Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction: Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's December Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts more than 900 lots, highlighted by a multitude of important historical letters and a robust selection of material from popular culture. Highlights of the sale include a signed Abraham Lincoln carte-de-visite, checks from George Washington and Donald Trump, a Charles Dickens autograph quote from A Christmas Carol, rare artifacts recovered from the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor, unique mixed-media artwork by Bob Dylan, a Christmas card from Al Capone, and rare oversized 'outtake' prints from the Beatles' famous Abbey Road shoot. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in December 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Chiang Kai-shek242 - Chiang Kai-shek
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Crisp black ink signature in Chinese on an off-white 3.75 x 6.5 sheet with raised lettering reading, "The President of the Republic of China,&q...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek243 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Matte-finish 5 x 7 full-length photo of Madame Chiang, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Mayling Soong Chiang." In very good co...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Walter P. Chrysler244 - Walter P. Chrysler
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Automotive mogul (1875–1940) who founded the Chrysler Corporation. TLS signed “Dad,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, May 18, 1925. Letter to hi
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Cassius Marcellus Clay245 - Cassius Marcellus Clay
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Prominent abolitionist leader (1810–1903) known as the 'Lion of Whitehall.' An ardent supporter of Lincoln, he served as American Minister t...
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Henry Clay246 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 9.75, February 7, 1836. Letter to Elijah Haywood in Zanesville, Ohio. In part: "I am obliged by your letter...
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody247 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Appealing hand-addressed stationery envelope for Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders, 6.5 x 3.5, addressed in Cody's hand ...
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Dalai Lama248 - Dalai Lama
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Highly displayable color glossy 8 x 10.5 front-facing photo of the Dalai Lama against a sky blue backdrop, signed in Tibetan in black felt tip. In fin
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John DeLorean249 - John DeLorean
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John Z. DeLorean Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by DeLorean, "John Z. DeLorean," payable to Malcolm R...
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Charles H. Dow250 - Charles H. Dow
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American journalist (1851–1902) who co-founded Dow Jones & Company, created the Wall Street Journal, and conceived the influential Dow Jones Ind...
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Roy DeMeo251 - Roy DeMeo
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Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by DeMeo, payable to Fredericks of Hollywood for $69.75, May 11, 1978. Encapsulated in
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Otto Frank252 - Otto Frank
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Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. Postcard depicting
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French Visiting Cards253 - French Visiting Cards
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Collection of over 100 visiting cards, mostly from members of the Academie Francaise: a few are signed, and most bear some kind of note, greeting, or
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Milton Friedman254 - Milton Friedman
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University of Chicago economist (1912-2006) who won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics. Glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Milton Friedman, sign
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V. V. Giri255 - V. V. Giri
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Fourth President of India (1894–1980) who was the only person to be elected as an independent candidate. Following his full term, Giri was honoured by
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Mikhail Gorbachev256 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Three color glossy photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each showing Mikhail Gorbachev meeting with Ronald Reagan and/or George Bush during his political career
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Martin Heidegger257 - Martin Heidegger
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Handwritten notes by Heidegger on "Eidos" and "Being," one page, 5.75 x 8.25, no date. In very good to fine condition, with ligh...
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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay258 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
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Three items: a glossy 8.25 x 5.75 of a vintage comic strip showing Edmund Hillary taking off his boots and being told that the International Geophysic
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J. Edgar Hoover259 - J. Edgar Hoover
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TLS, two pages, 8 x 10.5, FBI letterhead, March 26, 1954. Letter to Edward Krupinsky, in part: "Regarding military leave without pay, this stat...
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Joseph Hume260 - Joseph Hume
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Scottish doctor and radical member of Parliament (1777–1855). Twice-signed ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, 1830. Letter to Dr. McVickar, in part: "M...
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Kaiser Wilhelm II261 - Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia (1859–1941) who reigned from June 15, 1888 until his abdication on November 9, 1918. He was the eldes
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