RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

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RR Auction’s October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a diverse 1,000+ items from all fields of collecting, with a special focus on Civil War and Literature. In addition to an incredible assortment of autograph letters from luminaries like Charles Darwin, Mohandas Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet, and J. R. R. Tolkien, a few highlights are a sketch by Pablo Picasso, hand-drawn survey map by George Washington, signed photograph of Leo Tolstoy, and beautiful portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Top artifacts are an officer’s sword presented to Brig.-Gen. Calvin Pratt, a scarce multi-level amputation kit, bullets fired in ballistic tests used as evidence against Bonnie and Clyde, and an incredible hand-engraved Colt revolver honoring Hollywood’s ‘Monster Legacy,’ just in time for Halloween. 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 October 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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Harry S. Truman101 - Harry S. Truman
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Signed book: Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, Volume One: Year of Decisions. Special Kansas City Edition, limited to 20,615 copies: Doubleday, 1955. Hardco
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman102 - Harry S. Truman
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Unique glossy 8.25 x 6.75 photo of Harry S. Truman and Filipino diplomat Carlos P. Romulo meeting with Soviet delegate Andrey Vyshinsky at the United
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Harry S. Truman103 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 24, 1955. Letter to Kenneth Browne, in part: "I am glad to sign the picture for you. I...
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Harry S. Truman104 - Harry S. Truman
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Signed book: Mr. Citizen. Later printing. NY: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 315 pages. Signed on the half-title page in fount
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Harry S. Truman105 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 9, 1946. Letter to Assistant Solicitor General George Thomas Washington, in full:
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Harry S. Truman106 - Harry S. Truman
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19.25, October 17, 1947. President Truman appoints J. Klahr Huddle of Ohio as "Ambassador Extrao...
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Harry S. Truman107 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9.75, personal letterhead, April 26, 1955. Letter to Mr. Gilbert J. Tilbury, in full: "Thank you a lot for yours of the 15th...
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Donald Trump108 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: The Art of the Deal. First edition. NY: Random House, 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 246 pages. Signed on the first free en
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Donald Trump109 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: Trump: The Art of the Comeback. First edition. NY: Random House, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 244 pages. Signed on the fi
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Donald Trump and Mike Pence110 - Donald Trump and Mike Pence
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Iconic red "Make America Great Again" trucker snapback cap popularized during the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, prominently signe...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren111 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. V. Buren,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 8, November 16, 1826. Letter to American lawyer and politician John Vernon Henry, in part: &qu...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson112 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, September 5, 1919. President Wilson appoints J. Klahr Huddle of Ohio as a "Consul of Class s...
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John Hancock113 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.75 x 12.5, October 19, 1792. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Benjamin Wares as "Lieutenant of a ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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George Walton114 - George Walton
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Manuscript DS, signed “Geo. Walton,” one page, 11.75 x 7.25, April 26, 1784. Official document issued in the County of Richmond, Georgia, in part: &...
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Arthur Lee115 - Arthur Lee
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American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War (1740–1792) who helped negotiate the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778. Free franked addr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Brown116 - John Brown
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 12.75, December 9, 1851. Letter to Simon Perkins, in full: "John & myself reached here last night after being twice u...
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Susan B. Anthony117 - Susan B. Anthony
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AQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3.5 card, in full: "Perfect equality of rights for women—civil & political—is the demand of yours sincerely, Sus...
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Mohandas Gandhi118 - Mohandas Gandhi
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ALS in Gujarati, signed “Blessings of Bapu to all of you,” one page both sides, 2 x 4, no date. Letter to Chi Jamna Bahen, in full (translated): &qu...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi119 - Mohandas Gandhi
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ALS signed “M. K. Gandhi,” penned on both sides of a 3.5 x 5.5 India postal card, July 26, 1932. Written while incarcerated at the Yerawada Central Pr
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr120 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Remarkable program in Norwegian for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony held in Oslo for Dr. King on December 10, 1964, 5.25 x 7.5, signed on the front cov
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Malcolm X: Alex Haley121 - Malcolm X: Alex Haley
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Signed book: The Autobiography of Malcolm X. First edition. NY: Grove Press, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 455 pages. Signed and insc
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela122 - Nelson Mandela
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Handsome limited edition 19.75 x 25.75 lithograph reproducing Mandela's handwritten artist's motivation for his 'My Robben Island' s...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Florence Nightingale123 - Florence Nightingale
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Beautiful ink signature, "Florence Nightingale,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1 slip matted with an image to an overall size of 7.5 x 11.5. In fine c...
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Florence Nightingale124 - Florence Nightingale
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, June 17, 1884. Letter to Edmund Boulnois of the Marylebone Infirmary thanking him
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Jay125 - John Jay
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Revolutionary War–dated handwritten draft of a letter by John Jay, unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 9, March 22, 1779. Written as president of the Continenta
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr126 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
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Large engraved portrait of Associate Justice Holmes by Franklin F. Ward, published by Charles Barmore of Princeton, N. J., signed below in black ink,
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John Marshall127 - John Marshall
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ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.5, September 18, 1832. Letter to his son, James K. Marshall, concerning the sale of some bank
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Henry M. Leland128 - Henry M. Leland
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American machinist, inventor, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur (1843–1932) who founded the luxury automotive brands Cadillac and Lincoln. Remarka
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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J. Paul Getty129 - J. Paul Getty
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DS, three pages, 8.5 x 14, January 8, 1937. Casinghead gas contract between J. Paul Getty and J. E. Crosbie, Inc., in which the former "hereby ...
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Charles Darwin130 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” three pages, 4.75 x 8, personal letterhead, November 11, [1870]. Letter to Philip Lutley Sclater, who has been reading the pr
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DNA: James D. Watson131 - DNA: James D. Watson
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TLS signed “James D. Watson,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory letterhead, July 13, 1988. Letter to Dr. Wolfgang Heil in Dusseldorf,
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Thomas Edison132 - Thomas Edison
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Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, "Thos A. Edison," payable t...
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Thomas Edison133 - Thomas Edison
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Classic pencil signature, "Thos. A. Edison,” on an off-white 3 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with old mounting remnants on the reverse.
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Thomas Edison134 - Thomas Edison
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.75 x 4, February 25, 1921. Edison Storage Battery Co. promissory note, in part: "On th...
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Thomas Edison135 - Thomas Edison
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Autograph endorsement in pencil, "Blinne, Yes—TAE," on a letter written to him by F. S. Blinne, one page. 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1924...
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Albert Einstein136 - Albert Einstein
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Third-person ANS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, no date. Below a printed facsimile poem celebrating his fiftieth birthday (dated Ma
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Albert Einstein137 - Albert Einstein
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Remarkable scientific AMS in German, signed "A. Einstein," one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1938 or earlier. An important working man...
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Albert Einstein138 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, [January 23, 1947]. Letter to Ruth Daman, mentioning both
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Maria Ficatelli139 - Giuseppe Maria Ficatelli
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Italian mathematician and painter of the Baroque period (1639–1703). Manuscript from Ficatelli's personal library, signed on the front flyleaf i...
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Alexander Fleming140 - Alexander Fleming
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Austrian 1944 series five schilling banknote issued by the Allied Military Authority, 4.5 x 2.75, no. 12H571323, signed vertically in fountain pen, ...
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Alexander von Humboldt141 - Alexander von Humboldt
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German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man's ...
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George Gamow142 - George Gamow
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Influential Russian-born theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968) who was a leading advocate of the 'Big Bang' theory. Extremely ra...
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Carl Linnaeus143 - Carl Linnaeus
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Exceptional LS in Swedish, nine pages on five sheets, 8 x 12.75, August 19, 1743. Untranslated letter written on behalf of the "Consistorium Ac...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse144 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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American artist and inventor (1791–1872) whose development of the telegraph revolutionized worldwide communication. ALS signed “Sam'l F. B. Mors...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jan Evangelista Purkyne145 - Jan Evangelista Purkyne
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Czech anatomist and physiologist (1787–1869) who was one of the most well-known scientists of his time. Rare manuscript DS, in Czech, signed “Purkyne,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dmitri Mendeleev146 - Dmitri Mendeleev
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Russian chemist and inventor (1834–1907) who formulated the Periodic Law and created a predictive version of the periodic table of elements. Remarkabl
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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William Ramsay147 - William Ramsay
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Scottish chemist (1852-1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Beechcroft,
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Tadeusz Reichstein148 - Tadeusz Reichstein
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Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996) awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for his work on hormones of the adrenal cortex which culmin
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Nikolai Vavilov149 - Nikolai Vavilov
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Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants (1887–1943). Rare ALS in Russia
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud150 - Sigmund Freud
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Fabulous thank-you card sent following his 80th birthday, 6 x 4.75, May 1936, signed in fountain pen, "Freud." The printed text, in German...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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