RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring The Founding Fathers

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Beginning with a selection of fantastic early American history—the Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War—RR Auction’s July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 1,000 lots. Top items include a 1776 autograph letter by General George Washington, a document from rare Declaration signer George Taylor, a book from the personal library of Thomas Jefferson, and a manuscript by John Jay, tracking claims by New York’s Loyalists. An additional special highlight of the auction is an exceedingly rare autograph letter by Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, dated 1543. Other lots of significance are letters by Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Horatio Nelson, Lord Byron, and Barack Obama. 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 July 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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Tommaso Grossi611 - Tommaso Grossi
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Italian poet and novelist (1791–1853). ALS in Italian, signed “Grossi,” one page, 5 x 7.5, December 30. Untranslated letter to a Baron. In fine condit
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Grimm612 - Wilhelm Grimm
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German author and anthropologist (1786–1859) who was the younger of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale duo. Ink signature, "Wilh. Grimm, Gottingen 2...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jacob Grimm613 - Jacob Grimm
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German philologist, jurist, and mythologist (1785–1863) best remembered as the elder of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Knut Hamsun614 - Knut Hamsun
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Prolific Norwegian novelist, dramatist, and poet (1859–1952) who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. Scarce 4.25 x 6.5 mounted portrait of Ham
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Hermann Hesse615 - Hermann Hesse
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Wonderful handwritten and illustrated poem by Hesse, unsigned, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 10, circa 1959. The first page features a beauti
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway616 - Ernest Hemingway
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Spectacular grouping of three TLSs from Ernest Hemingway, each signed “Ernie,” four total pages, dated between 1953 and 1955, each on Finca Vigia, San
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Heinrich Hoffmann617 - Heinrich Hoffmann
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German psychiatrist who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving (1809–1894). ALS
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Victor Hugo618 - Victor Hugo
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Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, black-bordered mourning stationery, June 18, 1874. An impressive letter penned in thick, bold ink; the au
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Samuel Johnson619 - Samuel Johnson
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Rare book: A Dictionary of The English Language (two volumes in four bindings). First unabridged American edition. Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1818. H
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Giacomo Leopardi620 - Giacomo Leopardi
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Important Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, and philologist (1798–1837). Rare ALS in Italian, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, November 14, 1817. Letter to the
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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