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  • Gorme Collection Pan used in Julia Child's Kitchen

  • Forest Glass Beaker

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    1998
  • Hockey stick used and signed by Joel Ward

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    2011-2014
  • Electric Guitar

    date made
    1961
  • Diadem Issue ink recipes and trial color proofs

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    1853
  • 15c Daniel Webster State Department card plate proof

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    1893
  • Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the white pavilion; verso: text

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    1548 (955 A.H.)
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    Safavid period
  • $1 Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Panama-Pacific small die proof

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    1915
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  • Ear Stud

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    1550-1196 BCE
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    New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 or 19

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