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CAN YOU START BY TELLING ME WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR POSITION IS. >> I'M FRANCIS WALL GREEN FOR CHRISTIE'S AND WE'RE HERE TODAY IN WASHINGTON
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TO BRING ONE OF THE VERY SIGNIFICANT ITEMS THAT WE'VE EVER HANDLED, THE ACTS OF
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CONGRESS THAT BELONGED TO GEORGE WASHINGTON FROM HIS LIBRARY SIGNED BY HIM AND ANNOTATED BY HIM IN THE MARGINS. WE FELT WASHINGTON, IT WAS THE OBVIOUS...
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ITS SIGNIFICANCE, ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. HERE'S WASHINGTON, BASICALLY, HIS OWN COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION ANNOTATING THIS COPY
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IN HIS OWN HAND IN PENCIL AND DEMONSTRATING WHAT HIS ROLE WOULD BE AND OUTLINING, VIRTUALLY OUTLINING HIS ROLE AS PRESIDENT AND SETTING THE PRECEDENT...
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PRESIDENT HE'S BRACKETED A PORTION, THAT VETOING IS A PRESIDENT'S PREROGATIVE. >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS SO HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT. WE DON'T ALWAYS...
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MIGHT BE VALUABLE THAT THERE MAY BE ANOTHER COPY OF THE BOOK. SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS UNIQUE. [ INAUCTIONEER CALLING ] HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THE $3 MILLION...
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CAN RELATIVELY SAY THAT THEY HAVE A SIMILARITY AND SIGNIFICANCE, ICONIC STATURE, FOR EXAMPLE. WE SOLD LINCOLN'S -- GEORGE WASHINGTON'S GROUP OF LETTERS...
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GILDED LABEL. TO REINFORCE THAT OWNERSHIP, WASHINGTON HAS AFFIXED HIS BOOKPLATE INSIDE THE FRONT COVER. THE TITLE PAGE CARRIES A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE...
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