Wednesday January 23rd , 2019 in house starts at 5:30 PM ONLINE starts at 7:00 PM by bidding on our Adcock Britz App down loaded from the Apple store or the Android Play Store
Wednesday Evening Consignment AND LIVE ONLINE AUCTION Auction Begins at 5:30 PM LIVE ONLINE AUCTION BEGINS AT 7:00 PM go to your app store download adcock britz auction to bid. Consignments for weekly auction accepted Monday--Wednesday of each week or by appointment as necessary. Call to check available space (217)960-6276. As this is a consignment auction items vary from week to week and may include: Vintage and newer pottery, glassware, toys, furniture, advertising pieces, lighting, home decor items, books, costume and precious metal jewelry, primitives and much more. Love to see you here.

1/24/19 5pm - Coins, Silver, bulion and stamps 1/24/19 6pm - General and bottle Auction 1/24/19 7pm - Collectible Bottles
Rare, Old Whiskey Bottles and some special new collectible bottles are already arriving Silver coins and bullion 14k Gold Jewelry 1920s Touring Car Trunk 40+ Pieces of Fine Art

Saturday, January 26th and Sunday, January 27th at 11:00 a.m. CST. Viewing: Friday, January 25th 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. CST and mornings of the auction from 9:00 a.m. CST.
19th-21st C. Antiques & Collectibles

Wednesday January 30th, 2019 in house starts at 5:30 PM ONLINE starts at 7:00 PM by bidding on our Adcock Britz App down loaded from the Apple store or the Android Play Store
Wednesday Evening Consignment AND LIVE ONLINE AUCTION Auction Begins at 5:30 PM LIVE ONLINE AUCTION BEGINS AT 7:00 PM go to your app store download adcock britz auction to bid. Consignments for weekly auction accepted Monday--Wednesday of each week or by appointment as necessary. Call to check available space (217)960-6276. As this is a consignment auction items vary from week to week and may include: Vintage and newer pottery, glassware, toys, furniture, advertising pieces, lighting, home decor items, books, costume and precious metal jewelry, primitives and much more. Love to see you here.

1/31/19 - 5pm Coins 1/31/19 - 6pm - Autographs, Antique and Signed Books and more
Amazing Collections of Autographs. Cut autographs, signed letters, signed books, signed balls and other amazing collectibles from History, Entertainment, Sports and more. The following autographs will have the guarantee explained below: Amelia Earhardt Charles Lindbergh Isabel Allende Maeve Binchy President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Betty Friedan Dr. Mae Jemison Jim McPheron Rosa Parks Frances Perkins Marjorie Kinman Rawlings and N.C. Wyeth - Limited Edition of The Yearling Anne Rice Salman Rushdie Gloria Steinem Aaron Rogers signed Football Ozzie Guillen signed baseball Motorola Hat signed by Tiger Woods, Payne Stewart, Mark O'Meara Ron Santo signed card with Invitation and Program from Private Memorial Service Yousef Karsh Annie Leibovitz Field, Cyrus. Signature on card (3 7/8" x 2 11/16") ... Industrialist, layed first Trans-Atlantic cable Randolph, Edmund. Signature on card (3 3/4" x 1 3/8") ... George Washington's first Att. General, helped write US Constitution. Confederate CS$20 note. No. 46410. Dated Richmond VA. February 17 1864. Piece of Damask curtains from Abraham Lincoln's parlor in Springfield, IL. Includes note "Purchased by Harry Wilton at his sale in Springfield - Piece of Abraham Lincoln Damask curtain" Hartnett, Gabby. Signature on card (3 7/8" x 2 1/4"). Hall-of-Fame catcher for Chicago Cubs. Hit "Homer in the Gloamin'". Minoso, Minnie. Signature on photo copy of Chicago White Sox logo. First African-American to play for the White Sox. Only player to play pro baseball in 6 decades. Zimmer, Don. Signature on "Breakfast with the Cubs" ticket dated 8-8-88 (first Wrigley night game). Manager and coach for the Cubs and other teams Tocqueville, Alexis de. Partial letter and signature. Influential French writer and philosopher. This comes with a copy of the receipt of purchase from Argosy Bookstore in NY, NY. Gladstone, William. Partial letter and signature. Prime Minster of the United Kingdom (1868-74, 80-85, 86, 92-94). Thurlow, Weed. Letter and signature. Letter mentions Commodore Vanderbilt. Influential early Republican and publisher of the New York Evening Journal. Comes with a no time-limit receipt and guarantee from Steven L. Hoskin (www.CivilWarAutographs.com) Seward, William. Hand addressed envelope with signature at top. Secretary of State under Lincoln. Purchased Alaska ("Seward's Folly") for USA. Comes with a certificate of authenticity from Heritage Collector's Societ, Inc. (Doylestown, PA). Garrison, William Lloyd. Signature on card (3 1/2" x 2 1/16"). Publisher of the Liberator, one of the loudest abolitionist voices before and during the Civil War Clay, Henry. Signture on card (3 5/8" x 1 15/16"). Influetnial congressman and Senator from Kentucky. JQ Adams' Sec. of State. Phillips, Wendell. Card signed "Liberty & Union Wendell Phillips" with what appears to be a date of "'66". Noted abolitionist and spokesperson for women's and Native American rights. Dow, Neal. Signature on card (3 7/8" x 2 5/16") dated Portland 17 March 1888. Union Brigadier General and "Father of American Prohibition" Webster, Daniel. Signature on envelope front, noted "U.S. Senate", possibly addressed to Silas M. Stillwell, Sr. ... Sec. of State under Fillmore, Harrison, & Tyler. Noted lawyer, congressman and senator. Powderly, Terrence V. Signature on card (4 1/8" x 2 1/4"), prefaced "Cordially yours", & with title "Machinist". Leader of the Knights of Labor in 1880s Gompers, Samuel. cut signature "Faithfully yours" and dated "Washington DC May 11, 1903". Founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Morris, Gouverneur. Signed letter dated from Morriania (today the South Bronx) 30 Jan 1811. US Senator and Minister to France. Writer of the Preamble to the US Constitution. Peale, Rembrandt. Cut signature with "34 Chatham Row". Artist. Noted paintings include Washington and Jefferson. McClellan, George. Signature on card (4 1/4" x 2 1/2") "Very truly yours" and dated "May 4 1885". Commandnig General of US Army to start Civil War, Gov. of New Jersey, 1864 Democrat. nom for president. This comes with a copy of the receipt of purchase and guarantee from Steven L. Hoskin Historical Autographs (Venice, FL). Stanton, Edwin. Handwritten bill from Peppard & Stanton signed "Peppard & Stanton for Pepp". Secretary of War under Lincoln. His firing triggered Johnson's impeachment. Sheridan, Phillip. Signature on card (3 1/2" x 2 7/8"). Union Major General during Civil War. One of 8 men conferred "General of the Army" while alive. Fairchild, Lucius. Signed check from the office of Wisconsin's Secretary of State, dated Nov. 26 1864. Brigadier General during Civil War. 3-term governor of Wisconsin. Minster to Spain Stevens, Thaddeus. Cut signature. Congressman from Pennsylvania. Leader of the abolitionist Radical Republicans. Sumner, Charles. 8" x 4 7/8" paper "The sacred animosity between freedom & slavery can end only with the triumph of freedom". Dated "Senate Chamber 7th June '60"... an excerpt from his "The Barbary of Slavery" speech. Morris, Emory. Autograph Letter Signed (ALS). Letter from soldier in the New York 64th to his aunt, dated 4 October 1861. This comes with a copy of the invioce from Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Douglass, Frederick. Signed card (3 5/16" x 2 1/2") "Very truly yours" and dated 1873. Escaped slave and abolitionist. This comes with a copy of a receipt and guarantee from Steven L. Hoskin (Civilwarautographs.com). Washington, Booker T. Cut signature from letter. Signed "Yours truly", with the title "Principal". Educational theorist, civil rights leader, head of the Tuskegee Institute. Lodge, Henry Cabot. Signed card (3 15/16" x 2 1/4") dated "Washington Feb 28th 1891". Congressman and senator, Senate Majority Leader and President Pro-Tem. This comes with a copy of a receipt and guarantee from Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs & Documents (Philadelphia, PA). Nixon, Richard. Signed Time Magazine cover from 1 July 1974. 37th US President. Only president (to date) to resign. MacArthur, Douglas. Signed letter to M. Manning Marcus dated 6 February 1957. 5-star general, CMOH recipient, Superintendent of West Point. the "American Caesar". Hoover, Herbert. Signed letter to John Hayes Hammond dated Stanford University August 15, 1928. 31st US President, Secretary of Commerce, philanthropist. Truman, Harry. Signed photo, inscribed "Tow Dewittt Clinton School" dated 4-16-67", and a signature response card. 33rd US President and US senator. This comes with a copy of the invoice for the purchase from Nate D. Sanders Auctions (Los Angeles, CA). Kennedy, Robert. Signed letter on John Kennedy for President letterhead, regarding the religion question, dated Sept. 8, 1960. JFK's Attorney General, Democratic nominee apparent for president in 1968. Comes with a receipt of purchase from Alexander Autographs (Stamford, CT). Wyeth, Andrew. Signed letter on "The Mill" letterhead dated April 11, 1965. Artist (Christina's World). Wyeth, James. Signed letter with envelope from Monhegan Island, Maine. Artist. Son of Andrew Wyeth. Painted portrait of JFK which hangs in Boston Museum of Fine Arts Hurd, Peter. Signed paper with picture dated "Sentinel Ranch, San Patricio, New Mexico January 12, 1942". Artist, Brother in Law of Andrew Wyeth. Portrait of LBJ in National Portrait Gallery. Costner, Kevin. Cut signature from picture or poster "See you at the movies!". Actor and Director (The Untouchables, Dances With Wolves, The Bodyguard, Man of Steel) Walesa, Lech. Signed first day cover of Polish Millennium stamp. President of Poland and Leader of the Solidarity Labor Union. This comes with a copy of a receipt of purchase from Argosy Bookstore, NY, NY. Peron, Juan. Signature on memo or telegram from Ministry of War dated 18 Mar 1944. War Minister and President of Argentina (husband of Evita Peron). This comes with a copy of the receipt of purchase and certificate of authenticity from Todd Mueller Autographs (Colorado Springs, CO). Rickenbacker, Eddie. Signed letter on Eastern Airlines letterhead dated June 3, 1952. WWI Ace, airplane designer and president of Eastern Airlines. Tibbets, Paul. Signed picture of Tibbets in front of Enola Gay. Also signed date of 6 Aug 1945. US Army Air Force Pilot. Pilot of Enola Gay (named for his mother) which dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Ridgway, Matthew. signed letter to Mrs. Robert Considine (author of 30 Seconds Over Tokyo) date 29 Sept 1975. WWII general who succeeded MacArthur in Korea. SAC Europe, Chief of Staff of the Army. Rogers, Roy. Signed B&W picture (10" x 8"). "King of the Cowboys". Singer and actor. Stewart, Jimmy. Signed letter (w/ envelope) dated Feb. 19, 1991. Actor (It's a Wonderful Life, Harvey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) Lemmon, Jack. Signed letter (w/ envelope) dated January 11 1996, noting his upcoming work with Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet. Actor. 2x Oscar winner (Mr. Roberts, Save the Tiger). Matthau, Walter. Signed B&W picture (10" x 8"), inscribed "As 'Judge Cool' in 'The Grass Harp' in Nov. 1995". Actor. Oscar (The Fortune Cookie). Nicholson, Jack. Signed color photo (8 1/2" x 11"), in bath robe with golf club. Actor. 3x Oscar winner (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment, As Good As It Gets). Armstrong, Louis. Signed index card (5 1/2" x 3 1/4") "Louis Armstrong Satchmo". Dated March 13, 1971. Musician, Jazz great. Spacey, Kevin. signed color picture (9 15/16" x 8") with his Oscar for "The Ususal Suspects". Inscribed "For Currency Thank You". Actor. 2x Oscar winner (The Usual Suspects and American Beauty). Broderick, Matthew. Signed color photo in character as Col. Robert Gould Shaw in "Glory". Inscribed "To Currency Best Wishes". Actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Glory, The Producers, WarGames, Election). Newman, Paul. Signed B & W photo (10" x 7 15/16"), inscribed "To Currency Best Wishes". Actor and Philanthropist (Slapshot, The Color of Money, Cool Hand Luke). Washington, Denzel. Signed color photo (10" x 7 15/16") in character as Pvt. silas Tripp in "Glory". Inscribed "God Bless". Actor (Glory, Training Day, The hurricane, Malcolm X, Remember the Titans). Schwarzenegger, Arnold. Signed color picture (9 7/8" x 8"). Actor and California governor (The Terminator, Total Recall, Conan the Barbarian). Eastwood, Clint. Signed B&W picture (7" x 5") in character as Red Garnett in "A Perfect World". Actor, Director, and Mayor of Carmel, California (Dirty Harry, Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven). Grant, Rodney. Signed poster (17" x 10 15/16") from a lecture at Marquette University. Actor (Wind in His Hair in the film "Dances With Wolves"). Depp, Johnny. Signed color picture (9 15/16" x 7 7/8"). Actor (Edward Scissorhands, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Pirates of the Caribbean). Comes with a certificate of Authenticity from Spirit Autographs, Las Vegas, NV Clooney, George. Signed color picture (9 3/4" x 7 7/8"). Actor and director (Ocean's 11, Syriana, Monument's Men, Gravity). Hope, Bob. Signed B&W picture (7" x 5"). Actor, singer, and philanthropist. Selleck, Tom. Signed color picture (10" x 8"). Inscribed "Penny, Best Wishes". Actor (Magnum PI, Mr. Baseball). June, Allen Dale. Signed color advertisement (7 7/8" x 5 3/16"). One of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers from WWII. Collins, Phil. Signed Compact Disc Booklet for the album "Testify". Musician and singer ("In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "Easy Lover", "Sussudio"). Joel, Billy. Signed Piano/Vocal/Guitar sheet music booklet (11 15/16" x 8 15/16") for "We Didn't Start the Fire". Musician and singer ("Piano Man", "Just the Way You Are"). Springsteen, Bruce. Signed color picture (10 7/8" x 8"). Musician and singer ("Born to Run", Dancing in the Dark", "Born in the USA"). Daltrey, Roger. Signed B&W picture.(6 3/16" x 4"). Inscribed "To Penny, Love from". Musician and singer ("My Generation"). Clapton, Eric. Signed B&W picture (7" x 5"). Dated '88. Musician and singer ("Tears in Heaven"). Petty, Tom. Signed color picture (app. 10 1/4" x 8") (printed from album cover?). Musician and singer ("Free Fallin'", "I Won't Back Down"). Ives, Burl. Signed color photo (3 3/4" x 4"). Singer and actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Dempsey, Jack. Signed card (3 1/8" x 1 13/16"). Inscribed "To Bob Alexander good luck". Boxer. Heavyweight champion. Fought Gene Tunney in famous "Long Count" match. The Manassa Mauler. Tunney, Gene. Signed card (5 1/2" x 3 1/4"). Boxer. Heavyweight champion. Fought Jack Dempsey in famous "Long Count" match. The Fighting Marine. Hogan, Ben & Sarazen Gene. Double signed green paper (3 5/8" x 2 1/2"). Golfers. 2 of the 5 winners of the lifetime Grand Slam. Winners of 16 total majors between them. This comes with a certificate of authenticity from Jim Fugate Autographs. Player, Gary. Signed color picture (10" x 8") promotional for International Management. Golfer. One of five golfers to win Career Grand Slam. Won 9 Majors. Palmer, Arnold. Signed color photo (9 15/15" x 8"). Inscribed "To Currency Best Wishes". Golfer, Soft drink innovator. Won 7 Majors. Zoeller, Fuzzy. Signed color picture (9 15/16" x 8"). Golfer. Won 2 Majors. Norman, Greg. Signed color picture (10" x 8"). Golfer. "The Great White Shark". Won 2 Majors. Nicklaus, Jack. Signed color photo (9 15/16" x 8"). Inscribed "To Penny". Writing is somewhat faded. Golfer. "The Golden Bear". One of 5 golfers to win the career Grand Slam. Won a record 18 Majors. Williams, Robin. Signed B&W picture (10" x 7 15/16") in character as Mr. Jack Keating in Dead Poets Society. Inscribed "Carpe diem". Actor ("Aladdin", Good Mornnig Vietnam", "Good Will Hunting") Gibson, Mel. Signed B&W picture (10" x 8"). Some staining on the borders. Inscribed "All the Best". Actor ("Braveheart", "Lethal Weapon", "Gallipoli", "Signs") Marshall, Sean. Signed Cubs Convention Sweepstakes flyer (8 15/16" x 11"). Inscribed with "45". Major League Pitcher (2006-11 with the Cubs). Marmol, Carlos. Signed color picture (10" x 8") for 2011 Cubs Club Members. Major League Pitcher (2006-13 with the Cubs). Dawson, Andre. Signed color picture (10" x 7 15/16"). Inscribed "To Penny". Hall-of-Fame outfielder (1987-92 with the Cubs). Jenkins, Ferguson. Signed color picture (9 15/16" x 7 15/16 "). Hall-of-Fame pitcher (1966-73 & 82-83 with the Cubs). First Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Earhart, Amelia. Signed card (3 1/2" x 2") with B&W picture. Legendary aviatrix. Jordan, Michael. Signed color picture (10" x 8"). NBA basketball legend. Payton, Walter. Signed B&W picture (10" x 8"). Inscribed "34". NFL football legend. Stewart, Payne, O'Meara, Mark, Woods, Tiger. Signed Motorola golf cap. 19 Majors among these three legends of golf. Catt, Carrie Chapman. Cut signature (3 1/8" x 2 1/4") dated Jan 21, 1937. Suffragette instrumental in pushing for states to allow women to vote, culminating in the 19th ammendment. founder of the League of Women Voters. Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Signed page from program feturing her CV and headshot (8 1/2" x 5 5/16"). Historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author ("No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt", "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln") Day, Doris. Cut signature (3 3/4" x 3/4"). Singer ("Sentimental Journey") and actress (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Pajama Game, April in Paris, Pillow Talk) Dench, Judy. Signed color picture (6" x 4"). Actress of stage and screen (A Room With a View, Henry V, Shakespeare in Love, Chocolat, Casino Royale) Invitation (5 13/16" x 4 7/8") to reception honoring Rose Kennedy (mother of JFK and RFK). Reception was held at 6135 N. Knox Ave in Chicago on October 28, 1960 (days before JFK is elected president). Berg, Patty. Cut signature, irregular cut (app 3" x 1 1/2"). Hall of Fame golfer. Helped found LPGA, and her 15 major wins remains the all-time record for women. Longtime sponsored by Cog Hill Golf Course in Lemont, IL. Russell, Rosalind. Signed letter on stationery (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") including envelope. Letter is a response regarding Ms. Russell's work on arthritis awareness. Actress and humanitarian (Mourning Becomes Electra, Aunt Mame). Early nineteenth century ephemera. This lot includes an invitation to a formal ball and letter that gives insight to the life of a young woman in the early 1800s. The invitation is addressed to two sisters, and hte letter from a brother to one of hte sisters. Baez, Joan. Signed B&W picture (5 " x 4 3/16"). Singer ("The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "We Shall Overcome"). Performed at Woodstock. Isbin, Sharon. Signed back of a CD booklet for "Rodrigo Latin Romances" (4 3/4" x 4 3/4"). Inscribed "To Currency". Guitarist and fuonder o fthe Julliard's Guitar program. Appears in hte soundtrack for the film "The Departed". 3x Grammy winner. Bigelow, Kathryn. Director's Guild of America application for Marty Madden (8 1/2" x 11"). First woman (and still, sadly, only) to win the Oscar for Best Director (The Hurt Locker). Also directed "Zero Dark Thirty", "Blue Steel", and "K19: The Widowmaker") Livermore, Mary A. Signed card (4 3/16" x 2 11/16"). Inscribed "Melrose, Mass. March 28, 1878". Received Lincoln's original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation for her service during Civil War. Suffragette and orator. Comes with a copy of the receipt of purchase from Alexander Autographs (Cos Cob, CT.) Pankhurst, Christabel. Cut Signature (4 11/16" x 1 1/2"). Inscribed "Very sincerely yours". British suffragette and civil rights activist. Didrikson-Zaharias, Babe. Cut signature, iregular (app. 2 3/4" x 2"). Greatest female athlete of the first half of the 20th century. 2 Olympic gold medals in track, and won 10 majors in golf. Sorenstam, Annika. Signed color picture (8" x 10"). Golfer. Won 10 majors. The first woman to hit 59 in a professional round. 8-time golfer of the year. Comes with certificate of authenticity from A.A.H. Autographs (Gurnee, IL) Dix, Dorothea. Cut signature (5 1/2" x 3 3/4"). Mental health activist and advocate. Superintendent of Army Nurses during US Civil War. Evert, Chris. Signed B&W picture (10" x 8"). Tennis player. Won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, and he r89.97% winning percentage is the highest of any tennis player, man or woman in the open era of professional tennis. Albright, Madeleine. Signed card with "Secretary of State embossed" (4 15/16" x 2 15/16"). United States Ambassador to the United Nations and first women to serve as Secreatry of State. Walters, Barbara. Signed color picture (10" x 8"). Television jornalist and interviewer. Winfrey, Oprah. Cut signature (5" x 3"). TV personality, actor, prducer, gift giver. Comes with certificate of authenticity from A.A.H. Autographs (Gurnee, IL). O'Connor, Sandra. Signed letter on SCOTUS letterhead, dated June 2, 1993 (8 1/2" x 11"). Letter adderssed to Currency Kerendt . First woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Also includes signed B&W picture. Carson, Rachel. Signed "Rachel" on cover of the Saturday Review of Literature (July7, 1951), magazine is intact. Scientist and writer ("Silent Spring") which began the modern environmental movement. Ride, Sally. Signed color picture (9 13/16" x 7 15/16"). Inscribed "Best wishes!". First American woman to travel into space. This comes with a certificate of authenticity from Grandstand Sports & Memorabilia, Inc. Ball, Lucille. Signed (Lucille Ball Arnaz) check #3587 (8 3/4" x 3 1/4"). Countersigned by Andrew G. Hicox (executive with Desilu Studios) to the May Co. (perhaps the department store) for $9.58. Actress and comedianne. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. Cut signature (app. 8 1/4" x 2 3/4"). Inscribed "Yours sincerely". Suffragette and principal author of the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention. Fontaine, Joan. Signed card (5 1/2" x 3 1/2"). Oscar-winning actress ("Suspicion", "Rebecca"). Sister of Olivia de Havilland, the only sisters to win Oscars. Anderson, Marian. Signed program (9 1/2" x 6"). This may be from a concert given as part of the 1936-37 Civic Music Program series, as that was the only year she sang in that series. Legendary contralto singer whose denial to sing in Constitution Hall was a major moment in the US Civil Rights movement. O'Keeffe, Georgia. Signed magazine page (with her picture) (8 1/2" x 7 1/8") hand dated "11/16/71". Painter of flowers and US Southwestern motifs. Schakowsky, Jan. Signed letter to Currency Kerndt on Congressional letterhead (8 1/2" x 11"). US congresswoman. Blair, Bonnis. Signed color picture (5 1/2" x 4"). Olympic speed skater. Retired as most medaled US female Olympian, and the first woman to win 6 Winter Olympic medals. Barton, Clara. Signed letter (6 15/16" x 5 1/4") to Hon. J.B. Holman of Connecticut dated July 3 1905. Includes original envelope. "Angel of the Battlefield". Founder of the American Red Cross, and leader of the Missing Man movement to identify Civil War soldiers missing in action. This comes with a receipt of purchase from A. Lovell Elliott Autographs. Stowe, Hariet Beecher. Signed paper (8 13/16" x 5 7/16"). Inscribed "Very truly yours" and dated "Mandarin, Florida March 5 1878". Author (Uncle Tom's Cabin). King, Billie Jean. Signed B&W promotional picture for Domino's Pizza Team Tennis (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"). Inscribed "To Miss Kerndt Go for it!" (There is something under "Kerndt" that is whited out). Tennis legend. 12 Grand Slam Single titles (including career Grand Slam), 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam Mixed Doubles titles (and Battle of the Sexes winner). Navratilova, Martina. Signed card (5" x 3"). Tennis legend. 18 Grand Slam singles titles (career slam), 31 Grand Slam doubles titles (including 1984 Slam), and 10 Grand Slam Mixed Doubles titles (career Slam) Ederle, Gertrude. Signed card (3" x 5"). Inscribed "To: Conra. Anderson Best always, Swimmingly yours Gertrude Trudy Ederle New York Successful Channel Swim August 6, 1926 Cape Gris Nez to Kingsdown 35 miles in 14 hrs. 30 mins. Olympic champion and first woman to swim the English Channel. Stone, Lucy. Signed card (3 3/8" x 1 15/16"). Abolitionist and suffragette, founded the American Woman Suffrage Association. Considered the first major woman's suffragette. Ford, Gerald & Betty (double signed) color picture (9 9/16" x 7 9/16"). 38th US president and first lady. This comes with a certificate of authenticity from Todd Mueller Autographs (colorado Springs, CO). Streisand, Barbara. Signed B&W picture (10" x 8"). Singer, actress, director (Funny Girl, The Way We Were, Prince of Tides). Anthony, Susan B. Cut signature (5" x 2 1/4"). Inscribed "Very sincerely yours". Suffragette. First real woman to be depicted on US coinage. Abzug, Bella. Signed letter to Ms. Liza Minelli dated December 18, 1973 on Congressional letterhead (10 1/2" x 7 1/4"). US Congresswoman and civil rights activist. Jemison, Mae. Signed color picture (6 11/16" x 5 9/16"). Inscribe "To Penny - Purpose! 30 Sept 2007. Scientist, engineer, and first African-American woman to travel into space. Addams, Jane. Signed card (3 1/2" x 2 1/2"). Inscribed "Faithfully yours Jane Addams Hull-House Chicago". First American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Founder of American social work. Founder of Hull House. Hepburn, Katharine. Signed letter (8 1/2" x 5 7/16") dated IV-9-1991 on Katharine Houghton Hepburn stationery. Actress and only 4-time Oscar winner for acting (Morning Glory, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, On Golden Pond) Wooley, Mary E. Signed letter dated March 31, 1937 on Mount Holyoke College stationery (10" x 8"). First female student to attend Brown University and 11th President of Mount Holyoke College. The letter is a discussion of the state of women understanding the history of the women's rights struggle. Morrison, Toni. Signed letter on Toni Morrison/Schweitzer Chair SUNY Albany letterhead (9 3/16" x 5 3/16") dated March 3, 1986. Includes original envelope. Pulitzer Prize winning writer (Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Jazz). this comes with a receipt of purcase from Barbara Pengelly (Hagerstown, MD). Roosevelt, Eleanor. Signed letter on Executive Mansion Albany, New York letterhead (6 13/16" x 6") dated January 1, 1931. Leter is to the secretary of Elizabeth Marbury, a New York promoter who helped develop the modern "book" Broadway musical. This comes with a copy of a receipt of purchase from Argosy Bookstore in NY, NY. Pelosi, Nancy, Signed letter on Congressional letterhead (9" x 6") dated July 27, 1990. US Congresswoman and first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Caraway, Hattie. Signed letter on US Senate letterhead dated August 8, 1935 (10 3/8" x 7 15/16"), letter addressed to Charles R. Gay, President of the New York Stock Exchange. First woman elected to and to serve a full term in the United States Senate, and first woman to preside over the senate. Smith, Margaret Chase. Cut signature (3 15/16" x 1 1/4"). First woman to represent Maine in the House and Senate, and the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. Her Declaration of Conscience Speech made her the first Republican to openly attack Joseph McCarthy. In 1964 became the first woman to be placed in nomination by a major party for the presidency at a convention. Guest pass to the 1968 Democratic National Convetion. This pass was good only on Tuesday August 27, 1968 for the second level. The pass had a metal end marked "Insert this Arrow End", and may have been an early magnetic key technology. BOOK: The Yearling. 1939 Special quarto edition limited to 770 copies (750 sales copies). This is an early print in the aqua cloth cover, and has the signatures of both the author Marjorie K. Rawlings and the illustrator NC Wyeth (father of Andrew Wyeth). This version also has the mising line on page 196 that was indicative of early prints of this special edition. The illustration inside the cover is damaged. BOOK: The Spirit of St. Louis. 1953 Charles Scribner's & Sons. The title page is inscribed "To brother Jim from Lucile. Under the dedication, the book is signed by the author, Charles Lindbergh, inscribed "with best wishes". Pages 525/526 and 527/528 are slightly damaged. Included are two first day covers: one dated May 19 1977 from Lindbergh Station in Brookfield, IL, and the other being the 50th anniversary stamp of Lindy' TransAtlantic flight stamped at Roosevelt Field Station, NY on May 20, 1977. This book comes with a certificate of authenticity from Grandstand Memorabilia Los Angeles CA. BOOK: The Feminine Mystique. Signed by Betty Friedan under the dedication. 1983 paperback edition. A Laurel Book/Dell Publishing. BOOK: Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments From My Life. Signed on the title page by author/astronaut Mae Jemison. 2001 Soft cover edition. Scholastic. Inscribed: "To Penny - Purpose!" and dated 30 Sept 2007 BOOK: Evening Class. Signed by the author, Maeve Binchy on the title page "Currency Warm wishes Maeve Binchy". BOOK: In the Midst of Winter. Signed by author Isabel Allende on the blank page before the title page. 2017. BOOK: The Roosevelt I Knew. Signed on the title page by author Frances Perkins (first woman to serve on a presidential cabinet). Copywright 1946 (this may be a first edition). Dust jacket is present but distressed. BOOK: My Story. Signed by the author, Rosa Parks and dated 5-12-1999 on the title page. 1992 Hardcover. BOOK: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (from the Oxford History of the United States). Inscribed "For Currency Best Wishes from Jim McPherson" before the title page.1988 Hardcover BOOK: Midnight's Children. Inscribed "To Penny Salman Rushdie". Book may have been obtained at the 2009 Chicago Public Library Foundation Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner. 2006 35th anniversary soft cover edition BOOK: Three Years With Grant. Wilderness Edition for the Civil War Book Club (1955). Signed by editor Benjamin P. Thomas. BOOK: Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life. Signed on the first page after the cover by authors Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. 1987 hard cover (first edition??) BOOK: Andersonville.Stockade Edition for the Civil War Book Club (1955). Signed by author MacKinlay Kantor. This book won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The cover (particularly the spine) are distressed. BOOK: Moving Beyond Words. Inscribed by the author on the first light page "To Alma - who's a light ahead of me on the path Gloria Steinem". 1994 hard cover edition with dust jacket. BOOK: Memnoch the Devil. Inscribed on first page after the cover "For Penny, Anne Rice 1995". 1995 Hardcover with dustjacket. BOOK: Karsh: A Biography in Images. The inscription in the book is not from the author. It accompanies a B&W picture that is inscribed "John Ivan Huscha, with best wishes Yousef Karsh, 1997". 2003 Softcover edition. BOOK: Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005. The book is signed on the title page by Annie Leibovitz, and the dust jacket has an "Autographed Copy" sticker attached. Love, Bob. Signed color picture (5 15/16" x 4"). Chicago Bulls all-time leading scorer prior to Michael Jordan. Jones, Chipper. Signed color picture (5 15/16" x 4"). MLB Hall-of-Fame third baseman for the Atlanta Braves. Santo, Ron. Lot includes Framed color picture of Santo as a player (11" x 8 1/2"), unframed color picture of Santo in the broadcast booth (11" x 8 1/2". Signed SP Legendary Cuts baseball card, Ticket to Santo's funeral at Holy Name Cathedral, and program to Santo's funeral. This lot also includes a certificate of authenticity for the signed basbeall card from Dave Bailey (Greensbrg, PA). Rodgers, Aaron. Signed Wilson NFL Official ToucHdown football. This comes with a certificate of authenticity from Envoy Collectables (Florida), and has a holographic sticker. * For most of the autographs, which came from a single collection, Lot 14 makes the following guaranty: If either Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) or Beckett Global reviews an autograph you purchase in this auction, from a * Lot, and determines that the autograph fails authentication, and you return the purchased Lot within 60 days of receiving it, Lot 14 will fully refund your purchase price and Buyer's Premium. If the autograph passes or is inconclusive, there will be NO REFUND. If another grading or certifying agency makes a determination, there will be NO REFUND. If you do not return the original Lot in an unaltered and complete state, there will be NO REFUND. Lot 14 WILL NOT refund the cost of the certification / grading or the shipping costs incurred, under any circumstances. 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Saturday, February 9th at 10:00 A.M.
BUSINESS CLOSING OUT AUCTION PRAIRIE FIRE SPRINKLER, Inc. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9th at 10 A.M. Auction conducted on premises at 2393 E. Federal Dr., DECATUR, IL (in the Park 101 complex) VEHICLES & TRAILERS- TWO- 2007 Chevy 2500HD pickups w/ utility beds, Vortec engines, automatic, A/C, ladder racks, tow packages, 149,114 mi. and 285,771 miles; 2007 Chevy Malibu, automatic, A/C, 151,357 miles; 2012 US Cargo 24' enclosed trailer, bumper hitch, drop down gate, walk-in door; 2009 Sure Trak 20' dual axle flatbed trailer, pull out ramps. EQUIPMENT & TOOLS- 2- gas powered portable generators; 4 or 5 Ridgid threading machines w/ stands; several Milwaukee power tools; hand tools; several good gang boxes; 12- pcs. Scaffolding; material stands and tables; rolling tool chest; upright air compressor; shop vacs; extension and step ladders; 10,000# barrel cart; and more. PLUMBING & SPRINKLER MATERIAL & INVENTORY- Lots of pipe, various sizes and lengths; Victaulic pipe & fittings; CPVC pipe & fittings; pipe racks; LARGE VOLUME of brass and cast fittings, valves and flanges; clamps; sprinkler heads and plumbing- TO BE SOLD IN VOLUME LOTS; metal shelving and pallet racking. NICE OFFICE ITEMS: Combination desk / work stations; rolling desk chairs w/ arms; computers and monitors; general office supplies; Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever prints (including Morning Retreat by Terry Redlin). AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: This a quality offering of equipment and supply that has been kept inside their place of business. Business close out selling absolute without reserve. TERMS: Online bidding available- go to our website for info. 10% buyer premium. Settlement in full day of sale. All items are being sold "as is". Loadout: Purchases must be removed by 3 P.M. Tuesday February 12th. Buyers are responsible for their own loadout and special rigging if needed. www.martinauction.com for catalog, photos & more info Lee Peacock, Owner Prairie Fire Sprinkler, Inc. PH: 217-202-3204 MARTIN AUCTION SERVICES, LLC CLINTON, IL PH: 217-935-3245

Saturday, February 23rd and Sunday, February 24th at 11:00 a.m. CST. Viewing: Friday, February 22nd 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. CST and mornings of the auction from 9:00 a.m. CST.
Decorative Arts, Fine Art & Jewelry

Saturday, March 23rd and Sunday, March 24th at 11:00 a.m. CST. Viewing: Friday, March 22nd 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. CST and mornings of the auction from 9:00 a.m. CST.
19th-21st C. Antiques & Collectibles