RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Mozart composes his “Serenade in D Major.” Thomas Paine defends the “Age of Reason.” “Norma Jeane” begins her modeling career. Steve Jobs leaves Apple. History converges in RR Auction’s March 2017 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, which features over 800 lots spanning history, popular culture, science, and the arts. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in March 2017
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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King Charles II206 - King Charles II
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British monarch (1630–1685) who ushered in the Restoration of 1660 and ruled until his death. Manuscript DS, signed “Charles R,” one page, 7.5 x 10.5,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King Charles V207 - King Charles V
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Holy Roman Emperor who, as Charles I, also served as king of Spain (1500–1558). LS in Spanish, signed “Carol,” one page, 8.25 x 12, February 1, 1548.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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King Edward VIII209 - King Edward VIII
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Partly-printed DS, signed "Edward RI," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 13, [September 16, 1936]. King Edward grants Martin Willou...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King George II210 - King George II
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “George R,” one page, 13.5 x 9.5, November 26, 1751. King George appoints Gavin Cockran "to be Lieutenant…in O...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King George III211 - King George III
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Manuscript DS, signed “George R,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.75, June 27, 1792. Warrant to authorize a payment, in part: “Our Will &a...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King George III212 - King George III
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ALS signed “GR,” one page, 7 x 8, September 10, 1795. In part: "The unpleasant Minute of Cabinet I received yesterday for withdrawing the Briti...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King George V213 - King George V
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Partly-printed DS, signed “George RI,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 13, [April 21, 1931]. King George grants Geoffrey Parker the "l...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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King James I214 - King James I
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The son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who succeeded to the Scottish throne as James VI in 1567 and ruled England and Ireland as James I from 1603 until his
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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King James II215 - King James II
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The last Catholic monarch (1633–1701) to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, crowned in 1685. Manuscript DS, signed “James R,”
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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King Louis XVI216 - King Louis XVI
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King of France (born 1754) from 1774 to 1792. In the wake of increasing unrest that developed into full-fledged revolution, Louis and his queen, Marie
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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King Philip II217 - King Philip II
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King of Spain (born 1527) from 1556 until his death in 1598, whose his eventful reign included Spain's conquest of the Philippines (named for hi...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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King William III218 - King William III
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Sovereign Prince of Orange (1650–1702) who served as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 until his death. Manuscript DS, signed “William
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Catherine de Medici219 - Catherine de Medici
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Influential Italian noblewoman (1519–1589) who was queen of France from 1547 to 1559 and the mother of three French kings: Francis II, Charles IX, and
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles220 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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Christmas card embossed with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measuring 16 x 6 open, featurin
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Queen Anne221 - Queen Anne
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Queen of England (born 1665), the last British monarch in the Stuart dynasty, who reigned from 1702 until her death in 1714. Vellum manuscript DS, sig
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip222 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
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Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 7 photo of Elizabeth, Philip, and their children waving from a balcony, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "...
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip223 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
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Superb vintage matte-finish 7 x 8.5 full-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth with Prince Philip, affixed to its original mount, signed on the mount in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth I224 - Queen Elizabeth I
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Rare partly-printed DS, signed “Elizabeth R,” one page, 12 x 8, June 1, 1574. Document issued to "our right trusty and right wellbeloved chance...
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Queen Mary I225 - Queen Mary I
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Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 until her death whose brutal persecution of Protestants earned her the nickname 'Bloody Mary' (1516–1...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria226 - Queen Victoria
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ALS signed “Victoria R. I.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Windsor Castle letterhead, June 24, 1893. Letter to Lady Try
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria227 - Queen Victoria
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Appealing partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 13.5 x 9.25, September 22, 1837. Queen Victoria appoints John Squair as "Sur...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria228 - Queen Victoria
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 13.5 x 9.25, March 1, 1855. Queen Victoria appoints Charles Steel "to be a Lieutenant in Our ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Titanic229 - Titanic
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Original first-generation matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 lightweight photo of Titanic Emergency Lifeboat 2, the first to reach the Carpathia, being hoiste
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Titanic230 - Titanic
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Original first-generation glossy 5.5 x 4 photo of Titanic Emergency Lifeboats 6 and 4. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Titanic: John Gill231 - Titanic: John Gill
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Collection of three letters related to the loss of John Gill in the Titanic disaster, consisting of a letter from his widow Sarah Gill's attorne...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Titanic: Daniel Keane232 - Titanic: Daniel Keane
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ALS by the mother of Titanic victim Daniel Keane, signed “Honoria Keane,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, December 28, 1915. Letter to &q...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Wilde233 - Henry Wilde
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The chief officer of the RMS Titanic (born 1872) whose body was never recovered following the liner's sinking on April 15, 1912. ALS signed “Har...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Daniel Boone234 - Daniel Boone
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Extremely rare ADS, signed “Daniel Boone DS,” one page, 8 x 6.25, June 12, 1787. Land survey for Henry Burds of Madison County, Kentucky, in full (gra
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody235 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Exceptional 9.5 x 7.5 photo of Cody and his daughter Irma in a horse-drawn carriage, affixed to the original 14.75 x 12.25 photographer’s mount, signe
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody236 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9 photo of Cody with a suitable smirk on his face and a twinkle in his eye, signed and inscribed in black ink, “W. F. Cody,
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Butch Cassidy237 - Butch Cassidy
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Rare archive of three documents relating to the reputed killing of Butch Cassidy and ‘Wild Bunch’ desperado Joe Walker, each written on Seventh Judici
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Davy Crockett238 - Davy Crockett
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Incredible scrapbook compiled circa 1830s by Elvira Loraine Foster Smith, approximately 80 pages, 8.5 x 13.5, containing 49 clipped signatures affixed
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Geronimo239 - Geronimo
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Highly sought-after pencil signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.75 slip affixed within a leatherbound scrapbook containing about thirty affi
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Estimate : 8,500.00 - 9,500.00
 
 
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Native American240 - Native American
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LS signed “John Heckewelder,” two pages, 6.5 x 7.75, December 9, 1797. Letter addressed to "Mr. William Holmes, (an Indian), Philadelphia."...
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Cosey: Benjamin Franklin241 - Joseph Cosey: Benjamin Franklin
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American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of a clock engraving signed twice by Benjamin Franklin,
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Cosey: Abraham Lincoln242 - Joseph Cosey: Abraham Lincoln
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American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of an ALS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 8.5 x 5, Septe
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Alexander II243 - Alexander II
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Emperor of Russia until his assassination in 1881 (born 1818), who also served as the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland; became known as Al
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Arctic Explorers244 - Arctic Explorers
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Five ink signatures of arctic explorers on individual slips, including: Adolphus Greely, Frederick A. Cook, George W. Melville, Robert A. Bartlett, an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Jacob Astor245 - John Jacob Astor
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Businessman who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multimillionaire in the United States (1763–1848). Partly-printed DS,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Clement Attlee246 - Clement Attlee
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British politician (1883–1967) who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1951. Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 bust-length photo of Atlee in a suit and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Menachem Begin247 - Menachem Begin
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Two items: a TLS, signed "M. Begin," one page, 6.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, July 16, 1989, in part: "My opinion—I think the over...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Theodor Billroth248 - Theodor Billroth
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Austrian surgeon and amateur musician (1829–1894) who is regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery; as a musician, he was a close fr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Otto von Bismarck249 - Otto von Bismarck
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Prussian statesman and First Chancellor of the German Empire (1815-1898). Superb matte-finish 5 x 7 full-length seated photo of von Bismarck in milita
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joseph Bonanno250 - Joseph Bonanno
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Check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Bonanno, payable to American Airline for $172, February 23, 1978. Bonanno adds a series of account numbers a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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David G. Burnet251 - David G. Burnet
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American politician (1788-1870) who served as interim president of the Republic of Texas in 1836. ALS, one page, 7.5 x 5.25, December 6, 1866. Letter
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Business252 - Business
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Collection of thirteen items signed by various businessmen, including: George B. Cortelyou (signature), Rufus C. Dawes (signature), John Willys (signa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fidel Castro254 - Fidel Castro
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Program for a concert at the Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis, 8.75 x 8.75, two pages, signed on the front cover in green ballpoint by Castro.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek255 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Ink signature, "Mayling Soong Chiang,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card. Matted and framed with a photo of Chiang standing beside her husband du...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek256 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Signed book: Selected Speeches, 1958–1959. Taipei, Taiwan: The Office of the President, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 187 pages. Nicel
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria257 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
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Archduke of Austria and Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (1858-1889) who died in a suicide pact with his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera. Scarce 4 x 5.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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