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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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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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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