2022 SPRING PREMIER AUCTION
Wed, May 18, 2022 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Jun 5, 2022 08:36AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 816
1897 AUGUST BELMONT JR. (BELMONT STAKES) AUTOGRAPHED AQUEDUCT RACING LICENSE
Unsold
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
| $300,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
Presented here is August Belmont Jr.'s Aqueduct Racing License in mint condition. The all-original quad-fold document has been autographed by August Belmont Jr. financier major owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. It was he who purchased the land and built New York's hallowed Belmont Park racetrack that hosts the annual Belmont Stakes which naturally took his name. This document grants license to the Queens County Jockey Club for running of the races race meetings steeplechases and steeplechase meetings at Aqueduct Raceway located in Queens New York. The Queens County Jockey Club opened Aqueduct just three years prior. This historic license is truly worthy of placement in the finest horseracing collection or in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga New York. Belmont Jr. autographed the document in bold black fountain pen for excellent eye appeal.
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