I buy, sell, authenticate and appraise historic documents, manuscripts and letters. My specialties include Presidents, Civil War and Revolutionary War figures, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, authors, prominent women and African-Americans, business leaders, aviators, scientists and inventors, and letters with great content written by ordinary Americans. I am the on-air historic document authenticator on the History Channel hit show Pawn Stars. I am also one of the few appraisers certified by the Appraisers Association of America in the field on Books and Manuscripts: Historic Documents; I am available for appraisal work for insurance, estate and donation purposes. I am the author of the oral history book The Last Leaf: Voices of History's Last-Known Survivors (Prometheus Books).
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General Henry S. Commager, Civil War Era Politician And Soldier, Characterizes President Andrew Johnson And Predicts His Impeachment: “The President And Cabinet, And Especially The Cabinet, Were Terribly Frightened By The Threatening Tone Of The Radicals And Besides These Considerations, The Whole Cabinet Are Against The Democracy”
by (ANDREW JOHNSON IMPEACHMENT)
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Note Signed By Famous British-American Arist, Benjamin West
by BENJAMIN WEST
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Archive Of Signed Letters By Gaston Maspero, The Noted Nineteenth Century French Egyptologist: “These Images Give Us Valuable Information By Showing Us Precisely In What Condition The Monuments Of Upper And Middle Egypt Were Found Some Fifty Years Ago”
by GASTON MASPERO
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Spring 2024 catalog
This catalog features some Cormac McCarthy materials, Presidential autographs, numerous signed photographs by Edison & Cody, archives and much, much more.
Recent Catalogs
July 2023 e-catalog
This catalog offers materials from a long-dormant autograph archive. Highlight include great content letters by JFK, FDR and Eisenhower.