What: Sale of Voices of the 20th Century at BonhamsWhere: 580 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10022When: December 6, 1:00 PM ESTPublic Viewing: 02 Dec 2017 12:00 - 17:00 EST / 03 Dec 2017 12:00 - 17:00 EST / 04 Dec 2017 10:00 - 17:00 EST / 05 Dec 2017 10:00 - 17:00 ESTFeaturing a list of lots, Bonhams New York’s sale of Voices of the 20th Century throws a interesting and compelling picture of an era that saw massive change worldwide. Warranting the importance of the century, the sale highlights the era's politics, war, art, and literature, as well as autographs related to all of those topics.Top Lots of the Sale:- BATTLE OF THE SEXES: The tennis racquet used by Billie Jean King during her epochal match against Bobby Riggs, September 20, 1973 - Wilson "Billie Jean King Autograph" tennis racquet, of wood, tape, leather and catgut, 27 x 9 x 1 ¼ inches. Estimated Price: US$ 100,000 - 200,000- HIROHITO, EMPEROR SHOWA. 1901-1989 - Autograph Manuscript in Japanese, Showa Tenno Dokuhakuroku "The Emperor's Monologue," transcribed by Terasaki Hidenari, 2 volumes, 173 leaves rectos only. Measured at 260 x 175 mm. Estimated Price: US$ 100,000 - 150,000- GOLDMAN, EMMA. 1869–1940 - VAN VALKENBURGH, WARREN STARR. 1884-1938. Archive of correspondence between Goldman, Van Valkenburgh, and other members of the anarchist movement of the early 20th century. Estimated Price: US$ 70,000 - 100,000- FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT. 1896-1940 - The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Original dark blue cloth, dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked, very mild offset to endpapers from flaps. Estimated Price: US$ 40,000 - 60,000- World War I: US 91st Aero Squadron, a Painted side panel from Captain Everett Richard Cook's plane - American, c.1918. Measured at 655 x 1840 mm. Estimated Price: US$ 35,000 - 45,000- HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961 - For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Measured at 8vo (237 x 160 mm). Original cloth stamped in black and red. Top edge untrimmed. Estimated Price: US$ 25,000 - 35,000- RAND, AYN. 1905-1982. Autograph Manuscript, 1 p, 4to, [New York], 1950s, being p 406 of the working manuscript of Atlas Shrugged, some toning and thumbing to page. Estimated Price: US$ 25,000 - 35,000- RAND, AYN. 1905-1982 - Autograph Manuscript, 1 p, 4to, [New York], 1950s, being p 407 of the working manuscript of Atlas Shrugged, some mild toning to page. Estimated Price: US$ 25,000 - 35,000- Joyce, James. 1882-1941 - Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1936. Measured at 4to (265 x 195 mm). Estimated Price: US$ 20,000 - 30,000- World War I: camoflaged section of a fokker D VII, shot down by A.W.Carter, 201st Squadron RFC - German, c.1918. A painted camouflage panel from a Fokker plane, stenciled "Fokker D VII (O.A.W.) 8492/18." Measured at 850 x 1090 mm (maximum dimensions). Estimated Price: US$ 20,000 - 30,000- Siege of Bastogne: "bastogne" village sign - Belgian, 1944. A period enameled metal sign lettered in black "BASTOGNE," yellow background and red borders. Measured at 200 x 805 mm. Estimated Price: US$ 20,000 - 30,000- Siege of bastogne: "Isle la Hesse" hamlet road sign, the HQ of 101st airborne Division - Belgian, 1944. An enameled road sign lettered in black "ISLE LA HESSE," on yellow background bordered in red. Measured at 360 x 1,000 mm. Estimated Price: US$ 20,000 - 30,000- LEE, HARPER. 1926-2016 - Archive of correspondence including 35 autograph letters signed (mostly "Harper", but a few "H", "H.L." or "Nelle Harper.") Estimated Price: US$ 18,000 - 25,000- WRECK OF THE HINDENBURG: LARGE SALVAGED GIRDER FASHIONED INTO A TABLE - Segment from the airframe of the zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg. Measured at 28 inches (711mm) long and 13 inches (330mm); Estimated Price: US$ 15,000 - 25,000- World War I: US 36th Aero squadron, a Painted "Stars and Stripes" Insignia - American, c.1918; the panel with some light crackling, and a few abrasions, colors slightly faded. Measured at 520 x 800 mm (maximum dimensions). Estimated Price: US$ 15,000 - 20,000For details, visit:http:http://www.bonhams.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.
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