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The Art of Romare Bearden, by M. Bunch Washington, Harry Abrams Pub.
(no date)INSCRIBED BYT THE AUTHOR; "To my friend Boghosian, Sincerely, Romare - April 1974 "   Boghosian being a fellow artist.. Also laid in is a card from the Cordier & Ekstrom gallery advertising a show of Bearden in 1974.   The book has an introduction by John A. Williams, 91 illustrations including 46 in full color,  frontispiece portrait of Romare Bearden,  blue end papers, 230 pp..  Fine in lightly soiled but otherwise near fine dust jacket. 

$1500.00
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(Ellsworth, Lincoln) , The Americana Illustrated, Somerville, N.J. and NY City, American Historical Society.
Three-Quarter Leather. good/ Very Good. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. vol xxi, no. 1, Jan. 1927.   120 pages with many full page
photographs.   The magazine has been bound in 3/4 red leather. the front hinge is starting to separate.  Among the articles in the magazine are LINCOLN ELLSWORTH CIVIL ENGINEER AND EXPLORER by Winfield Downs and NORTH TO EIGHTY EIGHT DEGREES by F. M. Keller , and THE FIRST CROSSING OF THE POLAR SEA by g.J. Holland.   The book is inscribed "to miss FM
Keller in grateful appreciation for all the labor in making this volume what it is, Lincoln Ellsworth, 17 January 1927" Laid into the book is a letter dated 30 April 1928 to "dear miss Keller" . The letter is two handwritten pages and is signed by Lincoln Ellsworth. In the letter he mentions the "Americana" as "the only authentic record of my life".
Ellsworth was the first to fly across the Antarctic continent.  

$3250.00
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8" X 10" photograph of Louis Armstrong SIGNED by Armstrong with "Best Wishes to 'little Charlie Price' Jr. From Louis Armstrong"     Likely taken in the early 1930's       

The corners are all damaged by the
awkward removal of tape.   Terrific !

$750.00
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Hand-written Letter by Louis Armstrong - A 3pp letter signed "Louis Armstrong" from Armstrong in Birmingham, England to Mezz Mezzrow, clarinetist and author of "Really the Blues".
Mezzrow was Armstrong's close friend, his mar ijuana supplier and, at one point, his agent. Armstrong wrote this letter on his first European tour. Includes envelope addressed to "Mr. Milton Messirow". Especially intriguing is Armstrong's use of dashes throughout the letter, similar to those sometimes used in poetry for emphasis of certain words. This is a rare treasure from one of the greatest contributors to American music.
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George Herman "Babe" Ruth
goudey premium $1200
Fro joy (ex- mt) $450
Fro joy (vg-ex) $325
(Goudey) Big League Chewing Gum #93 (canadian) $3200

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Ty Cobb
mecca double folder (ex-ex +) $1000

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Ted Williams
1954 Bowman #66 (ex) $1750
playball #27 (ex+ - mt -)thin border on right $1500
playball #27 (ex- ex+) $1175
Bowman 1951 # 165 (ex - ex+) $400
Doubleplay 1941 (williams / tabur) (ex+) $500
Doubleplay 1941 (williams/ tabur) (ex - ex+) $425

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Joe Di Maggio
playball #26 1939 (ex - ex+) $1275
playball #1 1940 (ex -ex+) $2150

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Lou Gehrig
Goudey 1933 (ex+) $2400
1931 W517 (ex-) $600

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