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)
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)
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 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 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)
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)
