RR Auction: Titanic Auction

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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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Leo Hyland117 - Leo Hyland
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Third class steward (1893-1974) who survived the Titanic’s sinking. ALS signed “J. Hyland,” one page, lightly-lined, 7 x 9, July 26, 1960. Letter to L
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Louise ‘Kink’ Pope118 - Louise ‘Kink’ Pope
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Third class passenger aboard the Titanic (1908-1992), only 4-years-old at the time, who survived along with her parents, but lost her aunt and uncle i
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Margaritha Schwarzenbach119 - Margaritha Schwarzenbach
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High-born Swiss citizen (1889-1972) who survived the Titanic, disembarking in New York, where she soon married and made a new life. ALS signed “Marg.
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Winifred Quick120 - Winifred Quick
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ALS signed “Mrs. Alois Van Tongerloo nee Winnifred Vera Quick,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 8.75, April 12, 1986. In part: “We…were awakened by a stew
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Eleanor Johnson Shuman121 - Eleanor Johnson Shuman
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Only eighteen months old when she boarded the Titanic, Shuman survived the sinking with her mother and brother, and was active in Titanic-related even
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Titanic: Dean and Shuman122 - Titanic: Dean and Shuman
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Impressive display featuring a large piece of coal recovered from the wreck of the Titanic as the centerpiece, a limited edition photo of the last ima
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R. N. Williams123 - R. N. Williams
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ALS signed “R. N. Williams II,” one page, 7 x 10.75, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to a Titanic enthusiast. In part: “Unfortunately, it would t
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Boston Daily Globe and Boston Post126 - Boston Daily Globe and Boston Post
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Two newspapers: a complete April 20, 1912, issue of the Boston Post, with its banner headline stating, “Ismay Admits Titanic Was Racing 21 Knots An Ho
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Boston Daily Globe and Sunday Herald127 - Boston Daily Globe and Sunday Herald
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Two newspapers: complete evening edition of the April 20, 1912, issue of the Boston Daily Globe, 18.5 x 24, with the front page full of articles on th
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Boston Daily Globe: April 19, 1912128 - Boston Daily Globe: April 19, 1912
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Original and complete April 19, 1912, morning edition of The Boston Daily Globe, 18.5 x 24, with the front page taken up with reports of the sinking.
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