NEW YORK (FoxNews) –  A pair of black cowboy boots emblazoned with
the presidential seal (above) and several rare works of art were among
the first pieces of Ronald Reagan memorabilia to sell Wednesday as
treasured items from the former first family’s personal collection went
up for auction in New York. 

The highly sought-after items — several of which went for well above
their estimated value — were put on the auction block inside a small
room before a hushed crowd of eager bidders at Christie’s in midtown
Manhattan. In total, 700 lots are being offered at the in-person auction
that continues into Thursday,

From left: President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan.

Rewards catalog,1965

S&H Green Stamps were trading stamps popular in the from the
1930s until the late 1980s. They were distributed as part of a
rewards program operated by the Sperry & Hutchinson company
(S&H), founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron
Hutchinson.

Customers would receive stamps at the checkout counter of many
supermarkets, department stores, and gasoline stations among
other retailers, which could be redeemed for numerous products
in the catalog (above).

A Green Stamp Redemption Center.

 
MAY 1976 (#70)

Gold Key Comics published a long-running Twilight Zone comic that featured
the likeness of Rod Serling introducing both original stories and occasional
adaptations of episodes. The comic outlived the television series by nearly
20 years and Serling by nearly a decade. A later revival of Twilight Zone
comics was published by Now Comics, spinning off of the 1980s revival of
the show.

Boston (AP) – Bonnie and Clyde made it quite clear how they felt about a former
member of their gang in a letter they sent to him as he sat in the Dallas County
Jail.

He was a coward, they wrote, and they should have killed him when they had the
chance.

The four-page letter to Raymond Hamilton was written in April 1934 in Bonnie
Parker’s neat cursive and signed by Clyde Barrow. The auction house’s executive
vice president, Robert Livingston said It could fetch more than $40,000 when it’s
sold next month by Boston-based RR Auction,

Livingston said Wednesday, based on the language, experts think Barrow, who
had poor writing skills, likely dictated the letter to Parker.

Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and  Clyde Chestnut Barrow a.k.a. Clyde Champion Barrow.

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From left: Rob Reiner, Jean Stapleton, Carroll O’Connor, and Sally
Struthers.

All in the Family is a sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS 
television network for nine seasons, from January 12, 1971, to April 8,
1979. The series was produced by Norman  Lear.

The show is often regarded as one of the greatest television series of
all time and ranked number-one in the yearly Nielsen ratings from 1971
to 1976.

Archie and Edith Bunker’s chairs on display in the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History.

Jean Stapleton and Carroll O’Conner seated on the “All In The
Family” set.