RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Henry Schoolcraft355 - Henry Schoolcraft
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American geographer and ethnologist (1793–1864) noted for his early studies of Native American cultures and an 1832 expedition to the source of the Mi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Seafaring Merchants356 - Seafaring Merchants
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Collection of six letters primarily related to various seafaring merchants, dated between 1752 and 1798. Letter of September 18, 1752, from merchant M
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Nathan Straus357 - Nathan Straus
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Businessman and philanthropist (1848–1931) who co-owned two of New York City's biggest department stores—R.H. Macy & Company and Abraham &am...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Supreme Court358 - Supreme Court
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Ink signatures of Samuel Freeman Miller, Samuel Nelson, David Davis, Nathan Clifford, and Stephen Johnson Field on individual slips and cards of vario
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: William O. Douglas359 - Supreme Court: William O. Douglas
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ALS signed “Bill,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 9, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, August 17, 1987. Letter to a friend in New Hampshire.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Supreme Court: Fred M. Vinson360 - Supreme Court: Fred M. Vinson
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Fred M. Vinson Attorney and Counsellor at Law business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Vinson, “Fred M. Vinson,” payable to Northcott-Tate-H
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Edward Teller361 - Edward Teller
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Limited edition 23.5 x 17 presentation print in the form of a large document entitled Morality and Defense, signed at the bottom in black felt tip. In
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Margaret Thatcher362 - Margaret Thatcher
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Glossy 3.75 x 5.25 head-and-shoulders photo, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Margaret Thatcher363 - Margaret Thatcher
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Color glossy 11.75 x 8.25 photo of Thatcher on a sidewalk, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Margaret Thatcher364 - Margaret Thatcher
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Signed book: The Path to Power. First edition. London: HarperCollins, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 656 pages. Signed on the second fr
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Desmond Tutu365 - Desmond Tutu
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Official Rawlings National League baseball signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot. In very good condition, with some light toning over portions of
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Vice Presidents366 - Vice Presidents
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Three official Rawlings baseballs: Major League baseball signed on a side panel in blue ballpoint, “Fritz Mondale”; National League baseball signed on
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Robert Walpole367 - Robert Walpole
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First Earl of Orford (1676–1745). British statesman regarded as being the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, who served during the reigns of Georg
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Booker T. Washington368 - Booker T. Washington
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Ink signature, “Booker T. Washington,” on an off-white 8.5 x 2 slip clipped from the close of a manuscript letter. Three vertical folds (one passing t
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Daniel Webster369 - Daniel Webster
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Dan’l Webster,” one page, 8 x 10, June 7, 1841. Document from the Department of State addressed to the Portsmouth Journal,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Elie Wiesel370 - Elie Wiesel
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Signed book: The Testament. First edition, first printing. NY: Summit Books, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 346 pages. Signed on a pag
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Stephen Wise371 - Stephen Wise
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Reform rabbi and Zionist leader (1874–1949). Three one-page TLSs, various sizes, all on Free Synagogue letterhead, dating from 1929–1931, all to the s
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Oliver Wolcott, Jr372 - Oliver Wolcott, Jr
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Oliv: Wolcott, Jr.,” one page, 6.5 x 4, February 14, 1789. Wolcott orders the payment of £0.19.2 to Isaac Phelps. Ma...
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Women's Suffrage373 - Women's Suffrage
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Five items: TLS by Eleanor Roosevelt, one page, personal letterhead, July 1, 1957, offering good wishes; ALS by Alice Stone Blackwell, one page, The W
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Gunfight at the OK Corral375 - Gunfight at the OK Corral
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Massive and visually striking original oil-on-canvas painting, 76 x 48, by noted western artist Don Perceval. Commissioned in 1965 by Tombstone histor
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show Poster376 - Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show Poster
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Extremely rare and vibrant nine-color original ‘Red Cloud’ lithograph for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World, by A. Ho
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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William Barret Travis377 - William Barret Travis
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Manuscript DS, signed “W. Barret Travis,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.75, October 15, 1833. An inventory of the estate of William Robinson, all in
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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David Crockett378 - David Crockett
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Rare ink signature, “Free, D. Crockett,” on an off-white 3 x 1.25 slip clipped from a free frank. Attractively double-suede-matted and framed with ima
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer379 - George A. Custer
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Bank check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Custer, “G. A. Custer,” payable to Thomas Polk & Co. for $600.00, November 30, 1872. A two-cent G...
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer380 - George A. Custer
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Partly-printed DS , signed “G. A. Custer, Maj Genl,” two pages, one 9.75 x 11.75 and one 9.75 x 15.75, November 1865. Document headed at the top, “Lis
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer381 - George A. Custer
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Mailing envelope, 8 x 4, addressed in Custer’s hand to “Mrs. Gen. Custer, Monroe, Michigan.” Envelope bears six three-cent George Washington postage s
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Sitting Bull382 - Sitting Bull
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Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man (circa 1831–1890) known for his steadfast opposition to the intrusion of the US government into Sioux lands. Fleeing to
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Deadwood: Seth Bullock383 - Deadwood: Seth Bullock
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American lawman (1849-1919) who, among other posts, served as sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota. A friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Bullock served as a c
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bat Masterson384 - Bat Masterson
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ALS signed “Bat,” written at the conclusion of a three-page typed biography of Masterson by Robert M. Wright, 8.5 x 11, no date, but circa 1912. Wrigh
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Wyatt Earp385 - Wyatt Earp
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Exceedingly rare and very early handwritten endorsement, signed “W. S. Earp, Const,” on the reverse of a subpoena from the state of Missouri. The subp
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa386 - Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa
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ALS in pencil in Spanish, signed “Francisco Villa,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, November 20, 1919. A quietly threatening letter to “Sr. G
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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John Wesley Hardin387 - John Wesley Hardin
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Appointment of Hardin by Sheriff Robert M. Glover on a state of Texas warrant for Robert Halliburton, one page, both sides, 8.5 x 7, August 2, 1897. O
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Sam Houston388 - Sam Houston
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American statesman (1793–1863) who served as the first President of Texas. Large and bold ink signature, “Texas Senator Sam Houston,” on an off-white
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frederic Remington389 - Frederic Remington
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Ink signature, “Frederic Remington,” on an off-white 2.75 x .75 slip. Double-matted with a color print depicting a cowboy to an overall size of 19.25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chris Madsen390 - Chris Madsen
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Lawman of the Old West (1851–1944) who is best known as being one of ‘The Three Guardsmen’, who were responsible for the apprehension and/or killing o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Little Bighorn: Edward G. Mathey391 - Little Bighorn: Edward G. Mathey
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Lieutenant in Custer’s 7th Cavalry (1837–1915) who was in command of the pack train and involved in hilltop fighting at the Battle of the Little Bigho
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Little Bighorn: Edward S. Godfrey392 - Little Bighorn: Edward S. Godfrey
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Cavalry officer (1843–1932) who survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn, later publishing an account of his experience in Century Magazine which was
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody393 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Bold ink signature, “W. F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill’ 1901,” on an off-white card. Double-matted and framed with a small color portrait of Cody to an overal
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Barnard E. Bee, Sr394 - Barnard E. Bee, Sr
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Early Texan political leader (1787–1853) who negotiated with Daniel Webster and settled the formal treaty by which the United States recognized Texas.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Colt Firearms Letter395 - Colt Firearms Letter
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ALS, written in an unknown hand, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co. letterhead, December 6, 1873. Letter to Adams Nickel Pl
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Frank Leslie396 - Frank Leslie
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Engraver, illustrator, and publisher (1821–1880) best known for his Civil War illustrations and various periodicals. Vintage ink signature, “Faithfull
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Texas: Rusk and Pease397 - Texas: Rusk and Pease
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Rusk (1803–1857) served as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto and as the Republic of Texas’s first secretary of war. Pease (1812–1883) served as g
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Gayle Porter Hoskins398 - Gayle Porter Hoskins
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American illustrator (1887–1962) who studied under Howard Pyle. Color 6.25 x 7.25 magazine photo of one of Hoskins’s cowboy illustrations, signed in t
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John Norval Marchand399 - John Norval Marchand
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Painter, sculptor, and illustrator (1875–1921) heavily influenced by the west. Color 6 x 9.75 magazine photo of one of Marchand’s western scenes, sign
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Howard Hastings400 - Howard Hastings
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Early 20th century illustrator known for his outdoor scenes. Field and Stream magazine cover, dated February 1915, featuring one of Hastings’s hunting
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Charles Schreyvogel401 - Charles Schreyvogel
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Painter (1861–1912) widely known for his art of the western frontier. Vintage 3.75 x 5 magazine photo of an armed horseman, signed in the lower border
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Stanley L. Wood402 - Stanley L. Wood
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Illustrator known for his action scenes featuring horses, often used in boys' adventure stories (1866–1928). Color vintage 6.75 x 7.75 magazine ...
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Edmund Frederick403 - Edmund Frederick
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Early 20th century illustrator. Munsey’s Magazine cover featuring one of Frederick’s illustrations, 6.5 x 9, signed in the lower right in black ink, “
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Cole Younger405 - Cole Younger
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Old West outlaw (1844–1916) and leader of the Younger Gang, who eventually turned from a life of crime to Wild West shows and public speaking. A pair
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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US Artillery Model Colt Single Action Army Revolver406 - US Artillery Model Colt Single Action Army Revolver
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This .45 Colt caliber revolver has mismatched numbers, as is correct. Serial no. 17064 is on the bottom of the frame with “U.S.” on the left side of t
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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