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Tag: historic documents

Meyer Lanksy

Presidents and gangsters, jailers and geniuses lead major US autograph sale

A gangster’s archive sits alongside presidential papers in this significant document sale. Read all about it here.

By Colin Ricketts

2025-03-19


The Essex Broadside printing of the US Declaration of Independence from July 1776.

Multimillion-dollar Declaration of Independence to sell next week

The man who printed this extremely rare Declaration of Independence probably wanted the American Revolution to fail. His work is now worth millions of dollars because it succeeded.

By Colin Ricketts

2025-01-15


A letter signed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson is shown.

Founding Fathers letter gets $1-million auction price tag

The signatures of three of the United States Founding Fathers on a letter could make it a $1-million document. The letter, written in 1784, is signed by Benjamin Franklin, Thomas […]

By Colin Ricketts

2024-11-08


Portrait of Henry VIII

Rare chance to buy Henry VIII autograph in public sale 

A rare Tudor document signed in 1544 by King Henry VIII is for sale at a British collectibles company.  Paul Fraser Collectibles (PFC) are selling a large parchment of an […]

By Colin Ricketts

2024-10-25


Albert Einstein letter to FDR warning of German nuclear research

Einstein’s nuclear warning letter goes for $3.9 million at Paul Allen sale

An incredible letter with literally earth-shattering implications has made millions at auction. And computing history is also going for big money at sales this week.

By Colin Ricketts

2024-09-13


a copy of the United States Constitution

From a filing cabinet to a $1 million+ sale for long-lost US Constitution copy

A 237-year-old ultra-rare copy of the US Constitution has already attracted a $1-million opening bid at an upcoming auction. The document was discovered in the home of Samuel Johnson in […]

By Colin Ricketts

2024-09-12


A portrait photograph of Alan Turing in shirt, tie, and suit jacket, taken in 1936 at Princeton University, USA.

Rare Alan Turing papers shed light on codebreaking genius

Rare Alan Turing papers have been sold at auction for nearly £400,000. They are important documents from his work on communications technology.

By Colin Ricketts

2024-01-04


a protest placard against the British stamp act that was posted in New York in 1765

US historic documents sale led by $6-million revolutionary protest sign

A major sale of US historic documents could realize as much as $12.7 million at a January 17 sale in New York. The star item is a 1765 placard denouncing […]

By Colin Ricketts

2024-01-03


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