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One Of A Kind Collectibles: Rare Collectible - Internet bidstart 11/17

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Auction Name Rare Collectible - Internet bidstart 11/17 Total Sales (USD) 140,914.00
Auction Date December 07, 2017 - December 07, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 133,775.00
Sale Number #120717 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 197,350.00
Total Lots 266
Sold Lots 208 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 215,700.00
% of Lots Sold 78.20% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 302,500.00
Unsold Lots 58 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 46.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2

George Washington

USD 8,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,092.00
19

Appointment as Temporary Secretary of Treasury Signed by Lincoln to the man who would later plan his Funeral

1864 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,552.00
8

Beatles Signed Album Page

1963 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,048.00
20

Abraham Lincoln Uncommon Naval Appointment Signed As President

1863 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,694.00
6

Jacob Broom

1807 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,340.00
49

One of a Few known Loyalty Oath printed by John Dunlap, printer of the Declaration of the Independence.

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 3,924.00
7

Rare "America The Beautiful" Katherine Lee Bates

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,570.00
139

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed White Spacesuit NASA Color Photo

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,098.00
10

John Adams

1771 USD 2,200.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,390.00
45

Edward Rutledge Signer of DI

1749 USD 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,390.00
107

Edouart Manet ALS

circa 1878 USD 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,272.00
132

Stunning Vintage Amelia Earhart SP

1935 USD 2,200.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,154.00
36

John F. Kennedy

USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,036.00
48

Rare Peyton Randolph and John Blair Signed Currency 1773

1773 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,036.00
184

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

USD 1,700.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,918.00
59

Important Napoleon Signed Document

USD 2,300.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00
144

Challenger

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,800.00
240

Michael Jordan Signed Game Used Floor #23/23

USD 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,770.00
70

Robert E. Lee Signed Document

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,682.00
9

Franklin D. Roosevelt Unique ALS

1907 USD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,564.00
29

Captivating Theodore Roosevelt

1915? USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,564.00
108

Claude Monet

1922 USD 1,200.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,564.00
140

Apollo 11 Set of Individually-Signed White Spacesuit NASA Color Photos

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,564.00
14

William Henry Harrison (Can't Meet with Indians/Congressional Election)

1799 USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,446.00
51

Samuel Abbot January 1,st 1776 Military Receipt

1776 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,446.00
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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