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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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Declaration of Independence: John Hart206 - Declaration of Independence: John Hart
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1713–1779). Engraved one shilling New Jersey note, printed by Isaac Collins of Burlington,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence: Samuel Huntington207 - Declaration of Independence: Samuel Huntington
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1796) and seventh President of the Continental Congress. Manuscript DS, signed “Saml
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence208 - Declaration of Independence
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Scarce engraved broadside, “In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human
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Estimate : 14,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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Henry Deringer209 - Henry Deringer
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American gunsmith (1786–1868) best known for inventing and giving his name to the Deringer pistol. Partly-printed vellum DS one page both sides, 22 x
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Diana210 - Diana
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Birthday card, measuring approximately 4.5 x 7, featuring a Gary Larson color image of a frog playing a guitar. Inside bears a short pre-printed senti
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Diana and Charles211 - Diana and Charles
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Christmas card from 1983, 10.5 x 7.25 open, embossed in gold on the outside with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Garter motto, as well as the Spenc
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Diana and Charles212 - Diana and Charles
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Color satin-finish 9.25 x 6.25 photo of Charles and Diana seated with their staff, affixed to its original 12 x 10 mount, signed on the mount in black
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Diana and Charles213 - Diana and Charles
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Christmas card from 1981, 5.25 x 7.25 folded, opens to 10.5 x 7.25, embossed in gold on the outside with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Garter mot
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DNA: Watson and Crick214 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Printed signed sketch of a double helix on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed at the bottom in black ink, “Francis Crick,” and “James D. Watson.” In
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frederick Douglass215 - Frederick Douglass
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ALS signed “Fredk. Douglass,” three pages on two adjoining lightly-lined sheets, 5 x 8, November 14, 1880. Letter to the widow of a close friend, Dr.
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Frederick Douglass, Jr216 - Frederick Douglass, Jr
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Fredk. Douglass, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10, circa March 2, 1871. Document reads, in full: “House of Representatives of the Uni
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Wyatt Earp217 - Wyatt Earp
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Exceedingly rare and very early handwritten endorsement, signed “W. S. Earp, Const,” on the reverse of a subpoena from the state of Missouri. The subp
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison218 - Thomas Edison
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DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8 x 12.75, January 1, 1895. An extract from the annual report of the Edison Electric Light Company of Europe,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison219 - Thomas Edison
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Outstanding vintage matte-finish 7 x 10 formal portrait of the inventor, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink with a fantastic ‘umbre
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison220 - Thomas Edison
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Wonderful ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on an off-white card. Double-matted with a portrait of Edison posing outdoors, to an overall s
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Albert Einstein221 - Albert Einstein
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Unsigned vintage glossy 8 x 9.25 photo of Einstein attending a meeting at the California Institute of Technology with fellow scientists Walter S. Adam
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein222 - Albert Einstein
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Unsigned vintage glossy 8 x 9.25 photo of Einstein with his wife Elsa seated at a table. Light overall rippling, otherwise fine condition.
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Albert Einstein223 - Albert Einstein
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Choice Princeton Bank & Trust Company uncancelled check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Einstein, “Albert Einstein,” payab...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein224 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal letterhead, Princeton, July 6, 1953, in full (translated): “You are obv
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Ferdinand and Isabella225 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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Spanish monarchs best known as the sponsors and patrons of Christopher Columbus. Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” (I the King) and “Yo el
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Henry Flagler226 - Henry Flagler
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Partly-printed DS, signed “H. M. Flagler,” one page both sides, 14.5 x 7.75, September 19, 1893. Certificate for ten shares of stock in Standard Oil i
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Alexander Fleming227 - Alexander Fleming
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TLS signed “Alec,” one page, 7.75 x 10, Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology letterhead, December 21, 1948. Letter to George Wells of the American
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Francis II228 - Francis II
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The last Holy Roman Emperor (1768–1835) who ruled from 1792–1806 when he dissolved the empire, and became the first Emperor of Austria. Seven untransl
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Otto Frank229 - Otto Frank
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Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. TLS in German, one
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Frederick the Great230 - Frederick the Great
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King of Prussia (born 1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786. His political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the huma
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Estimate : 100,000.00 - 150,000.00
 
 
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Jay Gould231 - Jay Gould
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Financier known for his stock market manipulation of railroad securities; he also tried to corner the gold market, causing the ‘Black Friday’ stock ma
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud232 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, October 14, 1916. Letter to Austrian writer and lyric poet Arthu
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Carl Friedrich Gauss233 - Carl Friedrich Gauss
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German mathematician and physical scientist (1777–1855) who contributed significantly to many fields, including geometry and astronomy. Scarce ADS in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Guillotin234 - Joseph Guillotin
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French physician and politician (1738–1814) whose name became synonymous with the ‘humane’ instrument of execution whose use he proposed to the govern
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock235 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 4.5, October 17, 1761. Shipping document filled out by Hancock in the third-person, writing his name twice. In part:
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Hancock236 - John Hancock
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Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 8, November 6, 1776. Hancock appoints Elijah Vors as a “Major in the Regiment whereof John
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel237 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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ALS in German, signed “Hegel,” one page, 5 x 7.5, December 12, 1818. Untranslated ALS to philosopher and publicist Friedrich Wilhelm Carove regarding
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Werner Heisenberg238 - Werner Heisenberg
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German theoretical physicist (1901–1976) awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. Scarce and desirable matte-fin
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Sam Houston239 - Sam Houston
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Partly-printed DS one page both sides, 8 x 4.25, January 29, 1861. Treasury warrant for $120.83 issued to Elijah Southward for “protection of the fron
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Israeli-Palestinian Agreement240 - Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
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Program for the 1993 Israeli-Palestinian Agreement, held on September 13, 1993, 4.5 x 8, four pages, with a gilt-embossed presidential seal on the cov
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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William Jenner241 - William Jenner
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English physician who became the personal doctor of Queen Victoria and discovered both typhus and typhoid. Handwritten autopsy report, signed “William
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Joseph P. Kennedy242 - Joseph P. Kennedy
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ALS signed “Joe,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation letterhead, December 19, 1917. Letter to Arthur Goldsmith. In full: “We
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Robert F. Kennedy243 - Robert F. Kennedy
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ALS signed “Bob,” one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 10.5, dated in another hand, May 30, 1967. Letter to Secretary of State Robert McNamara. In full: “Many
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Robert F. Kennedy244 - Robert F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “Bob Kennedy,” one page, 7 x 9, Attorney General letterhead, June 14, 1963. Letter to actress Marion Davies’s widower, Captain Horace Brown
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert F. Kennedy245 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Vintage glossy 6.5 x 8.25 head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “For Meyer Blostein, best wishes, Robert Kennedy.” In very
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr246 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 230 pages. Signed on the fi
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ada Lovelace247 - Ada Lovelace
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English mathematician and writer (1815–1852) and the only daughter of Lord Byron, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanic...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Louis Lumiere249 - Louis Lumiere
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Inventor of photographic equipment, along with his brother, Auguste. In 1893 they developed, the cinématographe, and showed the first motion pi...
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Maria Theresa251 - Maria Theresa
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Empress of Austria (1717–1780) and mother of Marie Antoinette. LS in French, one page, 7.5 x 9, March 27, 1761. Letter to her cousin. In full (transla
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Marshall252 - John Marshall
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Influential American statesman and jurist (1755–1835) who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Among the notable cases over which
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Timothy Matlack253 - Timothy Matlack
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American merchant, surveyor, architect, statesman, and patriot in the American Revolution (1730–1829). As clerk to the secretary of the Continental Co
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Benito Mussolini254 - Benito Mussolini
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Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 9 portrait of Mussolini reading affixed to an off-white 9.75 x 13.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black ink,
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Napoleon255 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7 x 9, January 29, 1810. Short untranslated letter to the Duke of Feltre. In very good condition, with some light
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon256 - Napoleon
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Endorsement signed, “N,” on manuscript DS, one page, both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, in French, dated April 8, 1812. A two-line notation is written above the
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon257 - Napoleon
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Handwritten endorsement, “Apr, Bonaparte,” as First Consul, on the first page of a manuscript document, in French, one page, both sides, 8 x 12, dated
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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