Book dust sniffer, loupe-caused eye strain sufferer, vellum document voyeur, and autographs specialist @swanngalleries.bsky.social.
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The Hands of Heroes. On this day in 1965, Edward H. White II became the first American spacewalker (Three Photographs Signed by Gemini or Apollo astronauts, 1965, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 7, 2017, $2,375.00. bit.ly/4dTtKto)
The Hands of Heroes. On this day in 1913, Igor Stravinsky’s _The Rite of Spring_ premiered to shocked audiences (Two Autograph Musical Quotations, one Signed, from _The Rite of Spring_ and _The Firebird_, 1935, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 7, 2017, $7,250. bit.ly/43E2U3C)
Own a piece of history. Governor Thomas Jefferson writes to General Nathanael Greene that British General Cornwallis has advanced to the Roanoke River (Letter Signed, 17 February 1781, available for bidding @swanngalleries.bsky.social on April 9, 2026: bit.ly/3NKBJju).
The Hands of Heroes. On this day in 1789, George Washington was sworn in as president and he delivered the first inaugural address (Autograph Manuscript, fragment from a discarded draft of his first inaugural address, 1789, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on May 22, 2014, $20,000. bit.ly/4dcyGdI)
Own a piece of history. John Muir, who died in 1914 long before the first Earth Day (in 1970, on this day), saw how to be one with the Earth (Photograph Signed, portrait by J. Edward B. Greene), available for bidding @swanngalleries.bsky.social on May 7, 2026 bit.ly/3OIT8t8).
The Hands of Time. Remembering Steve Jobs, who was born on this day in 1955. (_TIME_ magazine cover Signed, 1982, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on February 17, 2022, $27,500. bit.ly/4kO7K6a)
The Hands of Time. Remembering Malcolm X, who was born on this day in 1925. (Autograph Note Signed on a postcard with deliberately upside-down Thomas Jefferson postage stamp, 1955, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on October 27, 2022, $6,750. bit.ly/4tMukPn)
The Hands of Time. Remembering Cole Porter, who was born on this day in 1891. (Autograph Letter Signed, remarking that Moss Hart “is an angel from Heaven,” 1935, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 20, 2014, $2,000. bit.ly/4ogSTmF)
The Hands of Time. Remembering Charlie Chaplin, who was born on this day in 1889. (Photograph Signed and Inscribed, 1920s, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on October 27, 2022, $2080. bit.ly/484z7E7)
The Hands of Time. Remembering Sigmund Freud, who was born on this day in 1856. (Photograph Signed and dated, bust portrait by Halberstadt, 1925, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 2, 2010, $18,000. bit.ly/4tZyVPu)
