Profiles in History to Host Historical Document Auction 63, 6/13

Profiles in History, the world's largest auctioneer & dealer of historical autographs, letters, documents, vintage signed photographs, manuscripts and original Hollywood memorabilia, will present Historical Document Auction 63, June 13, 2014, beginning at 11am PST. This unprecedented collection of rare and virtually unseen documents is highlighted by one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most famous correspondences-a letter written in 1806 during the chaotic creation and production of his only opera, Fidelio. The Auction Pre-sale Estimate for this extremely rare document, not publicly seen since the 1950's, is $150,000 - $250,000 and could easily exceed that figure.

Other important highlights include an incredible set of (47) handwritten speech note cards by Muhammad Ali - his master presentation of the teachings of Elijah Muhammad for his lecture tour of schools and colleges in the late 1960s when he was barred from boxing and representing Mr. Ali's opinions on his Muslim faith, race relations / the "White Man" and life itself (Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000); Al Capone's deposition relating to the 1925 attempted hit on his former mentor and crime associate John Torrio. Signed four times by Capone. (Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000) and an incredible archive from the inventor of basketball, James Naismith, including his hand-annotated manuscript for his book on basketball, a 9-page hand-annotated document "The Basket Ball Rules," the pencil Dr. Naismith used when formulating the rules of basketball in 1891, his annotated and signed 5-page report on basketball's debut at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and more (Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000).

The live auction will take place at Profiles in History, 26662 Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302. Qualified bidders can participate in person, by telephone, submit absentee bids or participate online in real time from anywhere with Internet access across the globe. For more information, please visit www.profilesinhistory.com.

Other featured items in this historic sale include:

Abraham Lincoln. Historic autograph letter signed ("A. republican" and "A. Lincoln"), Springfield, Illinois, 9 March 1858, to Richard Yates (1815-1873), a Lincoln friend, serving as lawyer, state legislator and member of Congress and later served as governor of Illinois from 1861-1865. A politically re-energized Lincoln shrewdly plots to stop the spread of slavery after the infamous 1857 Dred Scott case, proposing his Best Man from his wedding for Congress. "Why may not all anti-administration men in this District vote for James H. Matheny, of Springfield, for Congress? He was opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; was for Fillmore in 1856, but never was a Know-Nothing. He is now opposed to the Lecompton Constitution, and the Dred Scott decision. Who can be more suitable, when a union of Fremont and Fillmore men, is indispensable?" A. republican.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $120,000 - $150,000

Winston Churchill. With the inevitable defeat of Germany in sight, Winston Churchill dedicates a magnificent, large photograph to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Inscribed, "From his Friend Winston S. Churchill, September 1944 To Marshal & Premier Stalin who at the head of the Russian Armies & of the Soviet Government broke the main strength of the German military machine & helped us all to open paths to Peace, Justice & Freedom"

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000

President John F. Kennedy's White House Hotline Travel Telephone. This red, white and blue "White House Hotline" telephone features a red receiver and cord, white base. The center of the phone base has a blue disk with a black and white picture of the White

House with the words "White House" printed beneath. This phone was installed at various locations to which President Kennedy traveled and was connected directly to the White House switchboard without dialing the phone. It was a true hotline to the White House. This phone was installed in the master bedroom in Bing Crosby's home in

Palm Desert, California, for the exclusive use of President Kennedy during his visits to California in March and December 1962. It was at Bing Crosby's home on March 24th where JFK met Marilyn Monroe.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000

Howard Carter. Exceedingly rare hand-drawn signed drawing of Pharaoh Tutankhamen by the discoverer of King Tut's tomb, Howard Carter.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

Albert Einstein. After first defending his work, Albert Einstein humbly responds to a young physics student who correctly points out an inaccuracy in Einstein's work on a unified theory of Distant Parallelism. "The transformation required is exactly that of a tensor in the Theory of Relativity. Therefore, your transformation equation is correct, mine wrong. I don't have my earlier work available. But it sure seems that I have made the same mistake there. This will make my assertions about the shape of the first Approximation inaccurate."

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000

Martin Luther King, Jr. Autograph single page manuscript with edits for Chapter V of his book, Stride Toward Freedom, his first-hand account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. King asks for the text, which is in two parts, to be inserted into separate paragraphs of the chapter.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Nikita Khrushchev. Typed document signed ("N. Khrushchev"), in Russian to Joseph Stalin on the deteriorating health of one of Russia's distinguished WWII commanders, Nikolai Vatutin.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

George Washington. Superb Revolutionary War-date autograph letter signed ("G:o Washington") Philadelphia, 12 March 1782, to James McHenry, signer of the United States Constitution, delegate to the Continental Congress and third Secretary of War, under presidents Washington and John Adams. Washington writes to his former aide-de-camp, James McHenry, and insists that America must intensify its efforts for the next campaign; advocating vigorous measures of recruiting, including a Draft. Failure to raise men and money will be ruinous.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

Mohandas K. Gandhi. Autograph letter signed ("Mohandas K. Gandhi"), penned on postcard, dated 16 April 1933. Written in his native Gujarati to "Brother Birrjoji", from Yeravda Central Prison in Poona. While incarcerated at the Yeravda Central Prison in Poona, Gandhi maintains his academic curiosity while considering another of his "self-purification" fasts in his crusade against Untouchability.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800

Thomas Jefferson. Highly important autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson") as President. Washington, 15 January 1802, to the honorable President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Georgia". With great eloquence, President Thomas Jefferson waxes profound on the superior structure of America's government with the Constitution being "the law and the life" of our great country.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000

David Ben-Gurion. Ben-Gurion: A Life in Letters - An historic archive comprised of (27) signed letters with exceptional content dating from the 1920s to the early 1970s - embodying his integral participation in the formation of the modern State of Israel.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecticut, was granted a patent for a "revolving gun" on 25 February 1836. On 5 March 1836 he formed the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company in Paterson, New Jersey, to make the guns in quantity. "The Gun that Won the West" - Samuel Colt's three retained signed drafts of what he sent the Commissioner of Patents telling him of his "various improvements" in his 1836 patent for 'revolving cylinder guns ...being desirous of securing his rights until he can perfect them..." (3) historically important hand-annotated documents signed ("Saml Colt" and "Samuel Colt").

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000

Theodore Roosevelt. Excessively rare and important personal pair of pince-nez eyeglasses with carrying case worn by President Roosevelt. This style of eyeglasses were a large part of Theodore Roosevelt's signature look and come in their original brown leather case.

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

John Wilkes Booth rare autograph, signed ("J. Wilkes Booth") while planning his next stage appearances. Dating from the Civil War, at a time when Booth was one of the most famous actors in the United States

Auction Pre-sale Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000

Virtually every important world leader and historical figure---Napoleon Bonaparte, Fidel Castro, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, Adolf Hitler, Kings George the IV and V, Alexander Graham Bell, Golda Meir, Paul Revere, Orville Wright, Oskar Schindler, Thomas Edison, Jonas Salk, Rosa Parks, Harry Houdini, Sigmund Freud, Lee Harvey Oswald and more-too numerous to list-is represented in this collection.

Also included in this sale is the George Vogt WWI/WWII poster collection, consisting of 145 lots in all, with a comprehension and continuity that is difficult, if not impossible, to reproduce. Following the book publication of the George L. Vogt Collection, he continued by adding a carefully selected group of highlights from the Vietnam war era, and is now ready to offer at auction this unique, comprehensive history of war propaganda from the 20th Century.

"We are thrilled with the materials presented in this auction as the quality and overall historical importance of materials offered is extraordinary," said Joseph Maddalena, owner of Profiles in History.