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January 15-16, 2013 - New York, NY
524 Collection: Labor Leaders Large group of over 100+ autographs, most signed on 3” x 5” cards over
US postage stamps commemorating labor and industry, but also (as marked) with many TLS and SP.
Those designated with an asterisk (*) are tipped to album pages. Includes James R. Hoffa, John L.
Lewis, Cesar Chavez*; the ACTWU’s Joyce Miller (with TLS*) and Sol Stetin (SP); the ACW’s Jacob
S. Potofsky (TLS and SP); the AFL-CIO’s Moe Biller (with TLS*), Frank Bonadio (TLS and SP), William
Green (TLS), Paul Jennings (TLS and SP), Lane Kirkland (with TLS* and SP), George Meany (with 2
TLS and SP), Albert Shanker (with TLS* and SP), John Sweeney, and Richard L. Trumka* (with TLS*);
AFSCME’s Jerry Wurf (SP); the A of M’s William Winpisinger (TLS & SP); The ATU’s John M. Elliott
(TLS); the BLE’s PS Heath, RP McLaughlin (2), and CV Monin (with TLS); the BM&PIU’s Thomas
Murphy (TLS); the BSCP’s A. Philip Randolph; the IBT’s Ron Carey (signed twice, with TLS), Frank
Fitzsimmons (TLS and SP), James P. Hoffa, William J. McCarthy, and Jackie Presser; IBPAT’s AL “Mike”
Monroe (2, with TLS); ILGWU’s Sol Chaikin (TLS and SP); ILWU’s David Arian (with TLS), Harry
Bridges*, and James R. Herman (with TLS); the LIUNA’s Arthur A. Coia (with TLS*); the NFFE’s Nate
Wolkomir (TLS); the NMU’s Joe Curran (1, with SP); the OCAW’s BJ Schafer (TLS); the SIU’s Paul
Hall, the UAW’s Owen Bieber (with TLS*), Douglas Fraser (TLS and SP), Walter Reuther, Leonard
Woodcock (2 TLS and SP), and Stephen Yokich; the UFCW’s William H. Wynn (with TLS) and James
Suffridge; the UFW’s Dolores Huerta and Arturo Rodriguez(2 - one *, the other signature on stamp);
the UMWA’s WA Boyle (TLS*), Sam Church, and Arnold Miller (two, with TLS*); United Steelworkers’
IW Abel (with TLS), George Becker, and David J. McDonald; UTU’s GT Dubose (2); UTWA’s Ron
Myslowka(2); US Secretaries of Labor Peter Brennan, JD Hodgson, James P. Mitchell, William Usery*
and W. Willard Wirtz; and the unrelated signatures of steel executive Roger Blough*, Joe Famolare*,
and engineer OH Ammann*. With FDC signed by Moe Biller (5), Harry Bridges, David Dubinsky,
David I. McDonald, and Walter P. Reuther. Most are in Fine condition. [100+] (photo - page 60) Est. 400-600
525 Collection: Literary (Spoken and Written) An assemblage of personages from the fields of radio, literary
editing, journalism, etc. of (40+) autographs, most signed on 3” x 5” cards over US postage stamps
commemorating radio, communications, journalism, America and freedom of speech, but also (as
marked) with many TLS and SP. Those designated with an asterisk (*) are tipped to album pages. Includes
Lawrence Spivak, Sam Levene, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Cynthia Tucker, George S. Kaufman, Herb
Caen, Robert L. Bernstein, Jason Epstein, Dave Pelzer, Michael Korda, Arianna Huffington, Gregory
Rabassa, Mike Burstyn, Eric Foner, Malcolm Forbes, George Gallup, Stephen Birmingham, David
Barsamian, Richard Peuear / Larissa Volkhonsky (1), Markos Zuniga, Robert Hollander, Fannie Hurst,
Dorothy Thompson, Clifford Odets, Lowell Thomas Sr, Erin Brockovich (TLS and SP), David Sedaris
(with TLS), Jim Platnick*, Hayden Carruth*, Mary Carter Smith (on newspaper), Abe Goodman*, Farley
Mowat* (with TLS), Gay Telese (TLS), Ogden Nash* (TLS), Connie Chung (TLS), David Hockney*
(additional stamp); Radio HO Famers: Include Michael I. Gartner, Frank Stanton, Casey Kasem,
Himan Brown, Norman Corwin, J.P. McCarthy, Bob Edwards and Ira Glass (NPR), and Orion Samuelson.
With (2) FDCs signed by Malcolm Forbes Jr. All in Fine condition. [40+] Est. 200-300
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