LOUIS XVI * JSA LOA * Beheaded King Signed Excessive Spending Document Autograph ALBERT EINSTEIN PLEASE NOTE:

PLEASE NOTE:

Houdini humorously inscribes the page to the original recipient

Shepard has written “To John Runne Who ‘Captured’ the moon without going there

Countersigned by Jonathan Trumbull Jr

LOUIS XVI * JSA LOA * Beheaded King Signed Excessive Spending Document Autograph ALBERT EINSTEIN PLEASE NOTE:Being guillotined at just 38, Louis XVI is one of the scarcest autographs in historical collecting. In signing this massive 3 page folio on December 23, 1783, Louis approves expenses related to Chalons, an important administrative and commerce center in the French countryside. The King indicates his approval by signing the document near the middle as "LOUIS", indicating that the Royal Council of Finance had concluded their meeting "held at