Autographs
PETER COOPER, American Industrialist and Inventor.
Autograph Signature, "Peter Cooper," on pale pink paper with blue lines, undated, 2.5" x 4.5," mounted on a slightly larger card, Choice Extremely Fine. This huge vanity signature measures 3.75" in length and 2" in height. Also included, another card on which a previous collector has written: "Peter Cooper - Philadelphia inventor & industrialist. Built 1st locomotive engine constructed on this continent in 1830 -- saving the B & O RR [Baltimore & Ohio Railroad] from bankruptcy." Some light pencil notations at the bottom indicating where and when this piece was obtained.
PETER COOPER, American Industrialist and Inventor.
Autograph Signature, "Peter Cooper," on pale pink paper with blue lines, undated, 2.5" x 4.5," mounted on a slightly larger card, Choice Extremely Fine. This huge vanity signature measures 3.75" in length and 2" in height. Also included, another card on which a previous collector has written: "Peter Cooper - Philadelphia inventor & industrialist. Built 1st locomotive engine constructed on this continent in 1830 -- saving the B & O RR [Baltimore & Ohio Railroad] from bankruptcy." Some light pencil notations at the bottom indicating where and when this piece was obtained.
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Autographs-Coins-Currency-Americana
9:00 AM PT - Feb 7th, 2008
offered by
Early American
P.O. Box 3507
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
