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Jul 25 | 7:00 AM EDT
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| Philadelphia
Sale 5180
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$800 – $1,200
Partially-Printed Document, signed
Boston, May 22, 1877. Single vellum sheet, 13 x 16 in. (330 x 406 mm) (sight). Partially-printed School of Vocal Physiology diploma, signed by Alexander Graham Bell, for Frances Elizabeth Robbin Forristall; also signed by Bell's father, Alex: Melville Bell. In mat and in frame, 19 7/8 x 25 3/4 in. (504 x 654 mm).
Together with:
Autograph Quote, signed
Miami, Fl(ordi)a, Mar(ch) 1, 1922. Single sheet, 2 1/2 x 5 in. (63 x 127 mm) (sight). Autograph quote, signed by Bell, being the title of Robert Burns's 1795 poem: "'A man's a man for a' that' / Alexander Graham Bell". In mat with a portrait of Bell, 13 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (343 x 597 mm).
A handsome set of two signed items by Scottish-born inventor and scientist, Alexander Graham Bell.
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