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RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer signs his name on a check to an unknown family member, Mary A. Byrd, for the amount of $50.00 Check signed: "R E Byrd", in black ink, 6¾x2¾. Check no. 164 drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer signs his name on a check to his brother, Harry Byrd, for the amount of $367.62 Check signed: "R E Byrd", in black ink, 6¼x2¾. Check no. 115 drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co., payable to Harry Byrd for $367.62.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer signs his name on a check for $10.00 to the American Geographical Society Check signed: "R E Byrd", in black ink, 6¼x2¾. No. 117, drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co., payable to American Geographical Society for $10.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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Byrd signed this $400 check to Fitzhugh Green in 1928, the year he began his first expedition to Antarctica. Green, an explorer in his own right, wrote an account of Byrd's flying over the North and South PolesSale Price $432.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer signs his name on a check to Kidder Peabody & Co. for the amount of $9,016.05 Check signed: "R E Byrd", in faded black ink, 6½x2¾. Check no. 27 drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at Liberty National Bank, payable to Kidder Peabody & Co. for $9,016.05. April 18, 1920.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD. Check signed: "RE Byrd", 6x2½. Winchester, Virginia, 1932 May 7. Check No. 361 (check number written in Byrd's hand), drawn on Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co., payable to Kidder Peabody Trust Co. for $500.Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD. Check signed: "R E Byrd", 6¼x2¾. New York, 1928 May 28. Check No. 35, drawn on Liberty National Bank, payable to the order of Byrd Antarctic Expedition for $1,153.93. Signed the year Byrd was organizing his first Antarctic expedition.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD Byrd signed this check for over $7,000 to the "Byrd Antarctic Expedition" in 1928, the year he began his first expedition to Antarctica. Check signed "R E Byrd". 6¼x2¾, with perforated top, left and bottom edges. July 6, 1928. Un-numbered check for $7,370.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD. Partly Printed Check signed: "R. E.. Byrd", 6½x2¾. Winchester, Va., 1931 September 4. No. 261. Drawn on his personal account at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank, payable to Marie A. Byrd for $8,000. Endorsed on verso: "For deposit only/Marie A. Byrd".Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD. Partly Printed Check signed: "for Byrd Antarctic Expedition/R.E. Byrd", 6½x2¾. Winchester, Va., 1927 October 15. Drawn on the account of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank, payable to the Wright Aeronautical Corporation for $98.87.Sale Price $384.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer writes a $1,000 check to Charles J. V. Murphy, who had written a flattering account of his exploits. Check signed: "R E Byrd", in black ink ink, 6½x2¾. Check no. 76 drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD Byrd signed this $10 check to Helen Washington in 1931. Check signed "R E Byrd". 6¼x2½, with perforated left and bottom edges. Dec. 24, 1931. Check no.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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RICHARD E. BYRD. Check signed: "R.E. Byrd", 6¼x2½. New York, 1928 April 16. Check No. 26, drawn on the Liberty National Bank in New York, payable to R.E. Byrd for $1000. Endorsed: "R.E. Byrd" on verso. Signed the year Byrd was organizing his first Antarctic expedition.Sale Price $722.50
$850.00
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PAT DOLAN1891 check bearing the rare signature of the Texas lawman Check signed: "Pat Dolan" in pencil, 7¼x2¾. Marfa, Texas, February 3, 1891. Un-numbered check, drawn on Humphris & Co. General Merchandise and Ranch Supplies.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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JAMES G. FAIR Irish-born "forty-niner" who became a millionaire mine owner. Printed Check signed: "James G. Fair" as Superintendent, 7½x3. Virginia (City), 1874 February 25.Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company check drawn on the Agency of The Bank of California. Payable to James M.Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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Check signed: "V. E. Fuchs", 6¼x3. Filled out in Fuchs' hand. Cambridge, England, 1983 October 23. Check No. 60-04-23, drawn on the account of Sir Vivian and Lady Fuchs at the National Westminster Bank, payable to Nicola Kirkham for one penny. Geologist Fuchs (1908-1999) led a 12-person Trans-Antarctic Expedition on the first land crossing of Antarctica.Starting from the Weddell Sea, he reached Scott Station on March 2, 1958, after traveling 2,158 miles in 98 days. This land crossing proved conclusively that under the polar ice sheet there existed the single continent of Antarctica. Fuchs, who directed the British Antarctic survey from 1958 to 1973, was knighted in 1958. Fine condition.Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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CHARLES A. LINDBERGH JR. and PARENTSThe famous aviator and his parents signed this check when he just 17 years old! Partly Printed Check signed: "C.A. Lindbergh", 8x3½. Little Falls, Minn., 1919 October 1. Filled out by Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. and signed by him on front.Sale Price $2,560.00
$3,200.00
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ANNIE OAKLEY Check signed with her married name, Annie Butler, filled out by her to her grand-daughter (by adoption), with an additional note in Annie's hand on verso. Check signed: "Annie Butler", 6½x2¾. Newark, New Jersey, 1923 June 15. Check #135, drawn on the Newark & Essex Banking Co.Sale Price $9,350.00
$11,000.00
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ERNEST SHACKLETON A recently knighted national hero, but deeply in debt, the Antarctic explorer signs a 70-pound personal check. Check signed: "E. H. Shackleton", 7¾x3¾. London, 1911 November 10.Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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PHILIP SHERIDAN He signed this check for $128, drawn on a Chicago bank, in 1871. Check signed: "P. H. Sheridan/USA", 7¼x2½. Chicago, Illinois, 1871 November 18. Check filled out in another hand, drawn on Union National Bank, payable to Major Bell or order ("bearer" has been crossed out), for $128.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
