RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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Featuring a diverse 1,000+ lots, RR Auction’s September Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction boasts a highlighted Royalty section that spans the centuries, offering rarely seen autographs from the likes of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Frederick the Great, and Princess Diana. Other top lots include a remarkable oversized Abraham Lincoln signed photograph, a letter by philosopher Francis Bacon, an extremely early Winston Churchill signed photo, and a sharp signed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. Other noteworthy autographs include Albert Einstein, J. D. Salinger, the Beatles, Ernest Hemingway, Walt Disney, John F. Kennedy, and more! 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 September 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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Richard E. Byrd306 - Richard E. Byrd
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Two first edition books, both hardcovers with dust jackets: Discovery, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1935, signed on a free end page in fo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Andrew Carnegie307 - Andrew Carnegie
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Signed book: James Watt. Later printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. Hardcover, 6.25 x 8.75, 241 pages. Signed on the firs...
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Chen Cheng308 - Chen Cheng
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Chinese political and military leader (1897–1965) who was one of the main National Revolutionary Army commanders during the Second Sino-Japanese War a
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Chiang Ching-kuo309 - Chiang Ching-kuo
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Chinese leader (1910–1988) and son of Chiang Kai-shek, who succeeded his father as premier and president of the Republic of China, serving until his d
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek310 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek
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Bold fountain pen signature, "Mayling Soong Chiang,” on a white 4.25 x 2.75 card. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a typed collector'...
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Frederick Cook311 - Frederick Cook
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Signed book: My Attainment of the Pole. NY: Mitchell Kennerley, 1912. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 604 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ink,...
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Moshe Dayan312 - Moshe Dayan
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Signed book: Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life. First edition. NY: William Morrow, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 640 pages. Signed on the h
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Charles de Gaulle313 - Charles de Gaulle
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String-bound program for a dinner honoring Charles de Gaulle held in New York on April 26, 1960, 8 x 10, signed on the front cover in pencil, "...
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Elizabeth, Queen Mother314 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Attractive matte-finish 7.25 x 9.5 photograph of Elizabeth, Queen Mother, holding a bouquet of flowers at an event, affixed to a 9 x 12.5 mount, signe
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Samuel Gompers315 - Samuel Gompers
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Key figure in the labor movement (1850–1924) who founded the American Federation of Labor in 1886. TLS signed “Sam. Gompers,” one page, 8.25 x 11, per
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Mikhail Gorbachev316 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Group of three color glossy 10 x 8 photos of Mikhail Gorbachev meeting with Ronald Reagan, each signed in silver ink or blue felt tip by the former pr
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Mikhail Gorbachev317 - Mikhail Gorbachev
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Appealing color glossy 11.75 x 8.25 close-up photo of the former Soviet leader, signed in black felt tip by Gorbachev. In fine condition.
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Billy Graham318 - Billy Graham
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Program for the Fifth Annual Distinguished Salesman Award Dinner and Presentation Ceremony of the Sales Executives Club of New York held at the Waldor
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Otto Hahn319 - Otto Hahn
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German chemist (1879–1968) who won the 1944 Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission. Group of three items signed by Hahn: a matte-finish 3.75
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Halcyon Days Enamels320 - Halcyon Days Enamels
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Grouping of four Halcyon Days enamel boxes: Queen Elizabeth II and The Queen Mother Two small limited edition enameled boxes made by Halcyon Days in
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Hannibal Hamlin321 - Hannibal Hamlin
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ALS signed “H. Hamlin,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, September 3, 1860. Letter to a gentleman, in part: "The truth is I meant to have been at yo...
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William Randolph Hearst322 - William Randolph Hearst
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Uncommon vintage matte-finish 8 x 11 portrait of the publishing magnate in later age, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Doctor Harry Ma...
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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay323 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
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FDC with a cachet and inlaid medallion honoring the 25th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, 8 x 4.5, signed in black ballpoint by Hilla
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Charles Evans Hughes324 - Charles Evans Hughes
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Vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 13.5 Harris & Ewing portrait of Hughes wearing his judicial robe, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Hon...
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Israeli Leaders325 - Israeli Leaders
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Grouping of eight items signed by former Israeli presidents and prime ministers, including: Menachem Begin (FDC), David Ben-Gurion (SP), Levi Eshkol (
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Karl Jaspers326 - Karl Jaspers
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German psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969) who attempted to develop an innovative philosophical system. TLS in German, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, st
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Dorothea Jordan327 - Dorothea Jordan
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Anglo-Irish actress and courtesan (1761–1816) who was the mistress and companion of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, with whom she ha
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Robert F. Kennedy328 - Robert F. Kennedy
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, Office of the Attorney General letterhead, April 10, 1962. Letter to Ken Browne, in full: "Just a note to express to you ...
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John F. Kennedy, Jr329 - John F. Kennedy, Jr
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Partly-printed DS, filled out and signed by John F. Kennedy, Jr., one page both sides, 3 x 4.25, June 26, 1973. A traveler's card from the Cite ...
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King Charles VI330 - King Charles VI
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Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary and Croatia, Serbia and Archduke of Austria, (born 1685) who served from 1711 until his death in
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King Charles XIII331 - King Charles XIII
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King of Sweden (born 1748) from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death in 1818. He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and
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King Edward VII332 - King Edward VII
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Superb 5.25 x 8.5 large cabinet photograph of King Edward VII in a suit and tie, holding a hat in his right hand and the omnipresent cigar in the left
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King Edward VII333 - King Edward VII
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LS signed “Albert Edward,” one page, 8 x 12.5, Marlborough House letterhead, December 29, 1877. Letter to H. Phillipson of Tynemouth, requesting a pai
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King Edward VII334 - King Edward VII
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Prince of Wales and first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward's reign, from 1901 to 1910, was named the Edwardian era ...
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King Edward VIII335 - King Edward VIII
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Handsome matte-finish 8 x 9.75 gelatin silver portrait photograph of Edward, Duke of Windsor in uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Welsh Guards, taken
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King Edward VIII336 - King Edward VIII
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Exceptional partly-printed DS, signed “Edward P.,” one page, 21 x 16.5, December 27, 1928. The king appoints Cecil Bertrand as "Consul for the ...
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King George V337 - King George V
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DS, signed “App'd, G. R. I.,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, May 17, 1933. Document submitted to King George V by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, in full...
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King George V338 - King George V
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Partly-printed DS, signed “George R. I.,” one page, 12.5 x 15.25, August 28, 1932. King George appoints Major Dimitri Levidis as "an Honorary C...
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother339 - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
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Fountain pen signatures, "George R.I." and "Elizabeth R,” on an off-white 6.5 x 1.25 slip, applied to the mount of a matte-finish 6 x...
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King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Queen Louise of Sweden340 - King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Queen Louise of Sweden
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Two items: a DS, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, November 24, 1961, conferring the Swedish vice-consul at Falmouth, Mr. Philip Hamilton Fox, signed above the
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King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan341 - King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan
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Rare official color satin-finish 6.75 x 9 portrait of the Jordanian King and Queen presented to former US Secretary of State James A. Baker III, prese
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King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia342 - King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia
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Matte-finish 4.5 x 6.75 photo of the Spanish royal family affixed to a royal-crested 7.5 x 10.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in ink, &qu...
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King Louis XVIII343 - King Louis XVIII
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King of France and Navarre (born 1755) from 1814 until his death in 1824 (save a brief interruption in 1815 while fleeing Napoleon during the Hundred
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King Philip III344 - King Philip III
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King of Spain and Portugal from 1598 until his death in 1621. Untranslated manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo El Rey,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, July
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King William IV345 - King William IV
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Partly-printed DS, signed “William R.,” one page, 13.5 x 9.5, April 19, 1831. King William appoints James Boalth as "Lieutenant in Our Thirteen...
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King William IV346 - King William IV
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King of Great Britain and Ireland, and Hanover (1765–1837) from 1830 to 1837, he earned the sobriquet 'Sailor King' for his youthful service...
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King William IV347 - King William IV
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ALS signed “William R.,” one page, 7.25 x 9, August 20, 1820. Written from St. James's Palace, a letter to Lord Sidmouth, in full: "I have ...
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King William IV and King George IV348 - King William IV and King George IV
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Two Royal signatures: an ink signature of King William IV, "William R.," on an off-white 7.75 x 3.25 sheet clipped from a document; and an...
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Henry Kissinger349 - Henry Kissinger
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Two books: a limited first edition of White House Years, hardcover with slipcase, numbered 824/3500, signed on the colophon in black ink, "Henr...
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Auguste Lumiere350 - Auguste Lumiere
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Inventor of photographic equipment (1862–1954) who, with his brother Louis, patented the cinematograph and produced the first-ever motion picture in 1
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Mary of Teck351 - Mary of Teck
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Wife of King George V, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India (1867–1953). Beautiful matte-finish 6 x 8.25
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Robert A. Millikan352 - Robert A. Millikan
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1868–1953) who was the first to isolate the electron and measure its charge. TLS signed “Robert A. Millikan,” one page,
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi353 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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The last Shah of Iran (1919-1980) from 1941 until he was overthrown in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Rare NBC program for an episode of Meet the Pre
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Mt. Everest354 - Mt. Everest
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Fantastic Mt. Everest display featuring the signatures of 10 mountaineers from the historic 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. The display include
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Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III355 - Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III
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Partly-printed DS in Italian, one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.5, November 12, 1936. Untranslated official document signed at the conclusion in bold ink,
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