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George Washington: Robert Spring

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
George Washington: Robert Spring

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Auction Date:2010 Nov 10 @ 19:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
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
English-born forger (1813-1876) of letters and documents from luminaries including Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Horatio Nelson An original Robert Spring forgery of a George Washington endorsement signature on the reverse of a bank check, 5 x 2.5, made out to Henry Neilson for $440.00, dated August 26, 1794, and signed on the reverse, “Go: Washington.” Check is inlaid to a 5.5 x 3.5 off-white sheet. In very good condition, with even overall toning, signature a couple of shades light, but legible, and old repairs to both sides. Spring forgeries, done in the 1860s and 1870s, are highly collectible.