Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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LOUIS XIII1281 - LOUIS XIII
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1601 - 1643) King of France heavily influenced by his mother, Marie de Medicis, and his chief Minister, Cardinal Richelieu during the Thirty Years&...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (460.00) = 460.00
 
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LOUIS XIV1282 - LOUIS XIV
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(1638 - 1715) "The Sun King", King of France who undertook a series of wars with neighboring countries, yet is most remembered for impover...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (420.00) = 420.00
 
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LOUIS XVI1283 - LOUIS XVI
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Louis XVI embarks on a campaign to enlarge the French merchant fleet (1754 - 1793) King of France whose ambivalent policies cost him the support of R
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to b*****a for (1,200.00 + 270.00BP) = 1,470.00
 
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LOUIS XVIII1284 - LOUIS XVIII
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(1755 - 1824) King of France in the restoration of the Bourbons following the fall and exile of Napoleon. Manuscript D.S. "Louis" as King,...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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FRENCH REVOLUTION1285 - FRENCH REVOLUTION
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A lot of 12 official documents from various departments of the French republic, various dates pre-and -post --war, signed by unidentified civil servic
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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JEROME BONAPARTE1286 - JEROME BONAPARTE
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(1784 - 1860) French marshal and brother of Napoleon, distinguished himself at Waterloo and in 1852 was made President of the French Senate. Partial A
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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PHILIPPE PETAIN1287 - PHILIPPE PETAIN
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(1856 - 1951) French marshal who defended Verdun in World War I, later Premier of Nazi-sympathetic Vichy France. S.P. 5 1/4" x 3 1/2" b/w,...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (380.00) = 380.00
 
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CHARLES DE GAULLE1288 - CHARLES DE GAULLE
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(1890-1970) French general who led the Free French Forces in World War II, and went on to found and lead the Fifth French Republic. War-date T.L.S. ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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AN AMERICAN DESCRIBES RESTORATION FRANCE1289 - AN AMERICAN DESCRIBES RESTORATION FRANCE
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A.L.S. in an unknown hand, 3pp. + integral address leaf, Paris, June 2, 1818 addressed to "Mrs. John Joy" in Boston. The correspondent Mrs...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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FREDERICK WILLIAM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK1290 - FREDERICK WILLIAM, DUKE OF BRUNSWICK
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(1771 - 1815) German prince and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Nicknamed "The Black Duke", he was a military officer who led the Black B...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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PAUL VON HINDENBURG1291 - PAUL VON HINDENBURG
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(1847 - 1934) German general and politician, crushed the Russians at Tannenburg and in Poland, forced to yield the Chancellor's office to Hitler...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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BENITO MUSSOLINI1292 - BENITO MUSSOLINI
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(1883 - 1945) Italian dictator whose fascist supporters marched on Rome, securing him power; allied with Hitler, after many military and political set
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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BENITO MUSSOLINI1293 - BENITO MUSSOLINI
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(1883 - 1945) Italian dictator whose fascist supporters marched on Rome, securing him power; allied with Hitler, after many military and political set
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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ITALIAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS1294 - ITALIAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS
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Two signatures of prominent Italian revolutionaries, the first: GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI, signature on a small slip, mounted with glue stains and light wear
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (420.00) = 420.00
 
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(FRANZ JOSEPH I)1295 - (FRANZ JOSEPH I)
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(1830 - 1916) Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and a German prince. His 68-year reign is the third-
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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CONSTANTINE OF GREECE1296 - CONSTANTINE OF GREECE
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(b. 1940) Last monarch of Greece. T.L.S. 1p. 8vo., on official letterhead marked with his initial "K" at top, Dec. 1, 1981 to Mr. Kingsbur...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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EUROPEAN MAPS1297 - EUROPEAN MAPS
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A good set of four 18th Century maps of the Low Countries (all approx. 24" x 20" ea.) including a very attractive colored map of the entir...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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FREDERICK IV1298 - FREDERICK IV
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(1671-1730) King of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of King Christian V of Denmark and Norway and Charlotte Amalie
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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LAJOS KOSSUTH1299 - LAJOS KOSSUTH
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(1802-1894) Hungarian political leader considered the "Father of Hungarian Democracy", appointed Governor of Hungary with dictatorial powe...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to l*********0 for (70.00 + 15.75BP) = 85.75
 
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MIKLOS HORTHY1300 - MIKLOS HORTHY
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(1868 - 1957) Hungarian politician who fought Hungary's post-World War I Communist regime, overthrowing it only to be abducted by the Nazis and ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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WILLIAM V, PRINCE OF ORANGE1301 - WILLIAM V, PRINCE OF ORANGE
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(1748 - 1806) Stadholder of the Netherlands dominated by his spouse Wilhelmina of Prussia, his rule was weakened by ill-advised alliances resulting in
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS1302 - QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS
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(1909 - 2004) Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980. D.S. 1p. oblong sm. folio, Soestduk, Mar. 7, 1953, a certificate
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS1303 - MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTS
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A great lot of eleven medieval documents in various formats, each on vellum and largely deeds or vidimi from France. This collection is largely from t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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LEON TROTSKY1304 - LEON TROTSKY
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(1879 - 1940) Russian Communist leader who with Lenin organized the Bolshevik October Revolution, defeated by Stalin in their struggle for control of
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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LEONID BREZHNEV1305 - LEONID BREZHNEV
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(1906 - 1982) Soviet leader who engineered the ouster of Khrushchev, chairman of the Presidium, and established the Brezhnev Doctrine entitling the So
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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YURI ANDROPOV1306 - YURI ANDROPOV
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(1914-1984) Soviet Premier who ruled for a brief 15 months following the death of Leonid Brezhnev in 1982. During his tenure as head of the KGB, he ru
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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GREETING CARD COLLECTION OF FIELD MARSHAL VICTOR KHARCHENKO1307 - GREETING CARD COLLECTION OF FIELD MARSHAL VICTOR KHARCHENKO
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An group of greeting cards, letters and other ephemera from the estate of Field Marshal Viktor Kondraty'evich Kharchenko (1911-1975), who partic...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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JOSEP BROZ TITO1308 - JOSEP BROZ TITO
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1892 - 1980) President of Yugoslavia. Tito led partisans during World War II and as head of the nation he secured independence from the Soviet Union
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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CAMILO CIENFUEGOS1309 - CAMILO CIENFUEGOS
Alexander Historical Auctions
Cienfuegos endorses Partagas cigars! (d. 1959), one of the most important of the Cuban revolutionaries, a close associate of Che and the Castro broth
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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(CHE GUEVARA)1310 - (CHE GUEVARA)
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(1928 - 1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader, allied with Fidel and Raul Castro in their successful revolutionary activities, he
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (480.00) = 480.00
 
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CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTER*1311 - CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTER*
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A brightly colored Chinese Cultural Revolution poster, 30" x 19" , shows enthusiastic children with red armbands running happily in sync,...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTER*1312 - CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTER*
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A great, oversize Chinese Cultural Revolution poster ca. 1970, measures 30" x 41" , shows two happy comrades at work in a quarry and titl...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTER*1313 - CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTER*
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A brightly colored Cultural Revolution propaganda poster, 30" x 20" , shows a smiling leader dressed in peasant garb and carrying a lante...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTER*1314 - CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION POSTER*
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A brightly-colored oversize poster from the Chinese Cultural Revolution, measures 30" x 41" and shows a radiant Chinese athlete raising ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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ANTIONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA1315 - ANTIONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1794 - 1876) Mexican general and politician, a President of Mexico who sought to crush the Texas Revolution, seizing the Alamo only be defeated by Sa
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Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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EVA PERON1316 - EVA PERON
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(1919-1952) Wife of Argentinean President Juan Peron who struggled to obtain improved peasant welfare, woman suffrage, and health and labor reforms. A
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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JUAN PERON1317 - JUAN PERON
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(1895 - 1974) Argentinian dictator deposed in a military coup but returned to power. His administration much improved the nation's welfare, but ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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JUAN PERON1318 - JUAN PERON
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(1895 - 1974) Argentinean dictator deposed in a military coup but returned to power. His administration much improved the nation's welfare, but ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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AFRICAN LEADERS1319 - AFRICAN LEADERS
Alexander Historical Auctions
A nice group of nine pieces signed by prominent African leaders, in various formats, includes: DESMOND TUTU (two S.P. 4" x 6" color, signe...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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YITZAK RABIN1320 - YITZAK RABIN
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Angry and suspecting his father-in-law of misappropriating funds, Bell writes his wife: "I have contributed sufficiently to the pecuniary inter...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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SADDAM HUSSEIN1321 - SADDAM HUSSEIN
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(1937 - 2006) President of Iraq who, in 1979, led Arab opposition to the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt. Under Hussein's direction,...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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CALLIGRAPHIC ARABIC DOCUMENTS1322 - CALLIGRAPHIC ARABIC DOCUMENTS
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A group of 11 probably 16th-18th century Arabic documents, various sizes but mostly 4to., some bearing gold-leaf and hand-painted decoration. Not tran
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL1323 - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
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Angry and suspecting his father-in-law of misappropriating funds, Bell writes his wife: "I have contributed sufficiently to the pecuniary inter...
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Start Price : 7,500.00 | Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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ALBERT EINSTEIN1324 - ALBERT EINSTEIN
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Einstein admits to one of his few weaknesses… (1879-1955) American physicist whose Theory of Relativity and studies of mass and energy relationships
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,700.00) = 1,700.00
 
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SAMUEL F. B. MORSE1325 - SAMUEL F. B. MORSE
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A rare check made out and signed by Morse (1791 - 1872) American inventor credited with the invention of the telegraph, as well as a signaling alpha
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Estimate : 700.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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CHARLES DARWIN1326 - CHARLES DARWIN
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(1809 - 1882) English naturalist who proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection and determined man evolved from an anthropoid animal. Cut sig
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Estimate : 700.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL1327 - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
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Bell seeks to employ an ex-student to teach his "Visible Speech" to the deaf (1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL1328 - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
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(1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the Bell Telephone Company, and established the Volta Laboratory which produced numerous rela
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL1329 - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
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(1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the Bell Telephone Company, and established the Volta Laboratory which produced numerous rela
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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LUTHER BURBANK1330 - LUTHER BURBANK
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(1849 - 1926) American scientist and horticulturist who developed new strains of fruits, berries and vegetables, and the Shasta daisy as well. Lot of
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to a*******y for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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