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Lot 79
Sale 6417 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Sep 10, 2025
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Live / Philadelphia
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$1,088
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[Autographs & Manuscripts] Romanov. Nikolai Alexandrovich (Tsar Nicholas II). Partially-Printed Document, signed
No place, November, 1893. Single sheet, approximately 7 x 4 in. (178 x 102 mm). Partially-printed document, accomplished in manuscript pencil in a secretarial hand, and signed in pencil by Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov (future Russian Emperor Nicholas II), as Adjutant Colonel, being a bill for the Officer's Club of the Preobrazhensky Life-Guards Regiment. In mat with a portrait of Nicholas II, and unexamined out of frame, 13 x 16 in. (330 x 406 mm).
A scarce document, signed by Tsar Nicholas II, a year before his ascension to the throne to become the last Emperor of Russia. Here, Nicholas signs a bill for meals served to the Officer's Club of the Preobrazhensky Life-Guards Regiment over four days in November, 1893 (13th, 15th, 19th, and 20th). The receipt lists various types of fare ordered, including hors d'oeuvres, vodka, beefsteak , oysters, tea, and various meals and portions, alongside their cost.

