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Autographs and Historical Documents


Autographs and Historic Documents: Miscellaneous
 
 
Lot Photo Description
Lot 1162
  Nicholas II, 9 x 14 partly-printed DS as Tsar in Cyrillic, August 13, 1904, place unknown, presents Award of St. Vladimir 4th Class to Evgeny Korablev for services in the Far East (during Russo-Japanese War), not formally translated. Very good condition.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1163
  Paul I (1754-1801), Tsar of Russia 1796-1801, son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, inaugurated few reforms, fought the French and later the British, assassinated. 12½ x 8 brief MsDS "Pavel" as Tsar, St. Petersburg, Nov. 10, 1800, releases an individual from military service, no formal translation. Very good condition.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1164
  Petrovna, Elizabeth (1709-1762), Empress of Russia 1741-1762, daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I. 12¼ x 8¼ MsDS in Cyrillic, not translated, May 31, 1737, decree to provide 300 rubles from the chancellory for requirements. Excellent condition, nice "pro patria" watermarked paper.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1165
  Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich (1891-1953), Russian composer of Peter and the Wolf, film music, operas, ballets, symphonies and orchestral works, etc. 5¼ x 4½ registered letter address panel completed by him in Russian and signed "S. S. Prokofiev", addressed to Ilya Gregorievich Bindler, Board of Directors, Bolshoi Theater, Moscow. Postmarked with two Russian stamps, no place, no date. Matted with 4 x 5 photograph signed and dated 1951 at top right. Surface abrasion affects part of two letters in his small signature. Framed to 11¾ x 14¾ overall.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1166
  Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910), Russian novelist, author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina, etc. 3½ x 5½ signed photograph. Tolstoy's name is printed in Cyrillic and he has signed below on the surface of the photo, which is cracked at top left and at upper right. Matted and framed to 6½ x 8¼ overall.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1167
 
Connecticut Colonial Documents, Five miscellaneous DSs with signatures of Committeeman Wm. Moseley, 1780; Samuel Jones, 1788; Peter Colt and Jedediah Huntington, 1790; Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 1784; and six Connecticut legislators on a 1791 sheet of receipts.
Estimate 250 - 300
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Lot 1168
 
(RMS Titanic), An original Marconi International Marine Communication Company, Ltd. form, no date (but probably April 12, 1912), reading: "Mrs. Stanley / Wolvercote - Oxford/ Saved- Carpathia / Amy"; written below "3rd class S'hampton". At top in another hand is written "no charge" and "NOT TRANSMITTED" is stamped across the body, perhaps due to the Carpathia's arrival in port. Excellent Titanic survivor telegram!
Estimate 500 - 750
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