RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With a wide variety of rare and remarkable material, January’s RR Auction Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features letters by George Washington, John Adams, and Charles Darwin, signed photos of Bruce Lee, Sharon Tate, and Vivien Leigh, and a comprehensive Declaration of Independence section boasting a near-complete set of signers. 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 January 2017.
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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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte213 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
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French military officer (1763–1844) who was appointed Marshal of France by Napoleon and later became King of Sweden (as Charles XIV Johan) and King of
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Niels Bohr214 - Niels Bohr
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Danish physicist (1885–1962) who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure. Sought-after matte-finish 3 x 4.75 ph
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Leonid Brezhnev215 - Leonid Brezhnev
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World War II-dated DS in Cyrillic, one page both sides, 8 x 11.25, November 13, 1944. Document awarding Shulim Froymovich Nepomnyeschiy with an order
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Andrew Carnegie216 - Andrew Carnegie
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Skibo Castle letterhead, September 22, 1911. Letter to Richard Fleischer, in full: “Your note finds me busily engaged, closing
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Andrew Carnegie217 - Andrew Carnegie
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TLS, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, April 13, 1909. Letter to Professor Henry Fairfield Osbourne, in full: “Yours of April 11th received. I
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Nicolae Ceausescu218 - Nicolae Ceausescu
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Longtime and widely reviled leader of Communist Romania (1918–1989) who was executed following a coup in that country. Glossy 5.5 x 8.5 head-and-shoul
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Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang219 - Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang
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Two items: a desirable matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Chiang Kai-shek, boldly signed in black ink in Chinese, with reverse beari
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Frederick Cook220 - Frederick Cook
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Signed book: My Attainment of the Pole. Later printing. NY: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 610 pages. Neatly signed and inscribed on
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Benjamin Disraeli221 - Benjamin Disraeli
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ALS signed “D,” four pages on two adjoining black-bordered sheets, 4.5 x 7, September 26, 1852. Letter to Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury Geor
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DNA: Watson and Crick222 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Two FDCs: one with a cachet honoring Doctors William and Charles Mayo, postmarked September 11, 1964, signed in blue ballpoint, “Francis Crick”; and a
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Oliver Ellsworth223 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Revolutionary War-dated DS, signed “Oliv: Ellsworth,” one page, 7.5 x 6.25, January 16, 1777. Pay order to State Treasurer John Lawrence for payment t
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Empress Maria Feodorovna224 - Empress Maria Feodorovna
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Second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia and mother of Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1759–1828). Handwritten endorsement in Cyrillic, si
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Alexander Fleming225 - Alexander Fleming
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Vintage matte-finish 4.25 x 6.25 photo of an artist’s portrait of Fleming, signed in black ink. In fine condition, with a few faint surface creases an
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Felix Frankfurter226 - Felix Frankfurter
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Bold ink signature, “Felix Frankfurter,” on an off-white Supreme Court card affixed to an attractive 6 x 9.5 album page hand-embellished with a callig
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Albert Gallatin227 - Albert Gallatin
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LS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 9, 1807. Letter to Benjamin Austin in Boston, written as secretary of the Treasury. In part: “Enclosed I transmit
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Rajiv Gandhi228 - Rajiv Gandhi
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Two items: a color glossy 5 x 7 photo of Rajiv Gandhi, nicely signed in blue ink and dated 1990; and an ink signature of Rajiv Gandhi, also dated 1990
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Giuseppe Garibaldi229 - Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Italian patriot and soldier (1807–1882) best known for leading the attack of the ‘Red Shirts’ on Sicily in 1860. Bold ink signature, “G. Garibaldi,” o
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Otto Hahn230 - Otto Hahn
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Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 bust-length portrait of Hahn, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condition.
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Learned Hand231 - Learned Hand
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Influential American jurist (1872–1961) best known for his opinions on contract law, economics, and the First Amendment. TLS, one page, 5.25 x 6.5, Ju
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Caroline Kennedy232 - Caroline Kennedy
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Collection of five hardcover books, each signed inside in ink by Caroline Kennedy, with titles including: A Patriot’s Handbook (2); Jacqueline Kennedy
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