The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-27


SAIL OF SIGNATURES ~ BANGS, BROTu1lS a CO.
ALL SORTS or oALidaAPnY an ALL soRH5 0p
PRICES Low EsrlMATloN OF GovERuoRs--AN IN
AUTHOR FOR TIfEEE cEsrs--RoBEnr scTUrLros's i
SIGNATURE ssILs f0R sOMErHIHG, AFTgR AL.
There waa t'mething yesterday AT the auction
room OF the Nesers. Bang, Park II n sale 4
Autographs at auction the first thing Of the kind have
ever heard - in the United States, where the mania for
collecting specimens Of chrogr phy is not developed 10
great extent We see To be sure, good many queer
fellows Who up such things but Il IL exactly
fashion, In Europe ali the great are pestered by
myracs OF unknown correspondents, requesting their
signatures; and IL is told Of Daniel oconneli that alter
receiving ons of these applications, he wrote answer
saying that he gave hs aatograe eh any one
signed II Your ob't servt nanio 0'Connel" richer
instance Of the bul Iiibernisn could hardly be found
Wellington slso received many Of these applications and
replied In the third person -: N. the Duke Of We'll
hpeton pretents bis compliments to Mr.. smith, aud
informs nim that he makes II point
to give his autograph" Al arst this would TO
be a bull also but IF. NJ the Duke had his note
paper bhogfaphed and the blanks filled up by his
Secretary Face of autographs by auction very
In London and the Royal Antiquarian Society and
the British Museum always have agents at such sales.
Here however, arc too young to be old just now.
The collection offered BY the Messrs. Bangs yesterday
nciuced two hundred snd thirteen specimens Of penman.
down to Fowler the phrenolosst. There only
twenty thirty persons present and all the bid
ding done by four vo Of that number The high
est price, sil 10, was paid by MIR. West for letter
signed BY George Washif gon number OF documents,
bearing the signatures Of Robert Fulton and Robert r.
iivir gston, taken by Mr. White, at 81 co. Bcnja-
min Frapkhn brought 81 rs. A blank certi1cate OF
membership OF the Society OF the Cincinnati signed by
George Washington, President, aud Henry Knox, secre
tary sold for 50. A sea letter, (protecton for a
vessel signrd by President John Adams and Secretary
OF State timothy Pickering, sold % Mr. ,uer for
81 20. Major General schuy er and Jonathan Trumbu
soer, aiaesu'an and ar,ist brought nine shillings
lrancir Hopkinson signer of the Declaration Of
Independence, sold f,r 81 o. Henry Lsurens,
Prrfidens Il the Continental Congress sl rs
Thomss Jeierson and James Madison, ~ IS. De witt
Clinton, s,,sc. Chief Ju tice Marshall a. Robert Nor
us letter Ia relation 10 tne education of hts chill iron
u 10. General Henry Knox zoe William Duer, ufl9D
Xne,ew JaeS-sn, 81 10 EoaS wsb.,sc eroagh 5, sSS
ard Daniel Webster only 25c. bill Of Bcneiict Arnold
sssinrt the OF deceased person. 81 25
several cicu arf, signed by Alexander Hamilton VII
h. was .tay Of the Icssury were poi al 81 IL +,
VI 81. President Madison 81 81 down 10 sic
there weietnly two authors in the coectioB-Lewis
! Gtsioid ahfie, VINO brought Two shilngs, aad de.
Fsnz Mayer whose ensturS went of for three cents.
kI-ter ~ hohert schuy 1cr, Sin r-ion ~ free passes
oy.r 'he -. York ANA ses hAysn ssa.sa{,n caused
at the low iire Of ono shillpg
Ii W., evident that some o. oar later statesmen are
not bothered by people who want To pnt their
graphs. Among those sold for shilling lind
Governors shsnnoD 81 Ofo and kansas B,ger Df Penn
ryivBna; tobh, IL Ge,rgia: Matthews of Mississippi
Fond md Gri,wold II fConnscicat; Hamilton OF South
faroDa; and Robert J. Walker John Van Buren, ,-nJa
min siIimsp Jr., Walter Forward, David iienshsw l.
". Dana, ouir Mclane Senators Clayton and Dawson
Abel 7. tpshur, Thomas II Benton, Thom3s Corsin,
jacob ColIamsr Commodore skinner and Levi Wood.
bury. Among the tso shi ling aistocfacy there
aoys,nors Marcy, Han, Seward, Morton of aa-sasha
sets; Baldwin and Duton ~ Connecticut B u Butler
fomund Burke Postmaster General Barry, q. u. Cam
bieng Gave Johnson Governor Bouck, Daniel We ,stcr
and John &. Calhoun.
John 1y!cr and Daniel Webster, together, brought
81 C2, General Harrison, (lsl3). 81 GAY Martin Van
BuIcn hc j. I'm G. spencer, ~ Il John NJ Berreo,
81 Eh Alexsnaer Hamilton, ei rs, X, G. Winthrop,
3fho; Senator Foote 60c.; President Madison, s2 81
Oliver Wolcoit (hsn doyen), soc. 10 ST. james X.
Eolk and james Buchanan, together, i!c.; Ogden
holman and B. r. Butler, together, 1lhc.; John r.
Nnsn Il Asc. Lewis fass SIC. Henry Clay 81c. Aaron
Bur Sc. Gave JohL,on Amos Kendall Frank Granger
George 6rrrger and Chief Justice Taney, 3c. each;
lsoge Eadger Secretary n tn. Navy f2k
s.nator Cbae, a Ohio ?5c. Senator Cameron " Penn
yvsn,s and Mathew Carey .5c carh Abbott Ia xrence
Nc; Isaac Hill Sic, la fayetie ). Foster, q. y.
sera or from Connecticut 12kc. G,en Genet 25c. y.
f Poinet Aud X. Iauldng ls&c. each; L. q. Adams,
size. h,chard Rush, 25c. Jared sparks sl William II.
| Crawford, 4ic.
Some po leans not much thought ~ after they
| a the sage, as these prices sho~ very fully