Miscellaneous

Picture Description Price August Sebastiani TLS, about 6 x 8 inches, on his letterhead, June 4, 1979. A response to a customer inquiry. In part: "From your description, it sounds like the Mountain Chablis developed a secondary fermentation creating the condition you talked about." Accompanied by an unsigned label for his 1980 "First Wine of the Vintage" Beaujolais Nouveau. Good condition. [Product ID: 170] $125.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Founder of the American Red Cross. Small Postcard ALS, July 5, 1889, responding to a gift of clothes sent to survivors of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 in which 2200 people died. In part..."It was very good of you to remember the little ones with skirts made by your own crippled hands, and in their name I thank you for sending what is so welcome and necessary here in their great need." Signed in full as President. Great item and association of Red Cross involved in very historic tragedy. Excellent condition. [Product ID: 164] $1,250.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Early Ford Motor Company letter, July 25, 1916, on great letterhead. From Sales Dept. regarding salesman's reallocation of marketing territory. Hoping for a profitable season of car sales. Great item for the car buff or especially for a modern day Ford car salesperson. 8 x 10 TLS with some edge foxing/burning. Otherwise attractive. [Product ID: 148] $75.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Record of Wine Blends and other information related to a Napa Valley winery dated 1892. In dry goods booklet, partly in French and in English. Indications suggest this may have come originally from the winery where the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley is currently located. Condition fair and somewhat fragile. However, exceptionally early rare artifact from perhaps the most prominent wine growing/making area in America. Approximately 4 by 6 inches. Additional Information:A rare hand written treasure that describes how wine was made in the NAPA VALLEY of California in 1892-1895 & 1901. Of particular note are the formulas contained which show blending and fermenting. This is a small 4" x 6" account book that was used as a monthly diary by the author. The leather cover is stamped DRY GOODS & GROCERIES. The cover is loose from the book. The contents are entirely hand written. There is a name J. B. REVEYRON stamped on the inside cover. I am near the wine country in California and that is where I got the book in an estate along with some other handwritten historic materials. There are many clues to make me think this is directly related to the California wine industry just north of San Francisco in the Napa Valley. One entry reads SCHILLING 197 bbls. (San Francisco was the home of the Schilling spice co.) Other entries in the monthly diary section has him purchasing the Examiner. (April 1894 Amusement 0.15, 1. Board & room 20.00 - 3. EXAMINER ONE MONTH 0.65) The Examiner is a local San Francisco newpaper. One entry reads: J.C Bauer & Co 632 Sacramento Str. (San Francisco) The clincher is a simple entry towards the back that is in a list that reads: (Bott. Zinf #12 11500 92 NAPA Z., 6000 " "- 3500 NAPA 93 Z.)B. DREYFUSS CELLAR. .................................. The first part of the book deals with (rail?) car number entries in catagories marked L&J and K&P interspersed with pages of wine related entries. (Tank 5.8.9. & 14 Wine gall 9800 add, alcoh 350 gall, water 700 gall, Total 10850 sugar 11.74 alch 19.60) The author was French and he goes in and out of French and English (sometimes in the same paragraph). The text on the first photo you see is in French. It is showing the blends for Bordeaux, Vougeot, Bourgogne, Sauterne, Graves, Porto liqer en couleur. It lists the wines to blend and then the total along with the tanin in grams. The second photo shows English and French used. It looks like total barrel production. (Zin. Tokay, sherry, in tak 43, Cab sauv. #7 93 cab 5200, etc. Names and initials seen are L&J, K&P or K&E, Schilling, Geo West, JC Bauer & Co 632 Sacramento str (I found a Geo Bauer & Co brewers that were at 660 Sacramento St SF at that time), Sophie Bell Wolf, Minturn (S.V.V. & Co). Napa Z, B Dreyfuss cellars. There is a one page Comparaison des Thermommetre de Fahrenheit chart. [Product ID: 147] $2,500.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Autograph Letter Signed by Clyde Tombaugh, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University. On advertisement 8 x 10 single page of his book "Out of Darkness: The Planet Pluto". Tombaugh writes in detail of how he discovered Pluto: "...As you may remember some 50 years ago, my method of discovery was to take 3 plates of each sky region, a few nights apart, and examine the best matched pair under the Blink-Microscope-Comparator, seeing if one of the hundred thousand star images on each plate shifted position, and checking with the 3rd plate for confirmation. Out of 45 million stars (90 million star images) one did shift by a small amount that indicated it was beyond Neptune's orbit--Pluto. Actually, it was a very involved procedure and you would need to read this book I wrote 3/4ths of it..." Signed "Clyde W. Tombaugh/Emeritus Profess of Astronomy/New Mexico State University" To Rev and Mrs. F.W. Britton, Aug 5th, 1982. 1 pg., written sideways to accommodate blank space on advertisement so that he could avoid writing on printed text. Good condition. [Product ID: 137] $175.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order This item is a signed CDV photo (about 3 x 5 inches) of Henry Ward Beecher. No backmark, although stamped with address of Joseph Ward. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Henry Ward Beecher 1813–87, American Congregational preacher, orator, and lecturer, b. Litchfield, Conn.; son of Lyman Beecher and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. He graduated from Amherst in 1834 and attended Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati. After two pastorates in Indiana, he accepted a call in 1847 to the newly organized Plymouth Church (Congregational) in Brooklyn, N.Y. Every important issue of the day was discussed on his platform. He was a leader in the antislavery movement, a proponent of woman suffrage, and an advocate of the theory of evolution. Beecher became editor of the Independent in 1861 and of the Christian Union in 1870. In 1863 he visited England, where his lectures were influential in gaining a more sympathetic understanding of the Union cause. Enthusiasm, imaginative insight, a strong interest in his fellow man, ready wit, and an easy command of English produced a convincing eloquence. The sensational lawsuit brought against him by Theodore Tilton for adultery ended after a long trial (1875) with disagreement of the jury. Beecher's friends acclaimed him victor. Despite the trial, Beecher remained influential for the rest of his life. His published works include The Life of Jesus, the Christ (1871) and Evolution and Religion (1885) [Product ID: 136] $275.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Original stock certificate signed by one of the founding brothers of the Berringer Winery. I have taken the tour of this winery in Napa Valley and it is the oldest vineyard that has continuously been open in Napa. Signed by Jac Berringer, the certificate is a "Napa and Sonoma" blank with only his name and an "X" mark written on it. The "X" voids the stock. Very presentable and highly desirable to the wine lover. About 9 x 5 inches, in very good condition. [Product ID: 44] $525.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Remarkable letter signed by Mercury Astronaut John Glenn as "John", March 15, 1963 on NASA stationery , Friendship 7, John H. Glenn, Jr., Mercury Astronaut/Lt. Colonel, U.S.M.C. To B.G. MacNabb of the General Dynamics/ Astronautics Corp., 1 pg., TLS. Glenn mentions the "...launching of Friendship 7. I, too, recall a few hours in which I 'participated in this particular event'...It will remind me of the many wonderful people who contributed so tirelessly to the success of this orbital mission and who are still contributing to the advancement of the space program." Not too many letters available of this early date on Mercury Astronaut stationery and mentioning the beginnings of the space program. By one of the original seven astronauts. Very good condition. [Product ID: 43] $1,750.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Unique Pilot License of deceased Mercury Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom. Signed by Grissom and dated 11-5-52. License as a Commercial Pilot with ratings for "Airplane single and multi-engine land instrument and Glider". Lists physical characteristics at the time and address. Incredible investment as our Space Program moves forward. [Product ID: 40] $6,500.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Excellent Medical Pageant program signed by C.H. Mayo, Edith G. Mayo, and Charles W. Mayo, January 11, 1930. The program was subtitled "Eleven Milestones in the Progress of Medicine". Great association item for these famous early men of medicine for which the Mayo Clinic is named. About 4 x 6 inches, with other printed material. [Product ID: 39] $525.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order Very rare vignette of the Washington Monument, early 1900's. About 7 x 9 inches, slight tear at top not affecting picture. Signed by E.N. Peterson as Agent for collecting the $2.50 donation by Col. J. D. Hiuvkins (?). Excellent American landmark item. [Product ID: 38] $350.00 (+s&h) Use Paypal button above or click here to pay by check or money order