- LYNDON B. JOHNSON MINUTE-MAN COWHIDE
LYNDON B. JOHNSON MINUTE-MAN COWHIDE United States,1968Depicts brown cowhide branded with a Minute- Man over a card marked "A true copy of 'The Minute-Man Brand' forged with appreciation and presented to Lyndon Baines Johnson commemorating his devotion to Savings Bonds as President by his friends and colleagues of the U.S. Savings Bonds Division and it's corps of volunteers in banking, business, industry and labor presented to William H. Smith as a memento of the occasion. October 15, 1968 The White House"
- Political posters, souvenir pottery,
Political posters, souvenir pottery, sword to include Lyndon B. Johnson poster, Democratic Nomination poster Alfred E. Smith of New York Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas for President and Vice President, John F. Kennedy poster, vintage souvenir Indian sword in blue velvet and brass sheath, Delft Bevrijding van Maastricht Door De Amerikanen WWII plate, 9" dia and 1944 Liberation of Limburg 45th Anniversary Delft charger, 13" dia
- (4) FRANKLIN MINT STERLING SILVER BARS
(4) FRANKLIN MINT STERLING SILVER BARS TOTAL 41OZT(lot of 4) Franklin Mint sterling silver 3" x 1.5" bars, each weighing 5000 grains (10.41ozt), each depicting a U.S. President: Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon; 41.66ozt total
- (18) COLLECTION FRANKLIN MINT PRESIDENTIAL
(18) COLLECTION FRANKLIN MINT PRESIDENTIAL PLATES(lot of 18) Collection of Franklin Mint sterling silver limited edition Presidential plates, with 24kt gold inlay, issued by the White House Historical Association, each with corresponding serial number, accompanied with Certificate of Authenticity and retained in original presentation boxes, including: Lyndon B. Johnson, William H. Harrison, Chester A. Arthur, Millard Fillmore, Harry S. Truman, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Pierce, Richard M. Nixon, Grover Cleveland, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge, James Buchanan, William McKinley, Rutherford . Hayes, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe, plate: approx 8"diam, box: approx 10.5"h, 10.5"w, 1.75"d; 86.80ozt total (approximate weight based on an average)
- (13) POLITICAL SOUVENIRS, SMITH, HOOVER,
(13) POLITICAL SOUVENIRS, SMITH, HOOVER, OTHERS(lot of 13) Political souvenirs, (2) mugs, Alfred E. Smith and Herbert Hoover, both by Syracuse China for Patriotic Products, Philadelphia, 6.75"h, 6.5"w, 5.25"d; (1) barrel-form mug, one side with a relief profile of Franklin Roosevelt, "The New Deal," 4"h, 5"w, 3.75"d; (1) George Washington, plate "made specially for Fraunces Tavern, New York City, Fondeville, England," 9"diam; (1) George Washington plate, Hutschenreuther, Bavaria, 10"diam; (1) "Commemorating the United Nations of World War II....against the treacherous aggressors .... Fondeville," 10.5"diam; (1) amethyst reticulated edge plate, "Lincoln," 9.25"diam; (1) metal bust of Theodore Roosevelt, marked at the back Roosevelt Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa., 3.75"h; (1) metal bust of Thomas Jefferson with backplate of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, 5.5"h; (2) ceramic bust of Barry Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson, 5"h; (1) miniature brick marked LBJ, 1"h, 3.5"w, 1.5/8"d; (1) "Happy Days" barrel-form bank, metal by J. Chein, lacks key, 4"h; 14lbs total
- (17) POLITICAL ITEMS, NIXON, REAGAN,
(17) POLITICAL ITEMS, NIXON, REAGAN, FORD, CLINTON(17) Political items, souvenirs; (1) Nixon 1972 bronze medal in plastic case, Franklin Mint, case: 3.75"h, 2.75"w; (1) Ronald Reagan medal in lucite, 3"h, 2.5"w; (1) Ronald Reagan Medal of Merit with Republican Task Force pin, box 4.25" x 3.5" , 1"; (1) Gerald Ford tie clip; (1) Jimmy Carter tie clip with presidential seal; (1) Bill Clinton cuff links in box; (1) Bill Clinton tie tack with presidential seal; (1) Lyndon B. Johnson paper clear glass paperweight with presidential seal, box: 2"h, 4.5"w, 4.5"d; (1) McGovern '72 adjustable ring; (1) bell form charm with "GOP" letters; (1) Roosevelt Garner metal jugate pin; (1) "IKE" lapel pin; (1) McGovern Charm bracelet; (1) McGovern '72 tie tack; (1) donkey form tie pin; (1) bronze Robert Lafollette and Burton K. Wheeler metal jugate pin; (1) Colorado State Liberty Loan Army metal pin; (1) Stalin, Russian medal, 1941-1945
- (3) LYNDON & LADY BIRD JOHNSON SIGNED
(3) LYNDON & LADY BIRD JOHNSON SIGNED PHOTO, BOOKS(lot of 3) Lyndon Baines Johnson (Texas, 1908-1973), including: (1) autographed White House portrait photo, signed lower right "with best wishes, Lyndon B. Johnson," approx 10"h, 8"w, (1) Book: "LBJ: the White House Years," Harry Middleton, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990, 271 pages, autographed by the author in black ink, approx 13.5"h, 10.5"w, (1) Book: "A White House Diary," Lady Bird Johnson, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970, autographed with personal inscription reading: "For Nellie Rogers, who shared these years of not-so-long-ago, Lady Bird Johnson," stamp at front endpapers, tears and loss to dust jacket, approx 9.25"h, 7"w; 7.25lbs total
- (24) TEXANA BOOKS(lot of 24) Texana
(24) TEXANA BOOKS(lot of 24) Texana Books: (1) "Cowboys Out Our Way, Williams, 1951, autographed by J. Frank Dobie; (1) "Dallas, The Deciding Years"< Greene, 1973; (1) 'Texas Avenue at Main Street", Greene, 1964, pamphlet; (1) "The BUll of the Woods and Out Our Way", Williams, 1944; (1) "Early Texas Oil", Rundell, 1977; (1) "Ben Love, My Life in Texas Commerce, 2005; (1) "A History of the Presbyterian Church in Texas", Red, 1936; (1) "Death from the Sea", Galveston Hurricane, 1900, Mason, 1972; (1) "The Forty Acre Follies", Frantz,1983; (1) "The Caruths, Dallas Landed Gentry", Sanders, 1988; (1) "Cactus Pryor, Inside Texas, 1982; (1) "Allan Shivers", Kinch & Long, 1973; (1) "Big Red, Red McCombs", 2011; (1) "Cowpokes, Draggin S Ranch", Reid, 1966 pamphlet; (1) "Texas" Morehead, 1982; (1) "A Texas Looks at Lyndon", Haley, 1964; (1) "The Schiwetz Legacy", Schiwtz, 1972; (1) "Austin, A Historical Portrait", Willoughby, 1981; (1) "Texas History Movies" Patton & Rosenfield, 1943; (1) "Dallas, An Illustrated History", Payne, 1982; (1) "Texas Past, Enduring Legacy", Sansom & Meinzer, 1997; (1) "The Back Forty", Graham, 1968, pamphlet; (1) "Bulletin of The University of Texas", July 8, 1912; (1) "Waterloo Scrapbook, 1968-1970"; (1) "Footprints of Texas History", Dill, 1911, largest: 12"h, 9.5"w, 1.25", total: 38lbs
- (9) SIGNED BOOKS, BUSH, JOHNSON, CLINTON,
(9) SIGNED BOOKS, BUSH, JOHNSON, CLINTON, MORE(lot of 9) Autographed political related books; (1) The Vantage Point, 1963-1969", Lyndon Baines Johnson, autographed in blue ink, Hold Rinehart, Winston, 1971,
dust cover, illustrations, 636 pages; (1) All The Best", George H.W. Bush, autographed in black ink, Scribner, 1999, dust cover, 640 pages, illustrations; (1) "Giving" Bill Clinton, autographed in black marker, Knopf, 2007,
dust cover, 240 pages; (1) "41, A Portrait of My Father", George W. Bush, autographed in black marker, Crown,
2014, dust cover, 294 pages; (1) "Faith of My Fathers", John McCain, autographed in black marker, Random House, 1999, dust cover, 349 pages; (1) "Diplomacy", Henry Kissinger, autographed in black ink, Simon Schuster, 1994, dust cover, 912 pages; (1) "A Time for Truth", Tex Cruz, autographed in black marker, Broadside Books, 2015, illustrations, dust cover, 368 pages; (1) "Rather Outspoken" Dan Rather, autographed in black marker, Grand Central Pub, 2012, dust cover, illustrations, largest book: 9.5"h, 6.5"w, 2"d, total: 16.6lbs
- (10) LYNDON B. JOHNSON ERA PRESIDENTIAL
(10) LYNDON B. JOHNSON ERA PRESIDENTIAL STEMWARE(lot of 10) Presidential crystal stemware group, Lyndon B. Johnson era, c.1963-1969, each with gold gilt rim highlights, presidential seal to front, including: (3) dessert wine goblets approx 6"h, (4) wine goblets approx 6.25"h, (3) water goblets approx 8 "h; 4.20lbs total
- BOOK LYNDON B. JOHNSON, VANTAGE POINT,
BOOK LYNDON B. JOHNSON, VANTAGE POINT, AUTOGRAPHEDBook: "The Vantage Point, Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969", Lyndon Baines Johnson, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971, autographed by Johnson with sentiment at first title page to H.L. Leonard (1899-1979), Speaker Texas House of Representatives, a taped card opposite signed by Luci and Patrick Nugent (Luci Johnson) with sentiment, approx 9.5"h, 6.5", 2"d, 3.25lbs total
- J. FRANK DOBIE ARCHIVE, BOOKS, LETTERS,
J. FRANK DOBIE ARCHIVE, BOOKS, LETTERS, PHOTOS(lot) Archive of J. Frank Dobie (Texas, 1888-1964), author, folklorist, newspaper columnist: (1) "Pony Tracks", Frederick Remington, U. of Oklahoma Press,
1961, forward by Dobie with handwritten sentiment to Ralph Johnston by Dobie dated November, 1961; (1) "I'll Tell You a Tale", J. Frank Dobie, Little, Brown and Company, 1960; (1) "A Portrait of Pancho", Winston Bode, Pemberton Press, Austin, 1965, a biography of Dobie with many photo illustrations of him; (2) "Cow People", J. Frank Dobie, Little, Brown and Company, 1964; (1) "Done in the Open, Drawings by Frederick Remington", .F. Collier, 1902, pencil signed at the first interior page by Dobie with long paragraph, dated November, 1963, book in very poor condition; (8) group of 8"x10" black and white photos of Dobie in various poses taken on the same day; (1) a monograph by Dobie for the Texas Ornithological Society, May, 1956, ink signed by Dobie, the subject being the Roadrunner bird (Paisano in Spanish) which became the name of his ranch; (2) color photos of the Paisano ranch house; (9) typed signed letters by Dobie to Ralph A. Johnston, some with handwritten notations, most discussing upcoming and past hunting trips, one mentions Dobie's and Johnston's art investments, one a note to Johnston with appended carbon copy of a letter giving insight to Dobie's recent stay at the White House as a guest of President Lyndon Johnson in April of 1964, two months prior to Dobie's receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom and four months prior to his death; (large quantity) collection of letters, many written by Dobie's wife Bertha, typed and by hand, regarding Dobie, her life, correspondence with the University of Texas and more, largest book: 16.25"h, 11.25"w, .75"d, total: 12.75lbs *Note: Ralph A. Johnston (Texas, 1899-1966), oil man and noted for his philanthropy was a longtime friend and hunting companion of Dobie. Upon Dobie's death Johnston purchased the 254 acre Paisano ranch and subsequently deeded it to the University of Texas for dedicated use as a retreat for Texas writers. Dobie dedicated his book "Cow People" to Johnston.