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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John William Gill54 - John William Gill
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Second class passenger (1887-1912) who lost his life in the sinking of the Titanic. Short ANS signed “Will xx,” on a 3.25 x 5.5 picture postcard with
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Archibald Gracie55 - Archibald Gracie
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Titanic survivor and author (1859-1912), who was drawn under when the vessel sank, but managed to reach a life raft and succeeded in rescuing 29 other
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William Logan Gwynn56 - William Logan Gwynn
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Postal clerk serving aboard the Titanic (1875–1912) who was lost in the sinking. ALS signed “Your big lover & Hubby, Will XXXXX,” five pages on ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William H. Harrison57 - William H. Harrison
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Secretary to Bruce Ismay (1872-1912), Harrison perished in the sinking of the Titanic. TLS signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 4.5 x 7, embossed White
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Wallace Hartley58 - Wallace Hartley
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English violinist (1878–1912) best remembered as the courageous bandleader who, along with his seven other band members, played on as the Titanic sank
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Charles Melville Hays59 - Charles Melville Hays
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A 1905 Grand Trunk Railway System pass, 3.75 x 2.25, issued to Mr. G. B. Owen, the assistant to the general manager of Erie Rail Road, bearing the pri
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Charles  Melville Hays60 - Charles Melville Hays
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President of the Grand Trunk Railway (1856-1912), who went down with the Titanic. Partly-printed DS, signed “Charles Hays, Vice President,” one page b
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Charles  Melville Hays61 - Charles Melville Hays
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American businessman and president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway who perished when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. A pass for the Wabash Rail
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Samuel Herman62 - Samuel Herman
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Second class passenger (1862-1912) and Titanic victim, whose wife and children survived the sinking. Partly-printed DS, signed “S. Herman,” one page,
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Leonard Hickman63 - Leonard Hickman
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Farmhand (1888-1912) and second class Titanic passenger who, with his brothers, died in the sinking ALS signed “L. M. Hickman,” two pages, 8.25 x 11,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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