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Table of Contents > Historic Autographs > Lot 10 |
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Lot Number: 10
Click for a Printable PageSign-in to Bid or Register to Bid Estimate Range: $5,000 - $6,000 Starting Bid: $2,500 |
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James Garfield Signed & Dated Signature as President Plus “The Assassin” Charles Guiteau Collection of Signatures etc. |
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JAMES A. GARFIELD, (1831-September 19, 1881) (SIGNATURE AS PRESIDENT) and CHARLES GUITEAU (THE ASSASSIN) COLLECTION. On July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a deluded office seeker. He died on September 19th due to infection caused by his doctors' unsanitary methods in treating the wound. This Collection contains Eight Autograph and related items, including:1. “James A. Garfield / June 10, 1881” Signed as President, Cut Signature, on a 1.25” x 3.25” piece of paper, mounted to a larger card for display, Choice Very Fine. Just a little over a month after he signed this card, President Garfield would be shot by Guiteau. 2. Carte-de-Visite Photograph of President James A. Garfield; no backstamp. 3. “Charles Guiteau” large Signature on a 2.5” x 5.5 piece of paper, no date or place, Choice Very Fine. The signature “Charles Guiteau” itself is a huge 4.5” inches long with some contemporary ink smudges in a couple of the letters. 4. Carte-de-Visite Photograph from a lithograph, of Charles Guiteau with legend, “Charles Jules Guiteau. The Murderous Assassin of President Garfield, July 2nd, 1881” printed on the mount. 5. “Charles Guiteau” Signed Card, this note card was Signed by Guiteau while in prison at “Washington D.C. Jail / March 14, 1882” (dated) as noted at bottom left on the card. 6. Cabinet Card Photograph of Charles Guiteau, printed in 1882 by “C. M. Bell”, who took the photo while Guiteau was on trial in Washington, D.C. 7. An extensive Newspaper Clipping of Garfield’s assassin, mounted on colored paper, measuring 11” x 7.75”, Choice Very Fine. 8. Also included is a trimmed, Hand-addressed Envelope in which Guiteau sent his signature to the recipient, “S Gannt” of New York. Overall, a nice collection of rare Assassination related items. Guiteau was a disappointed office seeker who shot President Garfield in Washington, D.C. July 2, 1881 and he was hanged to death in Washington, D.C. in 1882. A signature of James A. Garfield as “President” is very rare and of great value to collectors. Together with the other three items, this is a noteworthy lot. (8 items) A James Garfield presidential autograph is highly valuable, with a signature from his brief presidency (March-September 1881) potentially worth over $5,000, while a pre-presidential signature is valued in the hundreds of dollars. His presidential signature is rare due to his short term and assassination, with prices for a fully signed important presidential document potentially reaching tens of thousands of dollars. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War Union General, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before his candidacy for the presidency, he had been elected to the U.S. Senate by the Ohio General Assembly-a position he declined when he became president-elect. At the 1880 Republican National Convention, delegates chose Garfield, who had not sought the White House, as a compromise presidential nominee on the 36th ballot. In the 1880 presidential election, he conducted a low-key front porch campaign and narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield's accomplishments as president included his assertion of presidential authority against senatorial courtesy in executive appointments, a purge of corruption in the Post Office, and his appointment of a Supreme Court justice. He advocated for agricultural technology, an educated electorate, and civil rights for African Americans. He also proposed substantial civil service reforms, which were passed by Congress in 1883 as the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act and signed into law by his successor, Chester A. Arthur. Garfield was a member of the intraparty "Half-Breed" faction that used the powers of the presidency to defy the powerful "Stalwart" Senator Roscoe Conkling from New York. He did this by appointing Blaine faction leader William H. Robertson to the lucrative post of Collector of the Port of New York. The ensuing political battle resulted in Robertson's confirmation and the resignations of Conkling and Thomas C. Platt from the Senate. On July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a deluded office seeker. He died on September 19th due to infection caused by his doctors' unsanitary methods in treating the wound. Due to his brief term in office and lack of major changes during his tenure, historians tend to rank Garfield as a below-average president or omit him entirely from rankings, though some view Garfield's potential favorably, praising him for anti-corruption and pro-civil rights stances. |
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Lot Number: 10
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Estimate Range: $5,000 - $6,000 Starting Bid: $2,500 |
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