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Signed AMEX Stock Certificate
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Original UNCANCELLED American Express Company stock certificate signed by BOTH founders, Henry Wells and William Fargo. Significantly, this certificate was...
Mark Twain Signed The Prince & the Pauper
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Exceedingly rare signed copy of the 1892 illustrated edition of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. Originally published in...
Mark Twain Signed Photo from Savage Club Members
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Portrait photograph boldly and clearly signed on the image, "Mark Twain", 6 July 1907. The photograph is a marvelous head...
Autograph Letter Signed & Postcard
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Letter written from the Hotel Royal in Berlin, addressed to Chatto & Windus Publishers, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, February...
ALS from Wave Hill Mansion
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ALS signed "S. L. Clemens," one page, 4 x 6, black-bordered mourning stationery engraved 14 West 10th Street, July 29,...
Signed Sentiment Framed
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Splendid 2" x 3" card handwritten by Mark Twain stating simply: "Yes, with pleasure / Yours truly / Mark Twain...
Typed Letter Signed to MIT President Henry Pritchett
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Typed Letter Signed on the letterhead of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute , Tuskegee, Alabama. Dated December 23, 1900,...
Signed Standard Oil Stock Certificate
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Engraved DS, signed by "H. M. Flagler," one page both sides, 10.5" x 7.5", dated June 22, 1897. A green...
Signed Cabinet Card
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A very rare signed cabinet card of Chief Sitting Bull by Orlando Scott Goff, circa 1881. The first image ever...
Signed Check with Provenance
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Handwritten personal check payable to Key Women for $100.00, dated November 1966, signed by Robinson and drawn on the Freedom...