Internet auction of historical materials to be held by Smythe & Co. on Oct. 1

Manhattan, New York - September 28, 2007 - R.M. Smythe & Co., Inc., New York's largest and oldest dealer in autographs, vintage photographs and Americana will hold auction #273 on Oct 1. 2007, starting at 11AM (EST). The sale will be be conducted as an Internet auction and will be comprised of historical materials including autographs, photographs, ephemera, books and Americana. The auction will be held on eBay Live and will contain 975 affordable lots with estimates ranging from $5 to $1600. Absentee bids will be accepted at www.smytheonline.com by clicking on "current auctions". A brief

sample of the items to be offered include:

Lot #898 - ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.: PHOTOGRAPHS [12] (Estimate $650-Up) Outstanding gathering of twelve vintage news wire Photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lot #775 - PHILIPPINE OCCUPATION [26] (Estimate $1,600-Up) Incredible photographic archive of 28 images showing American and allied Filipino soldiers during the early years of US administration following the Spanish-American War., Lot #42 - NEWSPAPERS: WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE [3] (Estimate $75-Up) Three issues of “The Revolution,”vol. VII, no. 9, 3/2/1871; vol. VII, no., 5/11/1871; and vol. VIII no. 5, 8/3/1871. Full of works favoring women’s rights and extension of the suffrage., Lot #123 - THREE PENNY OPERA: JACK LEVINE ETCHINGS (Estimate $500-Up) Outstanding limited edition double Portfolio Dreigroschenfilm, inspired by the Brecht-Pabst film of 1930, Dreigroschenoper, (Three Penny Opera). New York, Touchstone Publishers, 1967. No. XLII/XLV., Lot #847 - NEW YORK: THIRTY-FIVE VIEWS [33] (Estimate $20-Up) From a Rand, McNally view book, 1897 except for one sheet of stationery with a pigeon’s eye view of “New York and Adjacent Cities from Jersey City Heights.” Good condition, fine., Lot #804 WORLD WAR I: THE MILITARY SURGEON [2] (Estimate $20-Up) Two volumes of the 4to publication “The Military Surgeon,” vol. XL no. 5, 5/1917, and vol. XLII, no. 3, 3/1918. Pencil owner’s signature on 1918 volume. Both in very good condition., Lot #545 HEMINGWAY 1st EDITION “FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS” (Estimate $150-Up) “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”Ernest Hemingway. New York, 1940, Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1st edition., Lot #544 HELLER’S “CATCH-22” 1st Ed, 2nd Printing (Estimate $250-Up) “Catch-22.”Joseph Heller. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1961. 1st Edition.

About R. M. Smythe & Co.
R. M. Smythe and Co., established in 1880, buys, sells, and auctions coins, paper money, stocks and bonds and autographs at their corporate headquarters at 2 Rector Street in the heart of the Financial District in New York City. To order a catalog, to contact any of the firm’s specialists, or to make general inquiries, call 212-943-1880 or 800-622-1880, or visit the firm’s website at: http://www.smytheonline.com.