Brandes Autographs News

Autographs of Count Zeppelin and Hugo Eckener

on Sonntag, 09 Januar 2011. Posted in Brandes Autographs News

Zeppelin

In my hometown Konstanz Count Zeppelin is a legend, and also Hugo Eckener lived there for many years.

I have been collecting autographs from Konstanz for some years, especially those of Count Zeppelin, Hugo Eckener and Claude Dornier, airship pioneers who became world-famous also bringing a good deal of reputation to Konstanz being situated on Lake Constance close to the Swiss border.

A Collector's Guide to Muhammad Ali Autographs

on Freitag, 21 Mai 2010. Posted in Brandes Autographs News

A Collector's Guide to Muhammad Ali Autographs

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.

The book can be ordered at the Markus Brandes Autographs Online Shop

http://www.autogramme.com

Markus Brandes discovered important James Cook autographed letter

on Freitag, 21 Mai 2010. Posted in Brandes Autographs News

letter of historic importance as it documents Cok’s inspection of a ship that was to accompany him on his third voyage of exploration

Markus Brandes discovered important James Cook autographed letter

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.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

on Donnerstag, 21 Mai 2009. Posted in Brandes Autographs News, In the media

a preview of our personal autograph collection

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Not a day goes by that Tibet’s struggle for independence and the authority of the Dalai Lama are not mentioned in the media. For this reason I would like to provide you with a brief biographical overview as well as a preview of our personal autograph collection.

 

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