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Sat 04 May

Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) Two-dollar BANKNOTE featuring Thomas Jefferson, hand-signed in black acrylic felt-tip pen on the front and stamped "Factory Wharol" on the reverse. Numbered C12171831A and dated 1976. U.S. Postal Service stamp of the American Eagle, dated April 13, 1976. Under plexiglass. Height: 6.62 cm. Width: 15.59 cm (Bill dimensions). Height: 15.3 cm. Length: 20.4 cm (Plexiglas dimensions). Accompanied by its certificate of authenticity from Galerie 32, Nice. Andy Warhol wanted everyone to be able to see both the commercial and artistic value of everyday objects. By affixing his famous signature to real greenbacks, he took this principle to the extreme. By adding stamps and having them cancelled by the U.S. Post Office, he turned them into unique objets d'art, each one authenticated in this way. According to his biographers, he signed over 30,000 bills. Most of them were $2 bills, the rarest and most sought-after. They represent only 1% of the bills issued by the US Federal Bank and are considered lucky charms in the USA. Most of the banknotes signed by Andy Warhol are from 1976, the year celebrating the Bicentennial of American Independence (the reverse of the $2 banknotes features a partial depiction of John Trumbull's famous painting, "The Declaration of Independence"). The 13-cent stamps and the U.S. Post Office apostille dated April 13 are references to the 13 states that initially formed the United States after the Declaration of Independence. Today, these famous banknotes are the only surviving original works by this global icon of twentieth-century art.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Sat 04 May

Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) Two-dollar BANKNOTE in the effigy of Thomas Jefferson, hand-signed in blue acrylic felt-tip pen on the front and stamped "Factory Wharol" on the reverse. Numbered D01721744A and dated 1976. Commemorative stamp from the state of Louisiana for the Bicentennial of American Independence (1776 - 1976), stamped by the U.S. Post Office dated April 13, 1976. Under plexiglass. Height: 6.62 cm. Width: 15.59 cm (Banknote dimensions). Height: 15.3 cm. Length: 20.4 cm (Plexiglas dimensions). Accompanied by its certificate of authenticity from Galerie 32, Nice. Andy Warhol wanted everyone to be able to see both the commercial and artistic value of everyday objects. By affixing his famous signature to real greenbacks, he took this principle to the extreme. By adding stamps and having them cancelled by the U.S. Post Office, he turned them into unique objets d'art, each one authenticated in this way. According to his biographers, he signed over 30,000 bills. Most of them were $2 bills, the rarest and most sought-after. They represent only 1% of the bills issued by the US Federal Bank and are considered lucky charms in the USA. Most of the banknotes signed by Andy Warhol are from 1976, the year celebrating the Bicentenary of American Independence (the reverse of the $2 banknotes features a partial depiction of John Trumbull's famous painting, "The Declaration of Independence"). The 13-cent stamps and the U.S. Post Office apostille dated April 13 are references to the 13 states that initially formed the United States after the Declaration of Independence. Today, these famous banknotes are the only surviving original works by this global icon of twentieth-century art.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Wed 15 May

Charles Lindbergh Signed Limited Edition Book - 'WE' - Signed book: ‘WE.’ Special author's autograph edition, limited issue, numbered 941/1000. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. Hardcover with scarce glassine dust jacket, 6.75 x 10.25, 308 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen, "Charles A. Lindbergh." The book includes its original publisher’s note, 8-page booklet, and half of its blue presentation box. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/G, with losses to the glissine jacket. Accompanied by a ticket stub for Lindbergh’s famed reception in New York’s City Hall Plaza on June 13, 1927, the same day he was honored with a ticker tape parade, and a flown ‘WE’ commemorative cover from Peoria Post No. 2 American Legion, with two stamped horseshoe cachets reading “Lindbergh Again Flies the Airmail,” postmarked in Peoria, Illinois, on February 21, 1928. After barnstorming and piloting in the Army Reserve, Charles Lindbergh started flying mail between St. Louis and Chicago in 1925. The job provided sound experience flying in all conditions. Following his 1927 solo transatlantic flight, Lindbergh used his newfound fame to advance aviation however he could — from organizing transcontinental airline service to making promotional air mail flights over his old route. Lindbergh flew a series of special airmail flights over his old route on February 20 and February 21, 1928, to raise awareness of the airmail service. Lindbergh and two other pilots flew between St. Louis and Chicago, with each piece of mail they carried receiving this special 'horseshoe' stamp. The demand for these covers was so high that three planes were needed to carry it all, but the Post Office Department assured everyone that Lindbergh at least took each plane for a trip around the airfield, so each piece of mail got flown by him.

Estim. 600 - 800 USD