Button Gwinnett

An interesting name and more interesting tale. The second man to sign the Declaration of Independence and a man who died from wounds suffered in a duel just 2 years later. Button Gwinnett is one of the lesser known stories in American history. In a strange twist of fate - the autograph of Button Gwinnett is perhaps the most expensive (and among the most rare) of any American in history. Single autographs of Gwinnett have supposedly gone for as much as $150,000. The autographs are so valuable because there are so few (about 30) and many collectors want to have autographs from all 56 signers of the Declaration.