Hollywood Entertainment memorabilia and Historical Document auction house, Profiles in History will be holding their “THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR, PART IV” July 11, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. PST at their new showroom located at 26662 Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302. Their phone # is 310-859-7701.
Interested bidders can register to bid HERE, download the auction catalog PDF HERE, and see the online Flip Book auction catalog HERE. Bidding is live, by phone, and internet.
Below is the press release announcing some of the many highlights of the auction.
AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN HISTORY ARE REPRESENTED IN PROFILES IN HISTORY’S “THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR, PART IV” JULY 11, 2014 AUCTION
Be A Part of the World’s History as a Selection of Original Historic Letters and Documents Written from the Likes of John Quincy Adams, Samuel Clemens, Thomas Edison, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, George Washington, Horatio Nelson , Orville Wright and Many Others Go on Auction.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
(Los Angeles) (CA) (June 24th, 2014) The nation’s renowned auction house, Profiles in History, (www.profilesinhistory.com) has set July 11, 2014 (11 a.m. PST) to present the highly anticipated The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector IV, the next auction of the series. Following the immensely successful Parts I, II, and III, the newest auction will represent a wide array of single lots, meticulously compiled groups and comprehensive archives.
“Our previous ‘Distinguished’ auctions have had enormous success, with sales results exceeding $11.5 million” stated Joe Maddalena, President and CEO, of Profiles in History. “We have carefully assembled one of our most comprehensive offerings, an amazing embodiment of tangible historical artifacts that are certain to capture the attention, and certainly the curiosity, of collectors worldwide.”
Among the 112 lots offered in the Profiles in History auction, worldwide buyers will have the occasion to possess such historical pieces as:
- Autographed letter signed by John Quincy Adams. While serving as a member of the US House of Representatives, Adams comments on the current war between Great Britain and China––a conflict with elements similar to those of the American Revolutionary War. Within, he invokes the hallowed words of the Declaration of Independence as he sides with the Chinese. “… all men are created equal… If the Lecturer has failed in showing the application of these principles to the vitals of the present issue between Great Britain and China… ” ($5,000 – $8,000)
- One of the key highlights of the auction will be the Thomas Jefferson address signed as President to the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, 1806. The highly important manuscript signed (“Th: Jefferson”) of his Address entitled “My Friends & Children Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation” – a sterling example of Jefferson’s great eloquence following treaty negotiations for greater definition of the boundaries for the Cherokee Indians. Jefferson lauds the Cherokees on their accomplishments but sternly advises against further warring. Stressing peace and harmony, Jefferson’s words transcend time. ($150,000 – $250,000)
- An extraordinary archive featuring an array of Ernest Hemingway letters capturing some turbulent moments in his life insinuating that his debauchery would lead to his divorce from Martha Gellhorn. A significant collection of eight letters that reaches into the personal tumult of an iconic American writer who so influenced the world of literature. A literary genius, Hemingway was fraught with an array of personal problems that can be seen in the present archive, documents and a publication. ($12,000 – $18,000)
- Samuel Langhorne Clemen’s (Mark Twain) handwritten autographed letter explaining in great detail the origination of his “Mark Twain” pseudonym. “…..but to state in a word, I took the name from the leadsman’s cry: it mean’s 2 fathoms, 12 feet….” ($5,000 – $7,000)
- Highly important typed letter signed from Orville Wright (“Wilbur and Orville Wright per O. Wright”) to Carl Dienstbach, a New York City musician and the U.S. correspondent for the German journal “Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen,” on “Wright Cycle Company, 1127 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio” letterhead stationery, with Orville’s handwritten postscript added at the end of the letter. “…A good deal of doubt exist in Europe as to whether there is any truth in the reports that have been made concerning our flights of 1903 and 1904….” ($15,000 – $25,000)
