 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 54

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Inscribed photograph.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $468 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 55

TANEY, ROGER B. Autograph letter signed.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 56

TRUMAN, HARRY Typed letter signed as President.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 57

TRUMAN, HARRY-FOOTBALL Photograph inscribed to photographer Cecil Stoughton.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $187 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 58

TRUMAN, HARRY Signed citation for a Soviet Officer.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Unsold

Lot image - TRUMAN, HARRY Autograph note signed as President.

Lot 59

TRUMAN, HARRY Autograph note signed as President. Washington: 13 May 1948. Single-page autograph note signed Harry Truman...

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $937 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 60

TRUMAN, HARRY Autograph note initialed as President to a Congressman turned Marine.

C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $750 (includes buyer's premium)