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Signature on Album Page

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Bold Autograph "Archduke Joseph F.M." (Field Marshal) on autograph album page. Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince...

 


Prince Philip Official Royal Portrait Signed

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Regal vintage large format, matte-finish 10" x 14" full length portrait of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in fully medaled...

 


Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn Signed Address Panel

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Address panel of correspondence to The Right Honourable Gentleman the Earl of Moira (misspelled as Moria; who later became the...

 


Autograph Letter Signed

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Rare autograph letter in English signed M. K. Gandhi and entirely in his hand, to Professor Floyd E. Armstrong of...

 


Autograph Letter Signed

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Autograph letter signed by Prime Minister of Great Britain William Gladstone. Two pages, folded in fourths, 5 x 7.5 inches...

 


Otto von Bismarck Autograph Letter Signed

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Partial Autograph Letter Signed by Germany's "Iron Chancellor", Otto von Bismarck. Handwritten on both sides of a clipped page in...

 


Autograph Quotation Signed

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An uncommon, original Autograph Quotation Signed by Cuban President Fidel Castro on the invitation to a prestigious awards event at...

 


Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Signed Address Panel

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Address panel of correspondence to HRH The Prince of Wales (then George Augustus Frederick, who became king in 1820); from...

 


Letter Signed

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Letter in Italian dated 20 June 1640, signed by Cardinal Francesco Barberini. Signed letters by Cardinal Barberini are extremely scarce...

 


Claude R. Conder Jack the Ripper Autograph Letter Signed

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Autograph Letter Signed dated 1877 by British soldier, biblical archeologist, surveyor—and Jack the Ripper suspect—Claude R. Conder, to William H....