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Chihuly Over Venice, Nuutajarvi, Finland Signed

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TWO BEAUTIFUL, SCARCE CHIHULY BOOKS OFFERED AS A PAIRED SET CHIHULY OVER VENICE: Nuutajarvi, Finland Part I, June 1995. Scarce...

 


Autographed Note Card

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Autographed 3" x 5" white note card in blue ballpoint pen. Very fine. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, Lady Mallowan,...

 


Arthur C. Clarke Signed “2001: A Space Odyssey” Signed Easton Press Edition

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2001: A Space Odyssey. Special leather-bound "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" Edition published by Easton Press in 1986. Photo Bookplate of...

 


Signed Book

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First Trade Edition of photographer Chuck Close's limited-edition book A Couple of Ways of Doing Something, signed on the title...

 


Autograph Letter Signed to Jean Clemmer

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Autograph Letter Signed to the artist and photographer Jean Clemmer (a close friend of Salvador Dali), with envelope postmarked St....

 


Autograph Letter Signed Discussing Libel Lawsuit

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An important autograph letter signed by American author James Fenimore Cooper in which the writer discusses a very public libel...

 


Signed Photograph with Hard-to-Find Casino Royale Props

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Though we primarily specialize in vintage memorabilia, from time to time something special comes along that we simply can't pass...

 


Signed Vintage Airmail Postcard

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Vintage unused 1958 Eagle Air Mail postcard, signed by poet E. E. Cummings in black fountain pen. It appears to...

 


Typed Postcard Signed

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Private Post Card personalized "Silver Lake, New Hampshire" dated September 24, 1957, typed and signed by artist/poet E. E. Cummings....

 


Autograph Postcard Signed

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Private Post Card personalized "Silver Lake, New Hampshire" dated September 21, 1957, handwritten and signed by artist/poet E. E. Cummings...