Steven | January 4, 2012
Most people have heard of the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” where it is proposed that any actor can be linked to the prolific entertainer in six steps or less. Readers of popular online link site Reddit decided to put this to the test, and were even able to connect Lincoln assassin John Wilkes [...]
Steven | August 15, 2011
One of the humor sites I read is “Historic LOLs,” which add humorous captions to old photos or vintage illustrations. I love the expression on this man’s face. You wonder what the original circumstances were of this photo.
Steven | January 2, 2011
Here’s an example of how I have spent my New Year’s weekend: transcribing documents such as this 1845 letter discussing outgoing President Tyler and incoming President Polk, written to Adam J Glossbrenner, who’d just been hired by the office of the Clerk of the US House of Representatives. This is the first of four pages: [...]
Steven | October 30, 2009
Here’s an example of why the quality of your research (and researchers) makes a difference. While browsing a recent auction at a noted auction house, I came across the following: Timothy Pickering Autograph Letter Signed “T. Pickering” as secretary of state. One page, 9.75″ x 8″, January 10, 1799, n.p. The letter, addressed to Dwight [...]
Steven | January 16, 2009
I was doing some research tonight, and looked up the biography of Marine Corps General Henry Larsen. He arrived in France in the first troop convoy from America and took part in every USMC combat in France in WWI, led the first combat troops to leave the continental US to fight in WWII, and supervised [...]
Steven | December 29, 2008
We’ve heard loud and clear from our high-end collectors- you do not like being forced to use PayPal, even when using a credit or debit card. I am looking into alternatives that will move us away from eBay in stages, the main problem being the exposure needed to generate traffic for auctions. We may start [...]
Steven | October 20, 2008
The Fall 2008 auction at Alexander Autographs is just around the corner! Alexander Autographs will be holding its Fall auction on November 6-7, 2008. We are very proud to present this auction, one of our largest ever, which will include over 1,800 fine lots of important historical autographs in all fields of collecting. Including: Col. [...]
Steven | September 25, 2008
One of the neatest parts about this job is learning new things all the time. While researching lots this week, I learned; A “matross” is the old term for artillery crewman- he helped load, fire and sponge out the cannon. “Diorama” was originally traveling theater presentation using painted linen panels and lighting to produce what [...]
Steven | September 5, 2008
One of the joys of my job is finding the history behind the items I am sent. In this case, we’re looking at an illustrated postal envelope sent to famed conductor Charles Feleky in 1907, from the Belasco Theater. Seems straightforward at first, doesn’t it? However, this would have been incorrectly described by someone that [...]
Steven | August 31, 2008
It’s funny sometimes, how a passion can lead to a vocation. All my life, I’ve been crazy about history. Maybe it’s because I was born and raised in a small town where nothing really ever happened, or because my mother taught me to read when I was a toddler to keep me out of her [...]
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