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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Titanic Grand Staircase21 - Titanic Grand Staircase
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A very large section of the Titanic’s aft Grand Staircase, measuring 19 x 2.75, believed to have once been a part of a step, recovered by the Minia an
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Titanic Piece of Deck Chair22 - Titanic Piece of Deck Chair
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A 2.25 x 1.75 x 1 section of deck chair, cut from the seat of a damaged Titanic deck chair recovered by the cable ship Minia during the recovery of th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John W. Gill Silver Half Dollar23 - John W. Gill Silver Half Dollar
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A 1906 US silver half dollar, recovered from the body of Titanic victim John W. Gill. Gill was a second-class passenger travelling to America to seek
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Titanic Wood24 - Titanic Wood
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A thin 1? long sliver of wood, originally part of the ship’s oak wheelhouse door, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean after the sinking of the Titanic.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Austin Partner25 - Austin Partner
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Eighteen karat UK assayed gold collar stud, worn by Austin Partner, First Class Titanic passenger and victim. This stud was worn by Partner when he dr
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 14,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Hewitt26 - Thomas Hewitt
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An 18k gold gentlemen’s signet ring (.30 kt), recovered from the body of Titanic bedroom steward Thomas Hewitt. This ring was recovered from Hewitt’s
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Carl Asplund27 - Carl Asplund
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A single iron key with quatrefoil head made by Yale and Town circa 1900, measuring approximately two inches long, recovered from the body of third-cla
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Titanic British Enquiry Plan and Sections28 - Titanic British Enquiry Plan and Sections
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An extraordinarily rare original cross-section and plan labeled “S. S. ‘Titanic,’” in the lower left corner and marked “No. 8” in the upper right corn
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Estimate : 80,000.00 - 100,000.00
 
 
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Titanic: Highest Ranking Surviving Officers32 - Titanic: Highest Ranking Surviving Officers
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Vintage pencil signatures of the four highest ranking officers to survive the sinking of the Titanic on two off-white 8.5 x 5.5 sheets of Dr. Frank H.
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Asplund Children33 - Asplund Children
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Third class passengers aboard the Titanic, the Asplund family (mother Selma, father Carl, and five children) were separated as the Titanic sank; Selma
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Selma Asplund34 - Selma Asplund
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Swedish immigrant (1873-1964) and third class passenger aboard the Titanic; she and two of her five children were rescued in lifeboat 15, while the re
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Andrews35 - Thomas Andrews
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The naval architect in charge of the plans for the Titanic (1873-1912), Andrews was one of the roughly 1500 who perished when it sank. Rare ALS signed
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Mrs. John Astor36 - Mrs. John Astor
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Socialite (1868–1958) and the first wife of John Jacob Astor IV whom she divorced in 1910. Mr. Astor would perish aboard the Titanic while returning f
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Madeleine Astor37 - Madeleine Astor
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Original 6.5 x 8.5 silver gelatin Underwood and Underwood photo of Astor leaving church on Easter Sunday in White Sulphur Springs, on the second anniv
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Jacob and Madeleine Astor38 - John Jacob and Madeleine Astor
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Original vintage glossy 8 x 10 press photo of John Jacob and Madeleine Astor coming down the front steps of a building, with John Astor holding a cane
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Jacob Astor39 - John Jacob Astor
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Real estate magnate, military officer, and heir to the Astor fortune (1864–1912) who perished in the Titanic disaster. Notarized DS one page, 8.5 x 11
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mrs. John Astor40 - Mrs. John Astor
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Socialite (1868–1958) who married prominent businessman John Jacob Astor IV in 1891, divorcing him in 1910. ANS signed “Ava Astor,” on one of her 3.5
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Madeleine Astor41 - Madeleine Astor
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Wife of John Jacob Astor (1893-1940), who survived the sinking that took her husband’s life. DS, signed “Madeleine T. Fiermonte,” one page, 8.25 x 14,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Jacob Astor42 - John Jacob Astor
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Real estate magnate, military officer, and heir to the Astor fortune (1864–1912) who perished in the Titanic disaster. Original vintage pencil sketch
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Vincent Astor and Countess of Rothes43 - Vincent Astor and Countess of Rothes
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Vintage ink signatures of two first class survivors, “Noel Rothes, July 7, 1912,” and “Gladys Cherry, July 7, 1912,” and also the son of Titanic victi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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