I am very grateful for the diligence of Markus Brandes (one of the founders of www.autograph-club.org) of Konstanz, Germany for bringing two of Cook’s letters to my attention. The first was a letter of 7th May 1772 which in 1925 was in the autograph collection of Karl Geigy-Hagenbach in Basle, Switzerland. That collection was dispersed at auction in 1961 and the current location of the letter by Captain Cook is not known. More recently Markus kindly drew my attention to a letter by Cook dated 2 January 1776 which was on display in an exhibition in the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. This is a letter of historic importance as it documents Cok’s inspection of a ship that was to accompany him on his third voyage of exploration.

We are very proud to become AFTAL Autograph Dealer 2010.

After it was already a big honor for us to become nominated from the AFTAL board it was really exciting when ex James Bond Girl Carole Ashby opened the envelope to mention the winner of the Nomination.

Privately Printed, Miami, 2009, 90 pages heavily illustrated. Thirteen chapters chock full of information regarding Ali's signature from his days of Cassius Clay, Cassius X and Muhammad Ali. What you need to be aware of his machine signed signatures to preprints and secretarial signatures. Chapters on forgeries and in person experiences both in the United States and in Europe. This educational reference book is strictly limited to only 150 numbered copies hand signed by all three authors.

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