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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George and George W. Bush152 - George and George W. Bush
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Two bookplates: an off-white 4 x 6 George Bush personal bookplate, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Pat Keejer, All the best, George Bush”; and
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton153 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: My Life. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 957 pages. Signed on the title page in blue fel
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton154 - Bill Clinton
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Clinton posing in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama and former Presidents Bush, Carter, and Bush, signed in bla
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bill Clinton155 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: Giving. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9.5, 240 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page,
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George W. Bush and Andy Card156 - George W. Bush and Andy Card
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Card speaking to President Bush on the morning of 9/11, signed in silver ink, “‘A second plane hit the second Tower. Amer
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George W. Bush157 - George W. Bush
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Signed book: A Charge to Keep. First edition, first printing. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 253 pages.
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George W. Bush159 - George W. Bush
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TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 9, White House letterhead, July 27, 2001. Letter to Congressman C. W. ‘Bill’ Young. In full: “I read the op-ed you w
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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George W. Bush160 - George W. Bush
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Color 5.75 x 4 New York City souvenir postcard, with three images of the Word Trade Center, signed on the reverse in black felt tip by Bush. Postcard
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George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani, and George Pataki161 - George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani, and George Pataki
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Signed book: One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Hardcover, 9.25 x 11, 192 pages
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Barack Obama162 - Barack Obama
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Campaign poster, 10.75 x 16.75, showing Obama in a barber shop, signed in black felt tip. Framed to an overall size of 12.25 x 18.25. In very fine con
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Barack Obama163 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition, later printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Barack Obama164 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: Dreams from My Father. First edition, later printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 442 pages. Signe
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First Ladies165 - First Ladies
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Ink signatures, “Edith Bolling Wilson,” “Eleanor Roosevelt,” and “Mamie Eisenhower,” on individual off-white cards. In overall fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination170 - Kennedy Assassination
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Collection of 18 original first generation glossy photos, all 7 x 5 and 5 x 7, of test results of experiments done by Dr. John K. Lattimer for his boo
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination171 - Kennedy Assassination
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A collection of material related to the assassination of President Kennedy, including a card signed by Oswald's mother Marguerite dated October ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald172 - Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald
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Air mail envelope, 6.25 x 4.5, addressed in Oswald’s hand to his mother: “U.S.A., Box 982, Vernon Texas, Mrs. M. Oswald,” and adding his Moscow return
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Estimate : 2,400.00 - 2,600.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald173 - Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald
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ALS signed twice, “Love, Lee,” two pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, December 13, 1961. Letter to his mother. In full (with gram
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Estimate : 8,500.00 - 9,500.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald174 - Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald
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A bullet, approximately 1.25” long, fired from a 6.5mm Mannlicher-Cracano Italian carbine rifle owned by Jesse E. Curry, Dallas Chief of Police from 1
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Piece of Fencing from the Grassy Knoll175 - Kennedy Assassination: Piece of Fencing from the Grassy Knoll
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An original piece of fencing from the grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza. Section measures 3 x 6 x 1. Piece originates from the renowned collection of Rober
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald176 - Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald
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Very rare original color 8mm silent home movies of Lee Harvey Oswald, his wife Marina, and his family celebrating Thanksgiving on November 22, 1962, a
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby178 - Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby
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ALS, in pencil, six pages, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, December 2, 1963. Lengthy letter to “Marvin.” In part: “Your letter was most welcome…it gave me a rea
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby179 - Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby
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A bullet shot by the actual .38 caliber Colt Cobra revolver, Serial #2744 LW, used by Jack Ruby to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, in th
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby180 - Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby
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ALS in pencil, signed “Jack,” four pages, 5.75 x 3.75, April 15, 1964. Letter to his brother-in-law, Harold Kaminsky. In part: “You still must carry o
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Kennedy Assassination: Clay Shaw181 - Kennedy Assassination: Clay Shaw
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Businessman (1913–1974) who was the only person prosecuted in connection with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; he was ultimately found
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Roald Amundsen and Paul von Hindenburg182 - Roald Amundsen and Paul von Hindenburg
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Ink signatures, “Roald Amundsen, 20.9.25,” and “von Hindenburg 22.9.23,” on an off-white 4.75 x 7 album page. Page is also signed on either side by Au
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Yuri Andropov183 - Yuri Andropov
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Appointed KGB chief in 1967, he became a full member of the Politburo in 1973. His firm handling of dissident movements enhanced his reputation, enabl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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André-Marie Ampere184 - André-Marie Ampere
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Influential French physicist (1775–1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in hi
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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André-Marie Ampere185 - André-Marie Ampere
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Influential French physicist (1775–1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in hi
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Francois Arago189 - Francois Arago
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French Catalan mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (1786-1853). ALS in French, signed “F. Arago,” three pages on two adjoining sheets
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P. T. Barnum190 - P. T. Barnum
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, Barnum’s American Museum letterhead, April 9, 1863. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I have no photograph not in use. The one Hi
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P. T. Barnum191 - P. T. Barnum
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Three items: ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5.75 x 9, personal letterhead, February 11, 1887. Letter to John H. Perry. In part: “I know and realize eve
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Henri Becquerel192 - Henri Becquerel
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Physicist (1852–1908) whose experiments with uranium salts led to the discovery of spontaneous radioactivity; for this breakthrough he shared the 1903
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Lujo Brentano193 - Lujo Brentano
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German economist and social reformer (1844–1931). Original 4 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Helier Elvira of Munich, signed in the lower border in purple ink,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell194 - Alexander Graham Bell
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TLS, two pages, 8 x 10.5, January 25, 1912. Letter to Edwin Elsbach, advocating marriage practices among young deaf persons that can decrease the risk
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Claude Bernard195 - Claude Bernard
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Eminent French physiologist (1813–1878). ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5.25, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Miss F. Oppenhein, sending tickets
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Saint John Bosco196 - Saint John Bosco
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ALS in Italian, signed “Sac. Bosco Gio,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, October 11, 1858. Untranslated letter to Joseph Cotta, in which Bosco recalls a stay in
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Aaron Burr197 - Aaron Burr
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LS, one page, 7.5 x 8.75, May 4, 1796. Letter to William Constable. In part: “Mr. Williamson advises me that he would leave Boston on 2 May and that i
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Andrew Carnegie198 - Andrew Carnegie
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9, personal letterhead, October 1, 1914. Letter to David Bates. In full: “Many thanks for your favor of 23rd September, which re
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Alexandre Brongniart199 - Alexandre Brongniart
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French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (1770–1847). ALS in French, signed “Al. Brongniart,” one page, 4.75 x 7, January 17, 1839. Untranslated le
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Andrew Carnegie200 - Andrew Carnegie
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Signed book: Triumphant Democracy. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 519 pages. Signed and inscribed on ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Catherine the Great201 - Catherine the Great
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Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796, who came to power following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III. LS in Cyril...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Charles of Orleans202 - Charles of Orleans
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French prince (1394–1465) kept prisoner by the King of England for thirty years during the Hundred Years War, remembered as an accomplished medieval p
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Jean-Antoine Chaptal203 - Jean-Antoine Chaptal
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French chemist (1756–1832) who introduced the process of adding sugar to wine, called ‘Chaptalization.’ LS in French, signed “Chaptal,” one page both
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Winston Churchill204 - Winston Churchill
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Signed book: Life of Lord R. Churchill, Volumes I and II. First edition. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 564 and 531
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill205 - Winston Churchill
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TLS signed “W,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, December 5, 1959. Letter expressing gratitude. In full: “I have been admiring the beautiful and
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Henry Clay206 - Henry Clay
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Partly-printed DS, signed “H. Clay,” one page, 12.75 x 10, May 21, 1832. A certificate from the American Colonization Society issued to G. W. Burnett
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody207 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Ink signature, “Very truly, W. F. Cody,” on an off-white 3 x 1 lightly-lined slip clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Ornately matted and framed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Marie Curie209 - Marie Curie
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DS, in French, signed “M. Curie,” one page, 8.5 x 12.5, Institut Du Radium letterhead, June 15, 1923. Curie measures the “Dosage of Mesothorium by Gam
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Pierre Curie210 - Pierre Curie
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ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, Faculte des Sciences de Paris letterhead, April 19, 1905. Letter to a colleague. In full (tran
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Baron Georges Cuvier211 - Baron Georges Cuvier
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French naturalist and zoologist (1769–1832). He originated the natural system of animal classification, and through his studies of animal and fish fos
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