-Caveat Lector- from: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=215567568 Click Here: <A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=215567568">eBay item 215567568 (Ends 12/16/99, 18:31:32 PS�</A> ----- ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS; TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Item #215567568Antiques:Books, Manuscripts:American Starts at $10,000.00 First bid $10,000.00 Quantity 1 # of bids 0 (bid history) (with emails) Time left 7 days, 19 hours + Location California mountains Started 12/06/99, 18:31:32 PST (mail this auction to a friend) Ends 12/16/99, 18:31:32 PST (request a gift alert) Featured Category Auction Seller (Rating) spiritof94 (116) (view comments in seller's Feedback Profile) (view seller's other auctions) (ask seller a question) High bid -- Payment Money Order/Cashiers Checks, Personal Checks, See item description for payment methods accepted Shipping Buyer pays fixed shipping charges, Seller ships internationally, See item description for shipping charges Update item Seller: If this item has received no bids, you may revise it. Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is U.S. dollar ($) unless otherwise noted.Description Perhaps the most significant documents to ever be offered on eBay, 26 ORIGINAL documents, 1831-1835, relating to the Texas War of Independence, issued in Goliad by Political Chief Ramon M�squiz who then was named Vice Governor of Texas, all relating to the Texas War of Independence I am drastically reducing the reserve on the documents, GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE, since receiving word that the University of Texas is interested. The full price, & starting bid, has been lowered from $15,000 to $10,000 (years ago I refused $25,000). There is no additional reserve. I am placing the documents on ebay again, hoping that some benefactor might donate them to the University of Texas, San Antonio, where many of the related documents now rest. Someone will acquire a priceless treasure. The papers originated years ago from the estate dispersal of one of the world's foremost collectors and dealers of rare documents. The great majority of these documents were issued in Goliad (La Bahia) by Ramon M�squiz who was in the forefront of events leading to the Alamo, Houstin and the invasion by Santa Anna. Goliad was cardinal to the Texas War of Independence. Years ago, the University of Texas indicated a strong interest in these documents to compliment their important collection of Ramon M�squiz papers. M�squiz was Political Chief of Bejar (San Antonio) and Goliad, central to the Texian rebellion in 1836, then was named Vice Governor of Texas and Coahhuila before the war. He would eventually sign the Treaty of Capitulation after Houstin captured Santa Anna. But the documents were not for disposal at that time, since they were required in my study of the Texas rebellion as an adjunct to my trilogy of historical novels, Fellowship in Treason. All universities and civic museums in Texas will be notified of this sale, but traditionally their fundings are limited, so it is expected that a private hunter will capture this quarry. Perhaps the winner could present these papers as a tax deductable donation to a grateful Texas sanctuary. In the published inventory of Texas War of Independence papers in 1989, The Bexar Archives, consisting of two archival locations, the University of Texas at Austin, and County archives in San Antonio, nearly 200 documents are attributed to Ramon M�squiz, a previous confederate of Stephen Austin, who was now acting half-heartedly on orders from President Santa Anna regime to suppress the revolutionary movements of Austin and Houstin. M�squiz, who had been very friendly to the Americans and desired ultimate separate statehood for Texas (not independence), wrote to Austin, expressing disapproval of the convention by American colonists to demand rights from Mexico. Austin replied: . When Austin was imprisoned in Mexico City, M�squiz wrote to the authorities on Austin's behalf. I had a strong purpose in acquiring documents of early Texas, and in accumulating papers of Edward Everitt Hale (being offered in another lot), for I was struggling with two decades of research and writing, including a doctoral study, of a trilogy of historical novels that concerned the travails of a backwoodsman from a gunsmithing family, Ellis Bean (Tennessee's earlist family), who was betrayed by the traitorous commanding general of the U.S., James Wilkinson (Ellis was captured in Texas on Wilkinson's orders since he was aware that President-elect Jefferson was strongly involved in this illegal expedition to acquire Texas for Wilkinson who would be ruler of the West; Wilkinson intimidated our first three presidents while he collected bribe money from Spain to have Tennessee and Kentucky secede). Ellis spent a decade imprisoned in Mexico, where he swore to have vengeance on Wilkinson, escaped to become a hero with Jos� Morelos in Mexico's War of Independence, brought Morelos son Almonte to safety in the U.S., rescued Lafitte's men, was responsible for Jackson's victory in the Battle of New Orleans (arranged Lafitte's flints for Jackson; his uncle was neighbor Jackson's aide de camp; Ellis was decorated for his action in that battle), failed in his attempt to track down Wilkinson, returned to Mexico to find his pappy Morelos executed, tried to revive the war with his comrade Guadalupe Victoria, married his Mexican sweetheart, Magdalena, was separated from her by Spanish troops, escaped to the U.s., returned to Tennessee and married Candace, thinking Maggie had been killed. Ellis, the original Texian, and Candace moved to Texas when his comrades won the war, commanded the troops for Austin, visited his old buddy, Victoria, now the first president of Mexico and discovered Maggie was alive, tracked down Wilkinson who had been drummed out of the army by Jackson and was lobbing for a position with Victoria, arranged with Victoria to refuse Wilkinson, faced down Wilkinson but spared his life, Wilkinson then had heart attack and died, was buried in unmarked grave, Ellis was awarded an empresario grant for Texas but this was taken away when Candace announced he was a bigamist, was given control of Texas' army by his old, ruling comrades and perhaps would have been the Mexican governor but for his conflicting marriages, was eventually distrusted by both sides for this reason in the Texian War of Independence, became a non-person and eventually role model for Edward Hale's Man Without a Country, would have led the Texians against Santa Anna except for this mistrust, so his Tennessee neighbor, Houston, was called in by their mutual Tennessee neighbor, President Jackson, and Bean lost all chance to achieve fame as the liberating Texian. Bean retired with only his memories and a shrewish wife who ran off with a varmint, heard via a newspaperman that his first wife had been seeking him all these years, returned to her hacienda above Vera Cruz, crippled with arthritis from his stay in the Acapulco castle dungeon, spent his final, dying two years experiencing the only true happiness he had known, listening to warships bombarding Vera Cruz, as the Americans invaded the nation that he had given his life to save from a previous invader. REMARKABLY, THIS IS A TRUE STORY; ALL! I have made Everett Hale the aside detective in this novel, as he seeks the person responsible for protecting the traitor Wilkinson, a protection that intimidated four presidents. The answer is finally found. I disclose the culprit and reasons for an unbelievable series of events that has long troubled historians and puzzled devotees of George Washington, that Washington would appoint Wilkinson to be commanding general in the face of evidence that Wilkinson had arranged the death of his own commander, Anthony Wayne, to step over his body, and despite direct warnings from Washington's old friends such as Thomas Marshall that Wilkinson was a traitor, and despite the fact that young Wilkinson in the Revolution was known to General Washington as a member of a conspiracy to have Washington removed. I chose Hale as my moderator because he investigated the duplicity of Wilkinson, accused Wilkinson and Jefferson of foul play, but had never found time to write a book on the subject. Aaron Burr, as an accomplice of Wilkinson , is given strong treatment, as is the uncharacteristic, chaotic behavior of Jefferson in protecting Wilkinson during the trial of Burr (friend Madison was shocked at Jefferson's behavior here). I examine Jefferson's complicity with Wilkinson carefully. The Texas War of Independence is treated in a meticulous, unique manner, unlike any other account. This may be the first exhaustive biography of Morelos and his War of Independence. I am now looking for a publisher willing to attack this massive series of three non-fiction novels, an expensive project on today's market. I am certainly open to suggestions. I am opening the door wider to my extensive collection of significant paper, accumulated over a period of 30 years from my nationally-recognized auction house. Some of the items may surprise you, so keep in touch. As many of my bidders already realize, judging from my multitude of email queries and friendly exchanges, this is not the usual run of collectibles purveyed by commercial outlets. It is truly a disposal sale by one who has rounded a few intriguing corners. I haven't remotely touched the eclectic range of unusual, unexpected, unlikely, seldom-seen paper that has been accumulated over so many years, treasures that reflect the remotest corners of inquiry and collecting. May I suggest that you become accustomed to the convenient bar in eBay's introduction, adjacent to my moniker, Spiritof94, the one that reads: View Seller's Other Auctions. A click of the bar and you can key in to my latest offerings, which sometimes may appear in other categories, but always remain convenient for inspection at the touch of this bar. You may be surprised at some of the off-beat consignments. It will be several months before I can even log representative items for my different categories. I can now see that this dispersal sale may take several years and I am enjoying the warm contact with so many kindred people. Several have shared experiences regarding my past interests and acquaintances, most recently an anecdote of Captain Gibson, Last of the 20-Mule-Team Drivers, one of my long-ago auctions. In the meantime feel free to inquire or feed me your interests. If such items are available I will attempt to place them near the top of the stack. My eclectic auction experiences and primer for sellers and bidders, Make a Killing on the Auction Block, is being compiled for a New York agent. The book, showing how to guarantee a profit in this traditionally suspect, imperfect industry, by following the guidance of a few battle-scarred veterans, with insider's tips, warnings, and detailed how-to steps, including an exhaustive examination of auction trickery. I devote the second half of the book to an in-depth analysis of Internet auctions and have some surprising conclusions for Web browsers, many that run contrary to accepted and promoted conclusions by others. This will be the first book written by an accredited real-time auctioneer that compares the two mediums. THERE WILL BE A PRELIMINARY, LIMITED FIRST RUN FOR EARLY REQUESTS. No deposit or commitment is required, only your name via email to indicate a preliminary run for the publisher. Kindly put the word out. Free particulars will be available on request. My auction experiences have included discussions with President Nixon regarding a 1720 colonial Brockport highboy for the White House and his scheduled attendance, visits and/or bidding by curators of the Smithsonian (re pristine American Revolution, Civil War & Indian-wars uniforms), White House, and Senate (1855 Senate desk), threats of lawsuits by Lana Turner (over our pending sale of her painting in Madame X, consigned by her fifth ex) and Dorothy Lamour (demanded we not sell her sarongs). Both items were sold; Lana was furious, Dorothy apologized. I have handled some significant paper: Revolutionary War certificates of military service .. black Civil War musters .. 1879 letter by Lord Byron disclaiming authorship of The Vampire .. letter of Jefferson asking for extension on a note while president .. 1668 letter of a Catholic accusing his church of deliberately setting the 1666 Great Fire of London .. 1274 Bull of Pope Gregory X .. 1813 newspaper autographed by Timothy Pickering .. Civil War & Texas War of Independence battlefield letters .. David Selznick-inscribed Gone With the Wind master shooting script .. 1873 holograph diary of a captain at Fort Lyon during Indian uprisings .. 1488 original volume of Mediolanensia .. 1567, Martyre de la Royne, dealing with unjust treatment of Mary, Queen of Scots by Queen Elizabeth; the Scot publishers had to print this in France; Russian leather binding .. deluxe book, tribute to Death Valley Scotty (only 3 copies were made), presented to Scotty and to the subject of my estate, Captain Gibson (Last of the 20-mule-team Drivers, Scotty's close friend .. Gothic manuscript covers; 1747 Byzantine Russian repousse silver .. etc. Art that has passed through my hands include: a Peter Paul Rubens (1986) painted for my estate's great ancestor .. a Remington (1975) inscribed to my estate's great aunt .. a Caravaggio (1971) hidden by the Arch Duchess of Austria in the salt mines to escape Hitler .. a 1450 large cathedral Russian ikon by Vecelli Tiziano, said Titian, from the estate of Countess Kseniza Plamenac .. 18th century Russian gold ikons .. painting by John Millais, Twa Bairns, children of my estate's grandfather .. original art for covers of Saturday Evening Post by H. Wilson Smith who alternated with Rockwell .. 1820, 20-inch bust of Indigo Jones, by Josiah Wedgewood himself .. 1521 German carved-ivory diptych; trial of Martin Luther .. etc. There were other items, original sets of chairs signed by Thomas Chippendale (set of 8) and Duncan Phyfe (1981; for a Geo. Washington officer) .. Marie Antoinnete's Court table & Faberg� slave bracelets (1972 Chs Schwab estate) .. massive furniture from Kaiser Wilhelm's castles .. Capodimonte dining service used in the White House (U.S. Grant estate) .. William Cody's buffalo gun presented on the 1876 Centennial .. gun used to guard Jefferson Davis on his escape as a woman .. 2 internationally noted auctions in 1996 (pre-revolutionary estate; & world-class golf memorabilia). The list of significant, historical items would require dozens of pages. Their unique auction anecdotes will be recounted in my forthcoming book, Make a Killing on the Auction Block. Payment is expected within 7 days after close of auction. We will ship immediately with cashiers check or money order. Checks, unfortunately, take ten days to clear. Priority shipping and insurance is 6.50. Keep in mind that this is a dispersal of personal treasures, not a business, and I am concerned with making the shipping and billing as painless as possible for my wife. However, we will cooperate in every manner with the bidder. We hope to use these auctions to extend our personal relationships, to exchange gossip and anecdotes with the delightful acquaintances we have found in the eBay neighborhood. Waiting to be listed are original, PREVIOUSLY-UNKNOWN, 1836 TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE DOCUMENTS REGARDING AUSTIN, HOUSTIN, etc., DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY ANDREW JACKSON, Clement Biddle, etc., 1823 original decree by Mexico's interim first president, NICOLAS BRAVO (hero of the War of Independence), 1847 original RESIGNATION DECREE BY SANTA ANNA, etc. Thousands of other scarce and unique items, including a hand-drawn map of Alaska gold never before revealed or mined, drawn up by an explorer in uncharted country many years ago, prohibition manuscript-recipes of a master German distiller, huge collection of original Remington prints, 1885-1915. rare, unique plate coins of Mexico's War of Independence (many are the only specimens) collection of unusual, ancient silver coins, Plus thousands of other relics to auctioned on eBay exclusively. The auctions will continue for many months, so keep in touch. Our Mae West roadster has arrived, after nearly a decade-long restoration, and ABC TV did a special on the delivery, to the delight of my patient wife, Jane, for whom the unique car was restored. On eBay we adopted the trade name, Kissell, to denote the classic marque of this 18' boat-tail golfing roadster, a super Gold Bug custom-built by Kissel exclusively for Mae West in 1927 to surpass anything on the road (the hood is over 6' long). This was the year that Mae West spent 10 days in jail for writing and starring in the lewd Broadway burlesque, Sex. Over the past few months we have been successfully surfing eBay auctions to acquire furnishings for its arrival: flapper dresses, hats and purses, 1920's golf clubs with tartan golf bags for the running board holders, watches of the period, Kissell and Mae West mementos, etc., truly a salute to the incredible selection of period items available on eBay auctions. Bidding ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS; TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (Item #215567568) Starts at $10,000.00 Bid increment $100.00 Minimum bid $10,000.00 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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