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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction (Day 2 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | RADISSON EDWARDIAN HOTEL, HEATHROW |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 9th June 2013 | Time: | 12:00PM |
| Details: | VIEWING: On the day of the auction from 9.00 a.m. and will continue throughout the duration of the auction MIDLANDS VIEWING: Only in the week prior to the auction at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre |
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| Auction Lots - Page 9 | |||
| 1039 | |||
| BURTON RICHARD F.: (1821-1890) English Explorer. Ink signature ('Richd. F. Burton') and several additional words in his hand on a small piece clipped from the conclusion of a letter to F. Izard Esq. Some foxing, about G £100 - 120 |
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| 1040 | |||
| POLAR EXPLORATION: A good collection of six individual irregularly clipped pieces by various Polar Explorers comprising Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) Anglo-Irish Antarctic Explorer, Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) Norwegian Polar Explorer, the first person to reach both the South and North Poles, Thorvald Nilsen (1881-1940) Norwegian Naval Officer & Polar Explorer, second in command of Amundsen's South Pole Expedition 1910-13, Robert Peary (1856-1920) American Explorer, claimed to have led the first expedition to the North Pole, 1909, Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) Norwegian Explorer, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1922, and Sven Hedin (1865-1952) Swedish Geographer & Explorer. The signatures of Peary and Hedin are in bold pencil and all six pieces are laid down to an oblong 4to sheet of black card with circular magazine images of four of the explorers attached. Three of the signatures bear dates between 1909-10 in another hand. G £200 - 300 |
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| 1041 | |||
| NORGAY TENZING: (1914-1986) Nepalese Indian Sherpa Mountaineer, the first man, with Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Bold ink signature ('Tenzing') and date, 12th October 1985, in his hand on a white card. Accompanied by the original envelope. Together with Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Signed colour 4 x 6 photograph of Hillary in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Ed Hillary') in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area at the head of the image. One very slight, minor crease to Hillary's image, otherwise VG, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| 1042 | |||
| NORGAY TENZING: (1914-1986) Nepalese Indian Sherpa Mountaineer, the first man, with Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Rare vintage signed postcard photograph of Tenzing in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Tenzing') with his name alone in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background. VG £100 - 150 |
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| 1043 | |||
| JUXON WILLIAM: (1582-1663) Archbishop of Canterbury 1660-63, previously Lord High Treasurer 1636-41. Juxon was present on the scaffold when King Charles I was executed and offered the King his last rites. Bold ink signature, as Bishop of London, on a slim oblong 12mo piece removed from an official document relating to Sir Charles Harbord and a payment of £200 for reparations. Some light age wear and minor foxing and with a tiny area of paper loss to the upper edge, G £80 - 100 |
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| 1044 | |||
| DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Signed colour 5.5 x 8 photograph, the printed paper image showing the Dalai Lama standing in a three quarter length pose, wearing his Buddhist robes and with his hands clasped together in prayer. Signed in gold ink to the image. Accompanied by a printed compliments slip and the original envelope. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 1045 | |||
| BENTHAM JEREMY: (1748-1832) British Philosopher, Jurist & Social Reformer. Typically small, dark ink signature ('Jeremy Bentham') and six additional words in his hand on a small 12mo piece clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Neatly laid down, G £80 - 100 |
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| 1046 | |||
| CODY W. F.: (1846-1917) American Showman. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Cody standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed ('W. F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill"') in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the lower white border. A few minor, stray ink marks to the image and some light age wear. One slight crease to the lower left corner only very slightly touches the first letter of the signature, G £400 - 500 |
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| 1047 | |||
| KEPPEL ALICE: (1868-1947) British Society Hostess, mistress of King Edward VII. Great-Grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. A.L.S., Alice F. Keppel, two pages, 8vo, Grosvenor Street, n.d., to Mr. Foster. Keppel announces 'I am sure you will help an old friend' and continues 'The noise next door is too awful, it begins at six, & I can't get a wink of sleep. Can you do anything to stop it, if they kept to the front of the house before breakfast, it would not wake me so early.' With blank integral leaf. Annotated in ink in an unidentified hand immediately beneath the signature. Some foxing to the text, G £80 - 100 |
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| 1048 | |||
| GULL WILLIAM: (1816-1890) English Physician, considered a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders. A.L.S., William W Gull, one page, 8vo, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, 24th October 1877, to Dr. Ord. Gull informs his correspondent that he was in Lincolnshire for all of the previous day and was therefore unable to attend a meeting which he very much regrets. Some extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG £100 - 150 |
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| 1049 | |||
| GATES BILL: (1955- ) American Business Magnate & Philanthropist, Chairman of Microsoft. Bold black ink signature ('Bill Gates') on a white card. Scarce. EX £80 - 100 |
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| 1050 | |||
| FAMOUS MEN: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed postcard photographs, T.Ls.S., A.Ls.S. etc., by a wide variety of famous men including Charles & Maurice Saatchi, Colin Renfrew, Donald Coggan, Red Adair, Heinrich Harrer, J. Paul Getty, Eddie George, Patrick Moore, Robert Ballard, Karl Popper, Alec Issigonis, Chad Varah, Angus Ogilvy, Captain Mark Phillips, Rex Hunt, Basil Hume, Norman Hartnell, Simon Wiesenthal, Marcel Marceau, Valdemar Poulson etc. A few duplicates. Generally VG to EX, 48 £100 - 150 |
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| 1051 | |||
| FAMOUS WOMEN: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, a few 8 x 10s, T.Ls.S., A.Ls.S. etc., by a wide variety of famous women including Bianca Jagger, Vivienne Westwood, Diane von Furstenberg, Jean Muir, Elizabeth Arden, Nancy Astor, Clementine S. Churchill (2), Dorothy Macmillan, Lillian Carter, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Raisa Gorbachev, Sarah, Duchess of York, Charlotte Knollys, Pat Nixon, Caprice, Samantha Fox, Marie Helvin, Mandy Rice Davies, Claudia Schiffer, Penelope Chetwode, Olive Booth, Madhur Jaffrey etc. A little duplication. Generally VG to EX, 36 £100 - 150 |
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| 1052 | |||
| GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. Ink signature ('George R') as King on a piece clipped from a document, with two irregularly clipped corners. Neatly laid down, G £80 - 100 |
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| 1053 | |||
| VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Autograph envelope panel signed, The Queen, addressed in her hand to General Viscount Hardinge, Commander-in-Chief. The front panel and partial verso of the envelope, featuring the remnants of a black wax seal, are laid down, causing slight wrinkling. Light age wear, G £80 - 100 Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856) British Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1852-56. |
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| 1054 | |||
| PRINCE LEOPOLD: (1853-1884) Duke of Albany, son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of the Prince in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by T. Rodger of St. Andrews and bearing his blindstamp to the image. Signed ('Leopold') in fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image. Annotated in ink to the lower photographer's mount 'taken Sept./76'. The Prince's signature is a little light in places. Autographs of the Prince are rare in any form following his untimely death at the age of 30 as a result of haemophilia. Very slightly neatly irregularly trimmed to the lower photographer's mount, otherwise VG £100 - 120 |
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| 1055 | |||
| WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. Ink signature ('R Walpole') on a small, slightly irregularly clipped piece removed from a document, Horse Guards, 29th July 1715. About VG £80 - 100 |
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| 1056 | |||
| DEVONSHIRE DUKE OF: (1720-1764) British Prime Minister 1756-57. Extremely rare ink signature ('Devonshire') on a piece removed from a Whitehall treasury document. Countersigned by Henry Bilson-Legge (1708-1764) English Statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1754-55, 1756-57 & 1757-61 and Viscount Duncannon. Slightly irregularly torn to the left edge, only very slightly affecting the signatures. About VG £100 - 150 |
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| 1057 | |||
| ROCKINGHAM MARQUESS OF: (1730-1782) British Prime Minister 1782, 1765-66. Extremely rare ink signature ('Rockingham') on a very small clipped piece. Neatly mounted and with an ink annotation to the mount. About VG £100 - 120 |
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| 1058 | |||
| BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Selection of signed Free Front envelope panels, a few signed pieces, A.L.S. (1) by various British Prime Ministers including Duke of Wellington (2, one with initial only), Viscount Sidmouth, Viscount Melbourne, Robert Peel, George Canning, Lord John Russell, Earl of Derby ('E G Stanley'), William Gladstone, Earl Grey, A. J. Balfour, Marquess of Salisbury etc. A few duplicates. FR to generally G, 20 £100 - 150 |
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| 1059 | |||
| BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, postcard photographs and slightly larger, A.L.S. (1) etc., by various British Prime Ministers of the 20th century comprising Margaret Thatcher, Clement Attlee (also signed by his wife Violet Attlee), Harold Macmillan (4; a signed card, two signed colour 6 x 4 postcard reproductions of a painting of Macmillan, both signed Stockton, and a signed 5 x 8 photograph by both Macmillan and his wife Dorothy Macmillan individually, showing the couple standing outside 10 Downing Street), James Callaghan (4), Lord Home (signed First Day Cover) and Edward Heath. Generally VG to EX, 12 £100 - 120 |
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| 1060 | |||
| EISENHOWER DWIGHT D.: (1890-1969) American General of World War II, later American President 1953-61. T.L.S., Ike, one page, 4to, n.p. (Versailles), 26th February 1951, to Brigadier General Hay[e]s Kroner, on Eisenhower's personal printed stationery. Eisenhower states that Kroner's kind letter reached him on the day that he and his wife, Mamie, arrived in Versailles and continues 'It was indeed thoughtful of you to send me a copy of the SCROLL OF CHURCHILL'S SAYINGS', further remarking that 'It is a valued addition to my bedside reading.' Eisenhower also excuses his brief letter as he is getting settled 'both officially and at home' although looks forward to the possibility of meeting his correspondent again. A good letter for its reference to Eisenhower's Allied World War II colleague, British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill. VG £200 - 300 In Spring 1942, Brigadier General Hayes Kroner, the head of the U.S. War Department's Military Intelligence Service, was permitted to set up The Pond, a small, secret organisation which engaged in espionage from 1942 until it was disbanded in 1955. |
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| 1061 | |||
| EISENHOWER DWIGHT D.: (1890-1969) American General of World War II, later American President 1953-61. T.L.S., Ike, one page, 4to, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE, Paris), 18th June 1951, to Brigadier General Hayes Kroner, on Eisenhower's personal printed stationery. Eisenhower thanks Kroner for his note and the information about Villa Sarita, commenting 'I shall keep this information on file against the possibility that sometime one of us in this headquarters might have use for it. As of this moment, it is, of course, a little far away to be considered as a residence for anyone in SHAPE'. Accompanied by the original envelope annotated by Kroner. VG £150 - 200 In Spring 1942, Brigadier General Hayes Kroner, the head of the U.S. War Department's Military Intelligence Service, was permitted to set up The Pond, a small, secret organisation which engaged in espionage from 1942 until it was disbanded in 1955. |
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| 1062 | |||
| AMERICAN PRESIDENTS: Small selection of signed pieces and cards by various American Presidents comprising Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) American President 1885-89 & 1893-97, fountain pen ink signature on a collector's card; Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) American President 1889-93, bold fountain pen ink signature on a collector's card; William H. Taft (1857-1930) American President 1909-13, Bold fountain pen ink signature on a White House card, accompanied by a separate card signed in fountain pen ink by First Lady Helen H. Taft (with two small newspaper clippings affixed) and Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) American President 1913-21, fountain pen ink signature on a piece neatly laid down to a collector's card. Each of the collector's cards bear brief printed and manuscript text relating to the Presidents. G to VG, 5 £200 - 300 |
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| 1063 | |||
| MUGABE ROBERT: (1924- ) President of Zimbabwe 1987- . Signed 5 x 7 photograph of Mugabe in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('R. G. Mugabe') in ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. Accompanied by a compliments slip dated 20th October 1983. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 1064 | |||
| ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA: (1924- ) King of Saudi Arabia 2005- . Signed colour 6.5 x 9.5 photograph of Abdullah seated in a formal half length pose. Signed in black ink with his name alone to the lower white border, also annotated in another hand with the King's name and date 14th December 1985. Neatly mounted within the original presentation folder. Accompanied by the original envelope. Together with Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930- ) Saudi Arabian Politician, Minister of Oil (Petroleum) and Mineral Resources 1962-86. Signed colour 5 x 6.5 photograph of Yamani in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by Ibrahim Khaberi, Director General of the Ministers Office, one page, 7th July 1985, to Derek Birch, forwarding the signed photograph. Also including the original envelope. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 120 |
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| 1065 | |||
| SHARON ARIEL: (1928- ) Israeli Prime Minister 2001-06. Signed 3.5 x 5 photograph, a close-up portrait of Sharon. Signed in black fountain pen ink with his name alone across a largely clear area at the head of the image. Together with Shimon Peres (1923- ) Israeli Prime Minister 1977, 1984-86, 1995-96 and President 2007- . Signed colour 4 x 6 photograph of Peres in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower white border. VG, 2 £100 - 120 |
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| 1066 | |||
| DAYAN MOSHE: (1915-1981) Israeli Military Leader and Politician. Signed 3.5 x 5 photograph of Dayan in a semi profile head and shoulders pose. Signed ('M. Dayan') with his name alone in ink to a clear area at the base of the image. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by Dayan's secretary, one page, 8vo, Zahala, 5th July 1981, to William Paddison, forwarding the autograph. VG £100 - 120 |
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| 1067 | |||
| KAI-SHEK CHIANG: (1887-1975) President of the Republic of China 1948-49, 1950-75. Bold black ink signature, in Chinese characters, on an official slim 8vo blind embossed printed card from the President of the Republic of China. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by Fu Ti-Chuan, Director of the First Bureau, one page, 4to, Taipei, 6th February 1974, to David Morton, forwarding the signed card. Together with Soong May-ling (1898-2003) First Lady of the Republic of China 1948-75, wife of Chiang Kai-shek. Black ink signature ('Mayling Soong Chiang') on a white card. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| 1068 | |||
| SHERMAN WILLIAM T.: (1820-1891) American General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Ink signature ('W. T. Sherman, General') at the head of an envelope panel addressed in his hand to Mr. John Burns at Castle Wemyss, Glasgow, Scotland. Postmarked at Washington and New York, 10th April 1882. Very slightly neatly irregularly trimmed to the edges and with a large area of paper loss to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature. About G £100 - 150 John Burns (1829-1901) 1st Baron Inverclyde. Scottish Shipping Magnate, Chairman of the Cunard Steamship Co. |
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| 1069 | |||
| FRENCH JOHN: (1852-1925) 1st Earl of Ypres. Anglo-Irish Field Marshal of World War I. A.L.S., J D P French, three pages, 4to, Middelburg, South Africa, 12th June 1902, to Miss. Ball. French states that the sad news about his correspondent's brother reached him that evening and he continues 'I know well what awful distress you must be in and I long to be able to say anything that might bring you a grain of comfort…..I feel now however you will accept my most heartfelt sympathy in your great trouble. Let me say also that I mourn your dear brothers loss….His kindness….&….good nature endeared him to all of us, his comrades, who often depended so much upon his help. I know well what you suffer now and that you can listen to no consolation. But….believe me (as an oldish man who has had many trials in life) that time will ease the sharp strip of pain and bring you comfort.' Some light creasing and minor paper loss to the top edges of the first two pages, not affecting the text or signature, about VG £100 - 120 |
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| 1070 | |||
| HARDY THOMAS MASTERMAN: (1769-1839) British Naval officer, Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson. Hardy commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Signed Free Front envelope panel, addressed to a Mrs. Spiller at Bawtry, Yorkshire and dated London, 6th June 1832. Signed ('T M Hardy') to the lower left corner and countersigned by Samuel John Brooke Pechell (1785-1849) English Rear Admiral, who has also addressed the envelope. Very slightly neatly unevenly trimmed, otherwise VG £150 - 200 |
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| 1071 | |||
| COLLINGWOOD CUTHBERT: (1748-1810) British Vice Admiral, served closely with Lord Nelson during the Napoleonic Wars. Ink signature ('Collingwood') and several additional words on a 12mo piece clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Corners neatly clipped and laid down, G £80 - 100 |
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| 1072 | |||
| DOWDING HUGH: (1882-1970) British Air Chief Marshal, Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. Blue fountain pen ink signature ('Dowding, Air Chief Marshal') on a pale blue card. Some areas of light staining, very slightly affecting the signature, G £100 - 150 |
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| 1073 | |||
| VICTORIA CROSS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed First Day Covers, a few A.Ls.S. etc., by various recipients of the Victoria Cross including Charles Upham, Evelyn Wood, Pat Porteous, Norman Jackson, Hughie Edwards, Richard Annand, Eric Wilson, James Carne, David Jamieson, Leonard Trent, William Reid, Roderick Learoyd, H. M. Ervine Andrews, John Keneally etc. Some duplication. Generally VG to EX, 38 £150 - 200 |
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| 1074 | |||
| WORLD WAR II: Selection of signed pieces, cards, a few signed photographs, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various military leaders etc. of World War II including Claude Auchinleck, John Hackett, Walter Dawson, Kenneth Anderson, William Andrewes, P. R. Reid, Patrick Leigh Fermor, James H. Doolittle, William F. Dickson, Thomas Ferebee, Alfred Gruenther, Richard Gale, Maxwell D. Taylor, Algernon Willis, Odette Hallowes, Brian Horrocks etc. Some duplication. Generally G to VG, 31 £100 - 150 |
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| 1075 | |||
| ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Signed and inscribed 4 x 6 postcard photograph of Aldrin standing in a full length pose, wearing his spacesuit, on the surface of the moon. Signed in bold black ink to the lower white border. With a brief note in his hand to the verso, in full, 'Since 10th Aniv.[ersary] I don't sign FDC'. About EX £80 - 120 |
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| 1076 | |||
COSMONAUTS: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various Russian Cosmonauts including Gherman Titov, Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, Vladimir Shatalov, Valery Bykovsky, Viktor Gorbatko, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Yevgeny Khrunov, Anatoly Filipchenko, Georgy Shonin, Georgy Beregovoy, Andrian Nikolayev, Konstantin Feoktistov etc. Most of the covers are of a similar design and a few feature portraits of the cosmonauts. VG to EX, 15 £100 - 120END OF SALE |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction (Day 2 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | RADISSON EDWARDIAN HOTEL, HEATHROW |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 9th June 2013 | Time: | 12:00PM |
| Details: | VIEWING: On the day of the auction from 9.00 a.m. and will continue throughout the duration of the auction MIDLANDS VIEWING: Only in the week prior to the auction at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre |
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