Lot 152 · Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana
[POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945]. Oversized color photograph of the attendees of the Potsdam Conference seated at a large round table, signed on the mat in ink by President HARRY S. TRUMAN ("Harry S Truman"), British Prime Minister WINSTON S.CHURCHILL ("Winston S Churchill"), Truman's Chief of Staff, Admiral William Leahy and one other unidentified participant, [Potsdam, July 1945]. 18½ x 22 inches , matted and framed. Fine.
[POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945]. Oversized color photograph of the attendees of the Potsdam Conference seated at a large round table, signed on the mat in ink by President HARRY S. TRUMAN ("Harry S Truman"), British Prime Minister WINSTON S.CHURCHILL ("Winston S Churchill"), Truman's Chief of Staff, Admiral William Leahy and one other unidentified participant, [Potsdam, July 1945]. 18½ x 22 inches , matted and framed. Fine.
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- $6,000–$8,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana , New York · 19 May 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6025380
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[POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945]. Oversized color photograph of the attendees of the Potsdam Conference seated at a large round table, signed on the mat in ink by President HARRY S. TRUMAN ("Harry S Truman"), British Prime Minister WINSTON S.CHURCHILL ("Winston S Churchill"), Truman's Chief of Staff, Admiral William Leahy and one other unidentified participant, [Potsdam, July 1945]. 18½ x 22 inches , matted and framed. Fine., [POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945]. Oversized color photograph of the attendees of the Potsdam Conference seated at a large round table, signed on the mat in ink by President HARRY S. TRUMAN ("Harry S Truman"), British Prime Minister WINSTON S.CHURCHILL ("Winston S Churchill"), Truman's Chief of Staff, Admiral William Leahy and one other unidentified participant, [Potsdam, July 1945]. 18½ x 22 inches , matted and framed. Fine. Christie's, 19 May 1998, lot 152. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6025380.
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[POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945]. Oversized color photograph of the attendees of the Potsdam Conference seated at a large round table, signed on the mat in ink by President HARRY S. TRUMAN ("Harry S Truman"), British Prime Minister WINSTON S.CHURCHILL ("Winston S Churchill"), Truman's Chief of Staff, Admiral William Leahy and one other unidentified participant, [Potsdam, July 1945]. 18½ x 22 inches , matted and framed. Fine., [POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945]. Oversized color photograph of the attendees of the Potsdam Conference seated at a large round table, signed on the mat in ink by President HARRY S. TRUMAN ("Harry S Truman"), British Prime Minister WINSTON S.CHURCHILL ("Winston S Churchill"), Truman's Chief of Staff, Admiral William Leahy and one other unidentified participant, [Potsdam, July 1945]. 18½ x 22 inches , matted and framed. Fine. Christie's, 19 May 1998, lot 152. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6025380.
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From the same sale Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana · May 1998
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|---|---|---|---|
| [CIVIL WAR]. MORGAN, John Hunt (1825-1864), Brigadier General, C.S.A.… | [CIVIL WAR]. MORGAN, John Hunt (1825-1864), Brigadier General, C.S.A. . Printed broadside: "Proclamation! To the people of Estill and adjoining counties." Irvine, KY, 22 September 1862. 1 page, 4to, (9¾ x 6¼ in.) , in fine condition. Parrish & Willingham: 1019. | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| [CIVIL WAR]. [ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, 1864]. RICKS, Augustus J. Union Offic… | [CIVIL WAR]. [ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, 1864]. RICKS, Augustus J. Union Officer, Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall's Staff . 17 Autograph letters signed to his wife Emma and his brother, various locations, 4 September 1862 to 9 August 1864. Together 54 pages, 4to and 8vo, some browning . [With:] A signed CDV of Ricks in civilian clothing, two printed general field orders signed by Ricks, Rick's copy of History of the 104th Regiment O.V.I. during the War of the Rebellion . Akron, Ohio: 1886. | $1,200–$1,600 | |
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| [NATIVE AMERICANS] RED JACKET ("Sagoyewatha") (1756?-1830), Seneca ch… | [NATIVE AMERICANS] RED JACKET ("Sagoyewatha") (1756?-1830), Seneca chief, orator . Document signed with his mark ("X"), also signed by witnesses H.Cunningham and C.F. Coit, Buffalo, [NY], 1 June 1820. 1 page, oblong 8vo . Fine. | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| [NEW YORK COLONY -- LONG ISLAND]. Manuscript document, an indenture r… | [NEW YORK COLONY -- LONG ISLAND]. Manuscript document, an indenture recording the sale of land on Long Island near Oyster Bay, New York, 18 October 1666. 1 page, oblong (17¼ x 22¼ in.), two seals impressed in black wax at bottom, some dampstaining, horizontal fold separation repaired on verso. AN EXTREMELY EARLY LONG ISLAND DEED A large indenture recording the sale of land on the as yet very sparsely settled north shore of Long Island, between Oyster Bay and Huntington. John Richbell and his wife agree to "the sume of [£450] of good & lawfull money of England" to sell "all that Neck or Tract of Land commonly called & known by by the name of Horse Neck lying & being upon the Sound on the North side...bounded to the west with Oyster bay, to the east with Boro harbour." This is by a considerable margin the earliest Long Island deed offered at auction in some 25 years. | $700–$1,000 | |
| POLK, James K. (1795-1849), President . Autograph letter signed ("Jam… | POLK, James K. (1795-1849), President . Autograph letter signed ("James K. Polk") as President, to Secretary of War William L. Marcy (1786-1857), [Washington], 26 March 1847. 1 page, 4to (10 x 8 in.), very light mat-burn, otherwise in very fine condition. | $3,000–$5,000 |