A few examples of appraisal values for
WESTERN UNION

• A 19C. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH STOCK
  A 19C. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH STOCK TICKER MODEL 3-AThe circular stepped iron base in original Japanned black finish with gilt lettering is mounted with a lacquered brass mechanism stamped 3-A, 22-OHMS with serial number 2029. A thick glass dome is included.Measures 9.25 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches, without dome.Very good original condition, there are no issues of damage or repair, or wear.
• HOUDINI, HARRY (EHRICH WEISZ). TELEGRAM
  HOUDINI, HARRY (EHRICH WEISZ). TELEGRAM FROM HOUDINI TO...Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Telegram from Houdini to Walter Floyd, signed. Dated May 24th, 1919, Houdini writes to fellow magician Walter Floyd on a Western Union telegram regarding an upcoming Society of American Magicians dinner. Boldly signed ÒHoudiniÓ and bearing his handwritten notes, stating, ÒDean Kellar is well enough to go out once in a whileÉÓ and Òxcuse [sic] paper/all I have handy.Ó
• COLE PORTER SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH, CORRESPONDENCE
  COLE PORTER SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH, CORRESPONDENCE AND EPHEM...Cole Porter archive comprising: 1) Framed photograph of Cole Porter with his dog signed, "For Bobbie / from two of his / pals-Pep & Cole", (9.25"h x 7"w) 2) Typed letter, dated June 7, 1944, to Robert Raison signed, "Cole" talking about his old friend, "Fanny Brice" as well as "a colored couple who sing wonderfully. Her name is Billie Holliday and her accompanies is named Fiff something...", 3) Two small notes and envelopes with handwritten notes from Cole Porter to Bobbie Raison and his mother, 4) Three typed, on Waldorf Astoria stationary, letters to Robert Raison signed, "Cole" with envelopes, 5) Two handwritten and signed letters from Cole Porter to Robert Raison (one on Waldorf Astoria stationary, 6) Typed letter to Raison from Cole Porter (signed "Cole) on Waldorf Astoria stationary lamenting being behind in his work as well as "Don't Fence Me In" by Bing Crosby being released soon, 7) Four Western Union telegrams from Cole Porter to Robert Raison 8) Four handwritten Christmas gift tags from "Cole" to Raison, 9) Eight handwritten letters from Robert Raison to his family dating 1943-1944 detailing his time with Cole Porter, 10) a hand signed typed letter, dated 5/23/88 from Richard Kamrar to Robert (presumably Robert Raison). This letter details his travels as well as requesting copies of "Coles letters". Kamrar was an organist and friend of Porter as well as a collector (his collection has beed donated to the Mid Tennessee State University. Cole Porter (1891-1964) was an iconic American lyricist and composer. He initially attended Harvard University (did not graduate) studied music at an early age. He wrote over 800 songs both individually and for Broadway musicals. These include "Night and Day", "I Get a Kick out of You", "Just One of Those Things", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "Let's Do It". Robert Raison was known as a close friend of Porter's, and later became a Hollywood agent and manager. Processing and shipping within the continental U.S. $45.00 plus 1.5% replacement cost insurance. Condition: Some toning, small tears and creases to letters but all are in good condition and are legible. Witherell's strives to provide as much information and photographs as possible but encourages in-person inspection by bidders. Condition: statements are only for general guidance and should not be relied upon as complete statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty or assumption of liability by Witherell's. All lots are sold "AS IS" under terms and conditions. Please be advised we do not provide porters nor packing material for pick ups.
• PERSONAL LETTERS ADDRESSED TO LEDOUXVarious
  PERSONAL LETTERS ADDRESSED TO LEDOUXVarious personal and other letters to Louis Pierre Ledoux from 1937 - these give insights to the personal life of Louis Pierre Ledoux, his activities, hobbies, and types of people he interacted with both in the US and overseas, especially in Europe. Letters are dated from 1936-1943. Approximately 37 Letters or Cards, includes letters from Warren Sturgis, Cretia, Edwin P. Seaver Jr., Uncle Billy, Ellie, Kay, Jane Faust, Betty Ledoux, Casitas, Jane Robb Murdoch and Ledoux's Father. Includes a letter from October 1937 from Ledoux's Father sent to Louis onboard the Queen Mary saying that his office is ready in NYC, he seems to enjoy Italy and his "retreat" is almost ready. Then another letter from 1940 which talks about "strained relations". Also includes Western Union Telegraphs he received. Date: 1930's Material: Paperwork Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
• EINSTEIN PHOTOS AND NEGATIVES WITH WESTERN
  EINSTEIN PHOTOS AND NEGATIVES WITH WESTERN UNION TELEGRAMS: 3 original poses, 4 copies of each pose for a total of 12 photographs, and 4 negatives. Einstein solo vertical, Einstein with female standing, and Einstein horizontal. 5.75'' x 3.5''. Sold with 2 fragments from Western Union Telegraphs both to Mr and Mrs. Lester Maynard, one from Albert Einstein and Family, the other from Helen Dukas (his secretary), with heartfelt wishes.
• WESTDISE/KATSUMI WESTERN PACIFIC GS-6
  WESTDISE/KATSUMI WESTERN PACIFIC GS-6 ENGINE & TENDER: Black Western Union SP-GS-6 4-8-4 Northern #481 model train Engine & Tender, by Westside Model Co./Katsumi, 1975. Approx. In original box. Approx. 2.75'' h x 12.5'' l x 7.25'' w. CONDITION: Wear consistent with age and use.
• WESTERN UNION WALL CLOCK: Naval Observatory
  WESTERN UNION WALL CLOCK: Naval Observatory Time, Western Union clock with Dry batteries. Key for door is present. Approx. 35.75'' h x 17.5'' w x 7'' d. CONDITION: Currently not working.
• VERY RARE EDISON SELF WINDING TICKER
  VERY RARE EDISON SELF WINDING TICKER TAPE MACHINE Circa 1870-85; painted circular cast iron base, with gilt stenciled lettering "QUOTATIONS FURNISHED BY THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co. APPLY TO LOCAL MANAGER.," glass dome with cut brass mechanism and primitive electric elements, having an original tape roll, 13 1/2 in. H., 7 1/2 in. Diam.
• WESTERN UNION ENAMEL SIGNEnamelled Western
  WESTERN UNION ENAMEL SIGNEnamelled Western Union logo advertising sign in excellent condition. Circa 1970s. Sign measures 30" long x 17" high.
• STERLING SILVER CHARM BRACELET W/ TWELVE
  STERLING SILVER CHARM BRACELET W/ TWELVE CHARMSSterling silver charm bracelet, with twelve charms, including: (1) Western Union telegraph, engraved "Happy Anniversary Jack," (1) Arc de Triomphe, (1) donkey, (1) covered wagon, (1) wagon wheel, (2) baskets of flowers, (1) cowboy chaps, (1) longhorn, loss to one horn, (1) Native American Kachina, (1) Eifle Tower, (1) geysir; some charms unmarked, approx 7"l, 35.5 grams
• WESTERN UNION TABLE LAMP, MADE BY VIKING
  WESTERN UNION TABLE LAMP, MADE BY VIKING PRODUCTSWESTERN UNION TABLE LAMP, made by Viking Products Corporation, 442 West 42nd Street, New York, for Western Union Telegraph, c. 1928, having a triangular patinated metal shade with two sides featuring glass inset WESTERN UNION letters, the shade centered over an original brass table standard. Dimensions: 25.25"H x 19.75"W.
• Western Union oak ticker tape base,
  Western Union oak ticker tape base, oak columned form post with one door, ebonized tiered metal base, 30-1/2"h x 14"square, wear to top, wear to paint at base
• WESTERN UNION INDOOR ILLUMINATED SIGN
  WESTERN UNION INDOOR ILLUMINATED SIGN Later 20th century.
• WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH STATION Transmitter,
  WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH STATION Transmitter, in brass on mahogany and slate mount, two coils, unmarked, 5" x 14" x 5 1/2".
• THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931) EDISON UNIVERSAL
  THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931) EDISON UNIVERSAL STOCK TICKER Manufactured by T.A. Edison, Inc., number 5569, circa 1900. Brass mechanism, cast-iron base, and glass dome, with a blank roll of ticker paper and base painted with a notice: “Quotations furnished by the Western Union Telegraph Co / Apply to local manager” Original stenciling and paint. Original dome.
• 1964 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM FROM ROY
  1964 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM FROM ROY WILKINS OF THE NAACP URGING THE HONORABLE JENNINGS RANDOLPH TO VOTE AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL1964 Western Union Telegram from Roy Wilkins of the NAACP Urging the Honorable Jennings Randolph to Vote Against Proposed Amendments to the Civil Rights Bill, Roy Wilkins was a prominent activist during the Civil Rights Movement. He was the Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1955-1963 and served as the Executive Director from 1964-1977. This telegram was sent by Wilkins while he was the Director of the NAACP to the Hon. Jennings Randolph to vote against three proposed amendments to the Civil Rights Bill on June 9, 1964. Jennings Randolph was from West Virginia and was a Member of the US House of Representatives from 1933-1947 and of the US Senate from 1958-1985. He voted in favor of the Civil Rights Bills of 1960, 1964, and 1968, the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the US Supreme Court. In 1977 Jimmy Carter signed two bills into law that singled out Randolph as the sole Senator he wanted to thank for the passage of these Civil Rights triumphs.
• LARGE CA. 1920-50S LOT OF POSTAL AND
  LARGE CA. 1920-50S LOT OF POSTAL AND WESTERNUNION RELATED ITEMS. TO INCLUDE: DOUBLE-SIDED POSTAL STAMP DISPENSER, PAINTED METAL DEPICTING US CAPITOL DOME, METAL SHOWS FADED RED TRIM, SOME SCRAPES, NEEDS CLEANING AND BUFFING, UNKNOWN IF WORKING, 14 3/4" HIGH, 8 1/2" WIDE, 8" DEEP. A STACK OF WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH MEMO FORMS, STACK IS 2 1/2" THICK, DATED 192[ ] WITH A SPACE TO ADD IN THE LAST DIGIT OF THE YEAR. LARGE STACK OF ATWOOD ESTATE TAGS. STACK OF RATION STAMP ENVELOPES, STACK IS 5 3/4" HIGH. WESTERN UNION MESSAGE BLANK BOOK, WITH DIRECTIONS, ET AL. BOOK SHOWS STAINING AND EVIDENCE OF HAVING LONG BEEN HANDLED.
• WESTERN UNION TELEPHONE MAIN LINE SOUNDER
  WESTERN UNION TELEPHONE MAIN LINE SOUNDER 15B United States,20th CenturyStamped on base "W U TEL CO MAIN LINE SOUNDER 15B, 120 OHMS".
• A TWO-SIDED WESTERN UNION PORCELAIN
  A TWO-SIDED WESTERN UNION PORCELAIN ENAMEL SIGNA nice clean example with interesting wrought iron bracket.Measures 17 x 30 inches excluding the bracket.
• GERMAN TIN TRAIN ACCESSORIES circa 1900.
  GERMAN TIN TRAIN ACCESSORIES circa 1900. Western union station, Bing tower and two candle light lamp posts.
• Oak cased clock by Sey Winding Clock
  Oak cased clock by Sey Winding Clock Co., New York, the dial signed Naval Observatory Time Western Union, with metal label. 41"h x 18.5"w x 7.5"d Condition: Wear consistent with age. Note: WAI does not guarantee clocks to be complete or in working order.
• C. 1895 Western Union Sturmer men's
  C. 1895 Western Union Sturmer men's pneumatic. With lamp catalog copy and western union sign. Original condition.
• Civil War 15th Army Corps Forty Rounds
  Civil War 15th Army Corps Forty Rounds Headquarters Guidon Worsted wool 49 x 60 in. overall 36 in. forked end. Red field stenciled with ''Forty Rounds'' and a U.S. cartridge box. Blue border machine stitched to red field with reinforced hand-stitching along area near forked end. Gold cotton fringe hand-stitched to blue border. Canvas hoist machine-stitched to field with inked in block letters 2d Brigd 15th.General Orders 10 Fifteenth Army Corps of February 14 1865 established a color coded system for the Corps' divisional and brigade flags. This was modified on April 9 1865 with General Orders No. 21 which specified the corps and four division flags to be ''silk or bunting five feet six inches fly five feet hoist.'' The brigade flags were specified to be ''swallowtailed five feet from the peak to end of the swallowtail and three feet to the fork four feet five inches on pike. The field of the flag shall be the division color and besides fringe it will have a border of one of the Corps colors other than the particular Division color.'' This swallowtail guidon generally conforms to the specifications of General Orders No. 21 including the yellow fringe prescribed for the divisional flags. The headquarters flag of the First Division in conformance with the orders was red. This guidon with red field and blue border is that of the First Division Second Brigade Fifteenth Corps which was specified in the General Orders to be ''field div. color border blue.'' Indeed the flag is marked on the hoist edge ''2nd Brigd 15th A...'' Color images of all Union headquarters flags including for this guidon can be found in the book Civil War Battle Flags of the Union Army and Order of Battle compiled by Gen. C. McKeever Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army. At the time of issue of this guidon the First Division was commanded by Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles R. Woods and the Second Brigade by Col. Robert Catterson. His brigade consisted of the 26th 40th 103rd Illinois; 97th and 100th Indiana; 6th Iowa and the 46th Ohio Infantry. The Fifteenth Corps and this division were heavily engaged in the Battle of Bentonville in North Carolina on March 21 1865 before these flags were issued. The story of how the Fifteenth Corps adopted their corps badge may be as much apocryphal as real. The story goes however that one day an enlisted man in the corps of Major General John A. ''Blackjack'' Logan was asked where his corps patch was. Clapping his hand on his cartridge box he said ''Forty Rounds. Can you show me a better one?'' Shortly thereafter Logan issued General Order No. 10 prescribing that the badge for the Fifteenth Corps should be a miniature cartridge box and above the box will be inscribed the words 'Forty Rounds.' The Fifteenth Corps was a favorite of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman probably because he was its first commander after its creation on December 18 1862. Sherman commanded the corps into the siege of Chattanooga in November 1863 where he took over command of the Army of the Tennessee. Maj. Gen. Frank Blair took over for a short time before being replaced by Maj. Gen. John A. Logan who led the corps through the Atlanta Campaign. In September 1864 Maj. Gen. Peter Osterhaus commanded the corps on the March to the Sea. Logan returned to command in January 1865 for the campaign into South and North Carolina. Maj. Gen. William B. Hazen commanded the corps from May 1865 though its disbandment in August. Union designating or headquarters flags are quite rare with not that many to be found in museums and even fewer in private hands. These are dominated by the flags of the eastern Army of the Potomac with very few western Union Army headquarters flags surviving certainly fewer than those of its eastern counterparts. To our knowledge no other such flag has appeared on the market in the last two decades. An exceptionally rare flag from the end of the Civil War. Greg Biggs Clarksville Tennessee. March 2012 Provenance: Found in North Carolina and descended in the family of Reverend John K. Mason of Richmond Virginia. Condition: Very Good Mothing fraying the fly edge is distressed. Canvas hoist split.
• [Mardi Gras] a Mackay Radio Western
  [Mardi Gras] a Mackay Radio Western Union Telegram and two envelopes addressed to "The Honorable Charles C. Crawford Nov. 19 1941 Greetings most confidential please to advise you have been selected Number One Mystic Festival Smither and Walmsley". Provenance: Estate of Charles C. Crawford 1315 First Street New Orleans 1978. Note: Crawford's reign as King of the Mystic Club would be postponed: Pearl Harbor was bombed December 7 1941; Mardi Gras was cancelled for the duration of the war.
• Western Union Clock. Circa 1920s.
  Western Union Clock.
  Circa 1920s. Beautiful tiger oak wooden case on this quite heavy clock. Only moderate fading and wear to the face with general light to medium outer case wear.
  Condition (Very Good). Size 28" x 18".
  
• Western Union stock ticker, Edison Universal
  Western Union stock ticker, Edison Universal type 3A, serial number 4691, lacquered brass mechanism, 10 x 8-3/4 in., with original metal rimmed glass dome, 12 x 9-1/2 in. Base repainted, lacking gilt "Western Union" cartouche and one ink roller. Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina.
• Western Union stock ticker, Edison Universal
  Western Union stock ticker, Edison Universal type 3A, serial number 729, lacquered brass mechanism, base with original black paint and gilt "Western Union Telegraph Co." cartouche, 10 x 8-3/4 in., with original metal rimmed glass dome, 12 x 9-1/2 in.; lot accompanied by contemporary appraisal. Losses to black paint. Purchased from Western Union Company, in the 1950s by the consignor's grandfather, a Western Union lineman.
• Self Winding Clock Co. wall clock; New
  Self Winding Clock Co. wall clock; New York mfg. of "Western Union" style time pieces, mahogany veneers, metal face, includes key. 21"H. x 20"W. Good condition.
• 19 pieces. Movie Posters. (Westerns
  19 pieces. Movie Posters. (Westerns - Mostly Major Studio Releases): "Western Union." 20th-Century Fox, 1943. Without code markings. Directed by Fritz Lang. * "Down Rio Grande Way." Columbia, 1942. Without code markings. * "Tenting Tonight on The Old Camp Ground." Universal, 1942. Without code markings. J.M. Brown & Text Ritter. * "Beyond The Pecos." Universal, 1944. * "Wanderer of The Wasteland." RKO, 1945. * "Lawless Empire." Columbia, 1945. * "Trail to Vengeance." Universal, 1945. Kirby Grant. * "Lone Star Moonlight." Columbia, 1946. * "Renegades." Columbia, 1946. "Badman's Territory." RKO, 1946. Randolph Scott. * "The Man from Colorado." Columbia, 1948. * "Fort Bowie." United Artists, 1958. * "The Jayhawkers." Paramount, 1959. * "Face of a Fugitive." Columbia, 1959. * "Riders of Black River." Columbia, 1952. Re-release. * "Billy The Kid." MGM, 1954. Re-release. * "Jesse James." 20th-Century Fox, 1951. Re-release. Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda. * "Texas Stampede." Columbia, 1952. Re-release. * "Kit Carson." Astor, n.d. Dana Andrews. All color litho 1/2 sheet formats, 22 x 28 inches (558 x 711 mm). Most with repairs to versoes, many with chipping to edges & creasing. Conditions C-/A-, most B-. "Badman's Territory" with upper corner of image chipped away.
• Western Union Naval Observatory Time
  Western Union Naval Observatory Time self winding wall clock, brown painted metal case, running, 15" dial Estimate $600-800