Ronald Wade Collection

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Senior yearbook for future President Lyndon B. Johnson's class at Southwestern State Teacher's College at San Marcos, Texas with many photos of LBJ.     $250
Original 8 X 10 Photograph of LBJ as a Congressman circa 1940s:  (10th Congressional District of Texas) with the negative inscribed “With personal best wishes and kindest regards from your Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson”. Johnson served in Congress from 1937 to 1947.   Bought on Ebay 1-3-08 Item number: 350010385503 for $53.14. $100


Embroidered LBJ Silk Shirt owned by President Johnson while being the President of the United States from 1963-1969. The shirt is silk,long tailed, long sleeve with 2 button cuff.,it was made by Wm A Krome a tailor in Los Angeles,California.It is recorded in the White House tapes of Johnson having heated conversations with Wm Krome,on the phone about his clothes and what and how Johnson wanted them made...This shirt is in great condition being stored ,it has a small ,written initials on the poket in Johnsons writting"LBJ"and the label reads "LBJ"with Wm A Krome as the maker,above it all is the shirt size written inside the collar"16 1/2"  A man in San Antonio stopped at a Garage sale outside of Johnson City.  It happened to be the son of a Foreman from Johnsons Ranch who had items from his father at the sale including the instruments from the "Lucy B",an airplane that was owned by Johnson and crashed near his ranch in the 60's, it had been stored at his foreman's barn all this time.

    $750
Presidential gift knife from President Lyndon B. Johnson     $85
Presidential weddings of daughters of President Lyndon B. Johnson--silk-covered boxes holding pieces of wedding cakes from the weddings of Luci and Lynda Johnson in the White House--very rare.     $500
Luci Johnson White House wedding program for Aug. 6, 1966     $125

Wedding favor of Luci Baines Johnson's marriage to Patrick Nugent, while President Johnson was in the White House.  A 1+ lb cube of clear lucite, 3" x 3 1/2",  with a gold model of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception inside, with a black lucite base, also inside the clear cube, incised in gold lettering announcing: "Luci Johnson - Patrick Nugent/Married August 6, 1966/The National Shrine of Immaculate Conception"     $125
Lynda Johnson White House wedding program for December 9, 1967.     $125
Lyndon B. Johnson cigarette ashtray in shape of 10 gallon hat with Presidential seal     $45

Lyndon B. Johnson plaster bust by Jimilu Mason.  It is about 9" high, and weighs approximately five pounds.  1966 copyright date by the artist on edge.     $45
Vice Presidential gift cigarette lighter from Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson     $65
Presidential gift cigarette lighter from President Lyndon B. Johnson     $65
President Lyndon B. Johnson plastic Remco doll.     $15
LBJ Ranch egg crate--these eggs from the ranch were actually sold in the Johnson City area in these crates.     $35
Discover America original Frankie Welch designed long scarf for Lyndon Johnson's Inauguration     $25
Small brick for Lyndon Johnson LBJ     $15
LBJ for the USA floppy hat     $15
Autographed photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson as a U. S. Senator from Texas with light signature (hard to see except when held to the side for reflection from light)     $75
Elect LBJ plastic hat pin in plastic display container     $25

Comic Anti-Vietnam War "Protest Kit" with matches, stickers, ID card, etc.

 

 

    $35
Ros Kress Frame Haley wore this Barry Goldwater 1964 hat and neck overlay at the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco.  She was Rosalind Frame living in Savannah, Ga. and later moved to West Texas and this came from her estate there.  She was a Texas Heiress born in New York and of the Georgian Kress Family, ultimately becomming an heiress through the Kress Store fortunes.  She was the Third Cousin to Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind.  She married Mr. Frame and later married historian J. Evetts Haley and she was a player in world and national politics.  A friend of many past United States Presidents and well-known Republican Party activist.  Eagleforumarchives.org showcases her life and works.  She wrote her name inside the hat "Ros Frame, Savannah, Georgia".  The hat was made by Schwartz Hat Company of Los Angeles, California, size medium it has the original yellow "Goldwater" ribbon hat band and cinch strap.  The royal blue felt fringed neck overlay was worn by her as part of her ensemble.     $250
Call Out for Goldwater megaphone shaped hanger my father and I would hang on the doors of houses as we walked house to house in Gilmer, Texas to leave literature.  If not at home we left the literature in these on the door knobs.     $35
Metal can (empty) of Gold Water drink     $10
Presidential award of appreciation by President Richard Nixon given to Ronald Wade for service on Selective Service Committee      
Presidential Youth Service Award lapel pin from President Richard Nixon to Ron Wade     $85
Presidential wedding gift box holding piece of wedding cake of Tricia Nixon, daughter of President Richard Nixon from her White House wedding.     $250


Nixon resigns ceramic Watergate Pitcher from 1974.  7" made by Honiton, England.  Has Nixon, Haldeman, Dean, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Ziegler, and Judge Sirica.  On reverse is White House with George Washington.   $250

Presidential gift from President Richard Nixon in shape of 4-leaf clover with gift card.     $125
1968 Republican National Convention Honored Guest Medal given to Ronald Wade in Miami Florida.     $65
Presidential Gift glass tray from Air Force One from President Richard Nixon     $75
Presidential Inaugural gift for VIP's at the 1969 Inauguration of President Richard Nixon     $85
Presidential Gift 1973 James Madison Large-Sized print of Christmas Card of President and Mrs. Richard Nixon   $125
Presidential Gift 1972 Theodore Roosevelt Large-Sized print of Christmas Card of President and Mrs. Richard Nixon     $125
Nixon for Governor 1962 large silk-like flag for automobile aerial     $50
1973 Nixon Official Inaugural License Plate     $12
Nixon and Agnew small rubber dolls with damage to feet     $10
Sioux Nation for Nixon large heavy paper Native American headdress     $25
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew alarm clock     $25
Tricky Dick Nixon toy puzzle     $20
President Richard M. Nixon heavy metal bank.     $50
President Richard M. Nixon colorful candle     $25
President Richard M. Nixon plain candle.     $25
President Richard M. Nixon seated doll.     $25
President Richard M. Nixon standing doll.     $35
President Richard M. Nixon and Sen. George McGovern ceramic dolls from the 1972 Campaign.     $80
President Richard M. Nixon heavy and large ceramic statue.     $50
President Richard M. Nixon ceramic Elaphant-shaped large bank.     $50
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew wind-up toy who dances a jig to the music of the can-can.     $50
President Richard M. Nixon shower head.     $25
President Richard M. Nixon and Mao Tse Tung playing table tennis (Ping Pong) plastic dolls.     $125q
President Richard M. Nixon heavy metal necklace "Peace/Paddle Power" referring to Ping Pong team from U.S. which toured China and broke open talks between Nixon and China.     $25
President Richard M. Nixon group of buttons related to his visit to China.     $100
President Richard M. Nixon and Choa En Lai 3-d plastic item.     $65
President Richard M. Nixon and Mao Chinese ceramic snuff container.     $45
President Richard M. Nixon China visit flasher ring set.     $30
Rare toys made in Hong Kong to commemorate gift of two pandas from China to President Nixon on trip to China.     $100
Nixon Digs Chinese Food cloth patch     $12
President Richard M. Nixon heavy ceramic statue playing golf.     $200
President Richard M. Nixon heavy ceramic statue giving the world the finger and on his two "victory sign" fingers are two Watergate tapes.     $200



White King is Nixon

Black King is Sen. Sam Ervin, Watergate Committee Chairman
President Richard M. Nixon set of rare 32 piece British-made "Watergate Chess Set" showing key Watergate figures as chess pieces.     $200

WATERGATE PERSONALITIES BOXED CHESS SET.
 The Contemporary Game Chess '72 by R.L.H Enterprises, New York. Box 12.5" x 22" x 4.75" deep.  Eyes on pieces were painted for a magazine feature story.  Playing pieces are solid vinyl, one set with 8 elephant pawns in bronze, the other with 8 donkey pawns in silver. The remaining 16 pieces - 8 Republicans and 8 Democrats - represent people, such as John Erlichman, John Mitchell, and Ted Kennedy. Nixon is the king in bronze; George McGovern the king in silver (set was actually created before the Democratic convention nominated McGovern). 
    $120 (Same in less good condition sold for $120 including shipping on ebay 12-01-07 item # 320187201241)  This one is in mint condition.
Wooden Watergate plaque showing Nixon as King walking before table of men (Watergate Senate Committee) and year 1973.     $150
President Richard M. Nixon red candle and behind his back is a tape recorder.     $35
Apologies or Firmness, Nixon 8 1/2" x 11" flier showing JFK weak to Khruschev and Nixon pointing and strong with Khruschev.     $45
Nixon-Lodge 1960 campaign photo paper poster     $45
10" x 14" official White House 1969 portrait of President Richard Nixon issued by the White House photo office.     $15
Rare flier for Congresswomen Helen Gahagan Douglas in her 1948 campaign for the U.S. Senate in California against Richard Nixon in response to Nixon's "Pink paper" where Nixon implied Douglas was so near pink to almost be a Communist if not.     $100
Nixon and Mrs. Nixon ashtray photos     $25
Presidential gold colored metal commemorative medal.     $45
Rubber doll of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew where you can put his foot in his mouth.     $12
Trash can with 37 presidents listed and pictorially illustrated with beginning and ending years of service indicated. (Nixon is featured and only shows 1969 with no ending date as I bought this then while in high school) It is 12.75” tall, 10.25” wide, 7” deep. Made by J.L. Clark, Rockford, Illinois.     $15
9" x 28" from 1972 campaign for George McGovern, 8-piece mobile promoting George McGovern for president, 1972. Cardstock. McGovern Committee, Vermillion, South Dakota.     $25