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PRESIDENT

• 6 Silhouttes;presidents & others.
  6 Silhouttes;presidents & others.
• THOMAS HART BENTON (AMERICAN,
  THOMAS HART BENTON (AMERICAN, 1889-1975) "MR. PRESIDENT" 1971. Lithograph. Signed 'Benton' (lower left). Edition of 150.
• "Our Presidents", 1789-1811,
  "Our Presidents", 1789-1811, lithograph, 19th century. 16 1/2" x 24"
• CARVED TUSK WITH PRESIDENTIAL
  CARVED TUSK WITH PRESIDENTIAL PRESENTATION Full Sized Tusk on wooden stand, carved in relief with traditional African figures, having an engraved card on the bottom "Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President de la Republique" and inscribed "Avec tout ses complements" (With all his compliments). Label reads "Presented to Professor Bruce McInnes and the Amherst Glee Club on June 23, 1972 by President Felix Houphouet-Boigny of the Republic of the Ivory Coast during the Glee Club's 1972 tour of Africa". 33" long tusk. Very good condition.
• Framed photograph of Anwar Sadat
  Framed photograph of Anwar Sadat President of Egypt with John E. du Pont 11.75"x17.5" and a letter and photograph of Chun Doo Hwan President of South Korea 1984.
• 1861 Feusier / Bouclet
  1861 Feusier / Bouclet chromolithograph showing ring of oval portraits of American presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln showing clean-shaven Lincoln though he had grown a beard before taking office matted and framed behind glass not examined out of frame ss: 25'' h. x 20'' w.
• Gilt plaster relief figure of
  Gilt plaster relief figure of U.S. President James K. Polk standing next to a low table and mounted in an ornate gilt frame. 18"x15"
• TYPE I PHOTO: NYC MAYOR
  TYPE I PHOTO: NYC MAYOR LAGUARDIA, CUBA PRESIDENT8x10 AP original Type I press photo of Fiorello LaGuardia, NYC mayor, and former (and future) president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista at a Yankees-Red Sox game. Provenance: From the personal collection of Jack Hand, a sports reporter for the Associated Press from 1943 to 1971. Hand died in 1995. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• ICELAND. PRESIDENT OF ICELAND'S
  ICELAND. PRESIDENT OF ICELAND'S MEDAL OF HONOUR IN CASE OF ISSUE Iceland. President of Iceland's Medal of Honour (Hei?urspeningur Forseta Íslands) in fitted case of issue by C. C. Sporrong & Co. of Stockholm. The Medal was instituted in 1954 and is awarded to both Icelandic citizens and foreigners for outstanding service to the President of Iceland. The population of Iceland is about 300,000 and the medal is awarded sparingly, making it very hard to find.
• JOHN TYLER, ALS AS
  JOHN TYLER, ALS AS PRESIDENTHandwritten letter signed by JOHN TYLER (10th U.S. president). Dated March 30, 1842, less than a year into his presidency. Letter measures 4-3/4" x 7-1/4". This document is one of several dozen important signed pieces in today's sale that were partof a large collection of American historical documents from 1650 through WWII. The estate collection, assembled from about 1920-1960, has never been offered for sale at auction. Archival repair, not affecting signature. See images. This item can be shipped in-house.
• James Madison Autograph (1751-1836,
  James Madison Autograph (1751-1836, American Founding Father, fourth President of the United States), dated June 1st, 1810, presidential appointment promoting Cadwallader Jones to the rank of Captain, signed "James Madison" as president in brown ink at bottom, co-signed by Secretary of War W. Eustis, partially printed document on vellum with elaborate vignettes and U.S. War Office paper and wax seal, 18-1/8 x 15-3/8 in. (page), modern wood frame,
• GROUP OF PRESIDENTIAL
  GROUP OF PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIESGROUP OF PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES, titles include: A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House; Eisenhower: Portrait of the Hero; The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt; FDR: Into the Storm 1937-1940; Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan (signed); Reagan; The Shadow of Blooming Grove: Warren G. Harding in His Times; All Cloudless Glory: The Life of George Washington from Youth to Yorktown (8) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• GRAVURE CO., "THE PRESIDENTS", BOOK
  GRAVURE CO., "THE PRESIDENTS", BOOK OF ENGRAVINGS Various contributors, "The Presidents". Published by The Gravure Company of America, New York and Washington D.C., 1907 (1st edition 1901). Title page with paper label, number 2556, allotted to Mr. R.P. Sorrell, April 17, 1908, by John O'Kane Rose. With steel engravings and brief biographies of the first twenty-six presidents of the United States. Elephant folio, leather covers with inset brass seal of The Office of the President. Book approx. h. 1.75", w 20", d. 16".
• THEODORE ROOSEVELT DOCUMENT
  THEODORE ROOSEVELT DOCUMENT SIGNED AS PRESIDENT. Folio on vellum dated Septemer 30 1903 countersigned by Elihu Root. Military appointment. Short tear lower right. Matted and framed.
• YOUNG PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR
  YOUNG PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR MINIATURE PAINTING France,19th CenturyDepicts President Taylor as a young man dressed in a pale purple gray suit with a head full of dark curls. Taylor was the twelfth President of the United States from 1949-1850 making him the president with the third shortest tenure and was the last Whig to win an election.
• Chester Arthur DS 1884 Chester Alan
  Chester Arthur DS 1884 Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886). Twenty-first President of the United States (1881-1885). Partially printed document signed as president Chester A. Arthur. 1p 8 x 10 in. Washington Nov. 10 1884 ordering that the Secretary of State affix the Seal of the United States to his letter to...the Queen of Madagascar in reference to the mediation of the United States in the dispute between Madagascar & France. Condition: Light water stain.
• POLITICAL EPHEMERA. Large container
  POLITICAL EPHEMERA. Large container full of photographs of Presidents (Reagan Bush Carter Ford Clinton some First Ladies several with printed signatures) large White House Christmas Cards etc.
• ALFRED EISENSTAEDT, (AMERICAN,
  ALFRED EISENSTAEDT, (AMERICAN, 1898-1995), PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY IN THE OVAL OFFICE, GELATIN SILVER PRINT, 17 X 13 1/2 IN., FRAME: 27 X 23 IN.ALFRED EISENSTAEDT, (American, 1898-1995) President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, gelatin silver print executed in 1961, printed in 1995 under the direct supervision of the artist signed Eisenstaedt lower right and numbered 124/250 lower left gelatin silver print Dimensions: 17 x 13 1/2 in., frame: 27 x 23 in. Provenance: The Collection of a San Diego, California Lady. Condition: Please note: All property is sold "AS IS" and any statement, whether oral or written, is given as a courtesy and shall not be deemed as a guarantee, warranty, or representation of the authenticity of authorship, physical condition, size, quality, rarity, importance, provenance, exhibitions, literature or historical relevance of the property or otherwise. The absence of a condition report does not imply the item is in perfect condition.
• Large President George
  Large President George Washington print, 19th C., bust in medallion, scroll surround w/paint accents, print has been trimmed to fit in frame, hung in Benjamin Harrison residence, 33" x 23". Several chips & missing portions of gesso on frame
• COLLECTION OF POLITICAL AND
  COLLECTION OF POLITICAL AND PRESIDENTIAL MEMORABILIACollection of Political and Presidential Memorabilia
• WOODROW WILSON, TLS AS
  WOODROW WILSON, TLS AS PRESIDENTTyped letter on White House letterhead signed by WOODROW WILSON (28th U.S. president), two years into his first term as president. Letter measures 8-3/4" x 7". Envelope included. This document is one of several dozen important signed pieces in today's sale that were part of a large collection of American historical documents from 1650 through WWII. The estate collection, assembled from about 1920-1960, has never been offered for sale at auction. See images. This item can be shipped in-house.
• *(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) Message of the
  *(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office 1862. Thick 8vo publisher's green blind-stamped cloth boards. 37th Congress 3rd session House Executive Doc. 1. Contains much on the Civil War particularly in regard to the preparations of the Union for a protracted struggle. Wear to boards with some loss at edges and corners; foxing throughout.
• OBIN, Seneque, (Haitian,
  OBIN, Seneque, (Haitian, 1893-1977): Portrait of Henri Christophe, President and King of Haiti, Oil/Masonite, 10'' x 8'', signed lower right, titled lower left, framed, 11'' x 9''.
• GEORGE RODRIGUE 53RD PRESIDENTIAL
  GEORGE RODRIGUE 53RD PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL SIGNEDGeorge Rodrigue (American, 1944 - 2013), 53rd Presidential Inaugural, Featuring President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore (Walking Into the 21st Century) , 1997, limited edition offset lithograph in colors # 2842/5000. Signed in blue marker. Faint stamp lower center INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT. Stamped 1997 PROCREATIONS PUBLISHING COMPANY1.888.ART.4Now. Published on behalf of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA. Unframed approx. 38" x 24".
• PRESIDENTIAL YOUTH INAUGURAL
  PRESIDENTIAL YOUTH INAUGURAL CONFERENCE, CYLC, OBAMA INAUGURATION, MEDALLION AND PIN, 2009PRESIDENTIAL YOUTH INAUGURAL CONFERENCE, CYLC, OBAMA INAUGURATION, MEDALLION AND PIN, 2009, the medallion depicting the White House and Capitol building to each side in blue and gold, dated 2009; with a pin 'Presidential Inaugural Conference,' in original fitted box (2) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• TWENTY-SIX (26) SELECTIONS FROM THE
  TWENTY-SIX (26) SELECTIONS FROM THE EASTON PRESS LIBRARY OF THE PRESIDENTS Subjects include: George Washington; James Madison; James Monroe; Andrew Jackson (2 volumes); William Henry Harrison; John Tyler; Martin Van Buren; Millard Fillmore; Abraham Lincoln; Grover Cleveland (2 volumes); William McKinley; William Howard Taft (2 volumes); Woodrow Wilson (2 volumes); Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover; FDR (2 volumes); Harry Truman; JFK (2 volumes); Gerald Ford (signed) Jimmy Carter (signed).
• FIVE ITEMS 20TH CENTURY U.S.
  FIVE ITEMS 20TH CENTURY U.S. POLITICAL MEMORABILIA . President Dwight D. Eisenhower typed letter signed on White House stationery dated May 1 1957 thanking his barber for a supply of ''summer'' lotion; with envelope. Program from Diamond Jubilee Celebration honoring the Issuance of the 13th Amendment Stamp Oct. 20 1940 NYC signed by Franklin Roosevelt Jr.; Willtee and McNary political campaign button; special souvenir supplement to The Evening Star newspaper Washington DC Jan. 20 1941 commemorating Franklin Roosevelt; Lucite cube paperweight enclosing four mid-century campaign buttons
• GROUP OF PRESIDENTIAL EPHEMERA
  GROUP OF PRESIDENTIAL EPHEMERA Later 20th century, including an 8 x 10 color photograph of guests at a White House Christmas event, inscribed and signed by 1st Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, and President Lyndon B. Johnson; a 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 color photo of John F. Kennedy and his family, attributed to Cecil W. Stoughton (with creases); a 10 x 8 color photo of Gerald Ford and his family (faded); a Ronald Reagan Victory Certificate, 1981, with facsimile signatures; and a photo of an unidentified aircraft carrier.
• PRES. EISENHOWER & NELL WOODRUFF AT
  PRES. EISENHOWER & NELL WOODRUFF AT ICHAUWAY Photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nell Hodgson Woodruff in front of the main house at Ichauway Plantation in Georgia. Inscribed "Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower", unframed. Note: Ichauway Plantation was the Woodruff's home in Newton, Georgia. Approx. 7" x 5"
• Jefferson Davis ALS 1885
  Jefferson Davis ALS 1885 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). Sole President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865). ALS 1p dated January 15 1885 at Beauvoir (Davis's estate near Biloxi Mississippi) signed Jefferson Davis in purple ink. Responding to Duff G. Reed Esq. Davis states that he has accommodated his request for a letter of recommendation regarding an unspecified job in Washington and forwarded the letter to Major E.A. Burke yet the former senator and president laments it is the only help he can provide as ...Misfortunes have assailed me by battalion for some years past and left me quite powerless to give pecuniary aid to those it would delight me to serve.
• 1 vol. (Truman, Harry S.) Hillman,
  1 vol. (Truman, Harry S.) Hillman, William. Mr. President... From The Personal Diaries, Private Letters... of Harry S. Truman. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, (1952). 4to, orig. gilt-lettered beige cloth-backed blue cloth; slightly scuffed, d/j (some creasing & chipping to edges). Color plates, other illus. With tipped-in color photo of Truman, inscribed, dated, "1/3/53" & signed by Harry S. Truman below image, Harry S. Truman Commemorative Postal Cover, May 8, 1974, signed by Cabinet members Julius A. Krug, Charles F. Brannon, John W. Snyder; Card Signed by James Forrestal; 1937 White House letterheads (2), signed by M.A. Le Hand.
• PRES. JOHNSON WITH GOVERNORS SIGNED
  PRES. JOHNSON WITH GOVERNORS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH Color photograph of President Lyndon Baines Johnson (American 1908-1973), surrounded by the governors of Southern states including William Barron of West Virginia, Ned Breathitt of Kentucky, Frank Clement of Tennessee, Albertis Harrison of Virginia, Carl Sanders of Georgia, Terry Sanford of North Carolina, J. Millard Tawes of Maryland, and Matthew Welsh of Indiana, with an ink inscription in the president's hand, "To Carl Sanders - / In memory of a notable day. / Lyndon B. Johnson", ink inscription to back, framed. Note: This photograph was likely taken on April 24, 1964 when President Johnson visited Huntington, West Virginia to announced the "War on Poverty" aimed at improving conditions in Appalachia and was taken at the airport. The occasion appears in Johnson's daily diary and a copy accompanies this lot. Provenance: From the Estate of 74th Georgia Governor Carl and Betty Foy Sanders, Atlanta, Georgia. Approximate dimensions: Sight approx. h. 7. 5", w. 9. 5"; Overall h. 13. 25", w. 15", d. 0. 75"
• DAVID G. BURNET, ACTING PRESIDENT
  DAVID G. BURNET, ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TE...DAVID G. BURNET, ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS SIGNED DOCUMENT, GOVERNMENT BOND FOR $100, FOR CHARLES DEMORSE, AUSTIN, FEBRUARY 1, 1941, lithograph and ink manuscript on paper, No. 1932, "Government Bond payable to holder. Receivable for all Government dues. Eight percent fund of $1,500,000. Certified act of Congress Feb. 5th 1840. The Republic of Texas promises to pay to Charles DeMorse (1816-1887)...," signed by John G. Chalmers (1803-1847) as Secretary of Treasury, appointed by President Mirabeau B. Lamar and signed by acting President David G. Burnet, each coupon with John G. Chalmer's monogram and corresponding certificate number in ink, verso inscribed, "Charles deMorse." 7 5/8" x 9 7/8" Note: An unusual Texian document names Charles deMorse as the holder of the bond, while he concurrently also served as Stock Commissioner. A second curiosity is the presence of David G. Burnet's signature on the "President" line; herein he is serving as acting President of Texas during his tenure as 2nd Vice President of the Republic of Texas, while Mirabeau B. Lamar sought medical treatment in New Orleans. Provenance: Condition: Some toning and acid biting, probably trimmed, cancelation marks, and otherwise no visible damage or sign of repair. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS.”
• GROUP OF PRESIDENTIAL (INCLUDING
  GROUP OF PRESIDENTIAL (INCLUDING INAUGURATION), EPHEMERA, CUFFLINKS AND PLAYING CARDS, CIRCA 1960-1980'SGroup of Presidential (including Inauguration), Ephemera, Cufflinks and Playing Cards, circa 1960-1980's
• GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER IN
  GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, DS, 1783 George Washington (1732-1799, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, First President of the United States) part-printed discharge document signed as Commander in Chief, Newburgh, NY, June 8, 1783, to Sergeant William Harris, 1st NY Regt., with special commendation for 7 years of faithful service, and countersigned by Lt. Col. Cornelius Van Dyck, Adjutant J. H. Wendell, and Col. Jonathan Trumbull; 1 sheet folio, printed on both sides (handwritten portions on recto only).
• GEORGE H.W. BUSH, THE AMERICAN
  GEORGE H.W. BUSH, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS: THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO GENERAL POWELL, 1989 10 X 6 3/4 IN. (25.40 X 17.15 CM.)GEORGE H.W. BUSH, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS: THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO GENERAL POWELL, 1989, blue leather bound with gilt spine and cover, with gilt Bush/Quayle inauguration emblem, in blue cloth slipcase, bookplate attached to front free endpaper and inscribed "To: Gen. Colin Powell with great pride in your service to country. Merry Christmas 1989/ George Bush", opposite is color portrait of President Bush and limitation page noting 'This is a specially bound and cased edition of The American Presidents by David C. Whitney revised and updated by Robin Vaughn Whitney published by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc. for The American Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural January 20, 1989/ This edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies, bearing the signature of President Bush', this copy is unnumbered Catalogue note: This copy was a Christmas gift from President Bush and comes with a notecard with red script 'The President and Mrs. Bush/ Christmas 1989.' Dimensions: 10 x 6 3/4 in. (25.40 x 17.15 cm.) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.