Decree signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull in 1941 naming Robert J. Cavanaugh Vice-Consul of the United States in Montreal.Please see lots 3 &#38; 4 for additional decrees signed by FDR and King George VI30.5 x 34.5 with frameAll items sold as-is Signed Condition: -

Franklin D. Roosevelt/FDR signed Decree

Decree signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in 1945 promoting Robert Cavanaugh to class eight Foreign Service Officer. Also signed by unidentified Acting Secretary of StatePlease see lots 2 &#38; 3 for similar decrees signed by FDR and King George VI20.5 x 24.5 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Print of Alfred Pellans Les Tulipes. Printed in 1994. Marked C.A. II/X and comes with COA signed by Pellans wife Madileine.17.75 x 15 serigraph only29.5 x 24 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Pellan “Les Tulipes” Serigraph II/X

Original oil on canvas painting by NWT artist Charles R. Harrman. An impressionist style painting, it is absolutely beautiful to look at from a distance. Information about Charles Harmann is as illusive as the man himself. 27 of his works are displayed in the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre Museum. But the only way to see them (besides travelling to Yellowknife) is to search for Charles Harrman on their website. There is barely any online presence of Charles Harrman and I would bet thats the way he would like it. Charles was an engineer in New York who retired to Fort Rae/Behchoko NWT near Yellowknife. He wandered into the wilderness and decided toIm going to live here and with the help of local tribespeople build a log cabinThere he would write and paint, taking his paintings to be sold in Yellowknife. Harrman lived a life of isolation which comes through in his landscapesI have included two articles in the pictures so you may learn more about Charles Harrman, the Old White Man of the NWT and a fantastic painter.13 x 25 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Charles Harrman Original Oil Painting

Decree signed by King George VI of Great Britain naming Robert Cavanaugh as Vice Consul of Newfoundland in 1944. Thats before Newfoundland was even a province!!Also an unknown signature belonging to some royal or government official. Please see lots 2 &#38; 4 for additional signed decrees by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 20.5 x 24.5 with frameAll items sold as-is Signed Condition: -

King George VI Signed Decree

Vintage textured print on board of Robert Woods painting Surfside16 x 28 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Vintage Robert Wood Print - Surfside

Vintage print of Girl of Valdarno by Joseph Wallace King Vinciata. Print is very dirty at the bottom. It could be on the inside of the glass, or the print itself. Hopefully someone would be able to salvage this great piece though. 30x24 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: Needs Cleaning

Vintage Girl of Valdarno - Vinciata

Vintage print Broken Silence by Joseph Wallace King Vinciata. 30x24 with frameAll items sold as is Condition: -

Vintage Broken Silence by Vinciata

Wonderful large original oil painting on canvas depicting a cabin in the woods surrounded by trees and a pond with mountains in the background. Great vintage frame. Very largeSigned Julius or Jusius lower right. 33 x 56.5 including frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Original Oil Painting Woods/Mountains

Huge print on board of Robert Woods painting Path of Gold. Labeled on the frame and signed lower left. You know when you look at the dimensions and youre like thats pretty big and then you get there and youre like wow, thats bigger than I thought!? Thats this painting. So please bring an appropriate vehicle to take it. I mean it CAN fit in a Prius (I tried) but that doesnt make it a good idea. 31.5 x 67 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Path Of Gold - Robert Wood

Beautiful original oil painting on canvas of a forest path in Quebec. Signed and dated on back. It says:Original painting painted by me near St. Adele Que 1975 [unknown] Citroen. 24x20 canvas only30.5x26 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Original Oil on Canvas by Citroen

Watercolour and ink on paper by listed Canadian artist Ben Babelowsky. Signed and titled lower left. Title is Springtime Upper Balls Falls near St CatharinesBalls Falls is a great conservation area in Ontario with a lot of nice hiking trails and great waterfalls. 13.5 x 17.5 with frameSee lot 32 for a similar piece by the same artist All items sold as-is Condition: -

Ben Babelowsky - Springtime Balls Falls

Watercolour and ink on paper by listed Canadian artist Ben Babelkowsky. Titled Winter in Niagara Wine Country - along Lakeshore Road and signed lower right. Please see lot 31 for a similar piece by the same artist.13 x 17 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Ben Babelkowsky Winter In Niagara

Antique print of deer running in a field by German painter Carl Zimmermann (1863-1930). Its really old with a weathered antique frame. Signed lower left. 17.5 x 34 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Antique Carl Zimmermann Print

Banksy style graffiti art, painted onto a late 2013 New York City subway map31 x 25 including frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Banksy Style Graffiti Painting

Theres a deer, a fence. The deer looks sad it cant go past the fence. Dont go past the fence deer. Thats the meadow. We have to be careful of hunters there. Look at this picture, remember Bambi, cry. 13.5 x 17.5 with frame. All items sold as-is Condition: -

Edge of the Wood Robert Bateman

Print titled Morning Mist by Raos Dubravko. Its a calming painting of a cottage in the countryside. 16x18 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Morning Mist by Raos Dubravko Print

Original oil on board painting. Signed D. Carnahan lower right. Its a very nice springtime scene on a farm21 x 24.5 with frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Farmhouse Oil On Board D. Carnahan

Limited edition lithograph by artist Rose Schul. Signed in pencil lower right. Numbered 2584/3000 lower right. 15.5 x 12.5 including frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Rose Schul Lithograph

Limited edition print by wildlife artist Rob Stine of a deer in the forest. Signed and marked 81/600 by artist (apologies if the number is incorrect. It could be 91/600. Im partially colour blind and its hard to see)27 x 19 with frameAll items in this auction sold as-is Condition: -

Rob Stine Deer In Forest Limited Print

Autographed 8x10 picture of Darryl Sittler displayed on a plaque. 13 x 10.5 including plaqueAll items sold as-is Condition: -

Darryl Sittler Autographed 8x10

Hilton Village signed J. Sutherland 1964 (date could be slightly different as its partially obscured by the frame). 21 x 31 including frameAll items sold as-is Condition: -

J. Sutherland Original Oil On Board

Lot of 4 reproductions/prints by Canadian artist James L. Keirstead8 x 10 to 20 x 16All items sold as-is Condition: -

Keirstead Textured Reproductions/prints

Not sure if its a print or a lithograph or even possibly an original watercolour by Canadian artist Holly Clifford (1920-2011)Signed Holly on the lower right and signed/numbered 25/200 on lower left. This painting is a wonderful abstract piece of a woman playing the flute. 31 x 24 with frameAll items sold as-isSee lot 17 for another piece by the same artist Condition: -

Holly Clifford “The Flutist” Print/Lith

Milton (Ontario, Canada) SELLER MANAGED Estate Sale Online Auction - Sumac Crescent

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Original United States government appointment decree signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull appointing Robert J. Cavanaugh as Vice-Consul in Montreal, dated August 30, 1941, framed, overall dimensions approximately 30.5” x 34.5”.

1941 Vice-Consul appointment decree signed by FDR and Cordell Hull

Framed document in ornate carved wood frame with burgundy velvet mat

Close-up of Franklin D. Roosevelt signature at bottom right

Close-up of Cordell Hull signature and embossed U.S. seal

Rear view of frame backing with hanging hardware and label

Single vellum or heavy paper document printed in black script type with handwritten date inserts and bold ink signatures, featuring an embossed U.S. seal at lower left. Matted in burgundy velvet and housed in an ornately carved dark wood frame with glass.

Franklin D. Roosevelt signed 1941 Vice-Consul appointment decree

It’s just a sticker by the framing company. 

Please see the other question/answer with regards to authentication 

Is there a C.O.A? (Certificate of Authenticity). Can't make out what is on the lower right corner in the photo of the back.

In terms of how they relate to the dude, with a couple hours of research I was able to find his obituary as well as records of his US Senate confirmation hearings that line up with the documents. Also I know they came out of the Windsor area, which is where he and his family were/are located. So unless theirs some weirdo out there making forgeries of some diplomat's paperwork and then placing them where his family is from it's logical that they are his original documents. (ran out of characters


Hopefully this allows me to continue: With regards to auto-pen. The first commercially available auto pen came out in 1942. Which would be a year after the 1941 decree. According to the Smithsonian, the White House did not start the practice of using auto-pen until the 1950's under Truman (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/president-obamas-autopen-when-is-an-autograph-not-an-autograph-574822/)

Queen Elizabeth did not have an auto-pen until 6 years into her reign. So 1958. We can assume George VI didn't have an auto-pen, or else Elizabeth II would have had one earlier. Also, while similar, there are slight variations in the FDR autographs. On the 1945 one (lot 4) the loop on the top of the "F" has a tail going to the right, which doesn't exist on the 1941 signature.

(I couldn't put in a link for the QEII auto-pen reference as it wouldn't let me, but it's on https://antique-collecting.co.uk/ the article can be searched for). Also the 1945 FDR signature has a bump/dip in the "S" in Roosevelt while the 1941 signature has a straight line connecting the O and S. So they do vary. Interestingly, Roosevelt died a week later after the 1945 document of a brain aneurysm. So it could be one of the last things he signed. 

All of that being said, I'm not a professional and I don't have the time/energy to engage one. For me I'm just trying to get it out of my house.

Has this been or has the others been authenticated?

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Lot #2: Franklin D. Roosevelt/FDR signed Decree

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Lot #2: Franklin D. Roosevelt/FDR signed Decree

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