Felix Frankfurter Display Featuring 2 Complete Signatures & 3 Items of Supreme Court Stationery

A handsome display dedicated to Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965), including two complete signatures as "Felix Frankfurter" and three items of Supreme Court stationery. The pieces in this lot include a typed letter signed, a signed card, an original transmittal envelope, two high-quality reproduction photos, and a decorative name plate inscribed in calligraphy. Some dents and dings to the mat verso, else near fine. Matted to a completed size of 23" x 18.625" x 1."

The lot includes:

1. A 1p typed letter signed by Frankfurter as "Felix Frankfurter" at center right. Dated June 12, 1942 on a single sheet of stationery with "Supreme Court of the United States / Washington, D.C. / Chambers of Justice Felix Frankfurter" letterhead. Frankfurter wrote to a well-wisher named H.O. Antman of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in part: "Let me acknowledge your friendly and courteous letter of June 6th…" Expected paper folds, else near fine. Sight size of the letter is 5.375" x 8.625." Displayed at upper left. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope complete with World War II-era postmarks and stamps, displayed below and to the right.

2. A "Supreme Court of the United States / Washington, D.C." card signed as "Felix Frankfurter" at the center. Laid down on a larger mount. Displayed near upper right.

3. Mounted above the signed card is a decorative name plate inscribed as "Frankfurter / Felix Frankfurter / Associate Justice / of the / United States Supreme Court."

4. At center top is a black and white high-quality photo reproduction depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt overseeing Justice Frankfurter's delivery of the Oath of Office to U.S. Secretary of the Navy Colonel Frank Knox on July 11, 1940.

5. Just below is another image showing Frankfurter being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction by President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 6, 1963, per President John F. Kennedy's posthumously executed Executive Order.

Felix Frankfurter graduated from Harvard Law School in 1906 with a superb academic record. He soon joined the faculty of his alma mater, serving as a Professor of Law from 1914-1924, and as a Professor of Administrative Law from 1924-1939. The New York lawyer was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose close advisor he later became. Frankfurter served on the bench from 1941 until retirement in 1962.

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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