RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With over 750 outstanding lots, RR Auction’s October Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction opens with a remarkable featured section—‘Innovators of Man and Machine,’ boasting three centuries' worth of the world’s greatest minds: Bernoulli, Watt, Pasteur, Westinghouse, Edison, Einstein, Boeing, and Ferrari are among the autographs offered. The rest of the catalog provides a well-balanced assortment of items from presidents, Declaration of Independence signers, activists, businessmen, world leaders, royalty, military figures, artists, authors, musicians, entertainers, and athletes. A small sampling of top items in the sale: an Albert Einstein handwritten manuscript related to his work on a unified field theory; a 50-letter archive of letters from photographer Alfred Stieglitz to New Yorker critic Lewis Mumford; a Freud letter on the Oedipus complex; a musical quote from Verdi’s ‘La traviata’; a fully signed Beatles promo card; and a game-used baseball from the 1917 Tim Murnane Day benefit game played at Fenway Park. 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 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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William B. Astor245 - William B. Astor
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American property tycoon (1792–1875) who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor's fortune and earned the nickname 'the landlord of Ne...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jules Bache246 - Jules Bache
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American banker, art collector, and philanthropist (1861–1944) whose stock brokerage firm, J. S. Bache & Co, was one of the top brokerage houses...
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Barrow Gang247 - Barrow Gang
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Collection of items generally related to members and associates of the Barrow Gang, including: Joe Chambless Signed Fingerprint Card and Original Vin
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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August Belmont248 - August Belmont
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Politician, financier, and racehorse owner (1813–1890) who established the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel of the Triple Crown series of American thor
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Nicholas Biddle249 - Nicholas Biddle
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American financier (1786–1844) and president of the Bank of the United States. Partly-printed DS, signed “N. Biddle,” one page, 17.25 x 10.75, January
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Nicholas Biddle250 - Nicholas Biddle
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American financier (1786–1844) and president of the Bank of the United States. ALS signed “N. Biddle, Pres't,” one page, 7.75 x 7.75, October 14...
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James G. Blaine251 - James G. Blaine
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Politician (1830–1893) nicknamed the 'Plumed Knight,' who served as a US senator, speaker of the house, and secretary of state to three Pres...
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Joseph Bonanno252 - Joseph Bonanno
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Arizona Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Bonanno, payable to S.M.A. Fathers Perpetual Association for $5, August 20, 1974. In fine condi
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British Prime Ministers253 - British Prime Ministers
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the 10 Downing Street doorway, signed in felt tip by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher,
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Cesar Chavez254 - Cesar Chavez
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Unused academic membership card for the National Farm Workers Association, 1966, 3.5 x 2.5, signed at the bottom in ballpoint, "Cesar E. Chavez...
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Chiang Kai-shek255 - Chiang Kai-shek
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Matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Chiang Kai-shek, signed in fountain pen in Chinese. Reverse bears a Hu Chung Hsien photography st
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody256 - 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 of the World, 6.25 x 3.75, addressed in C...
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Jacques Cousteau257 - Jacques Cousteau
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Glossy 5 x 7 close-up photo of the esteemed explorer and researcher, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Jurgen Schwartz! J. Y. Coustea...
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Ngalandou Diouf258 - Ngalandou Diouf
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First African elected official from the advent of colonialism in the territory of French West Africa (1875–1941). Vintage glossy 4.75 x 6.5 profile po
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Benjamin Disraeli259 - Benjamin Disraeli
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Scarce 1880 transferable ticket to the Royal Horticultural Society, 3.25 x 2, issued as No. 548, signed in the lower right in black ink as prime minis
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Charles Dow260 - Charles 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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Henry A. DuPont261 - Henry A. DuPont
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American soldier and statesman (1838–1926), grandson of the founder of the DuPont gunpowder and chemical fortune, who won the Medal of Honor for his s
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Albert Gallatin262 - Albert Gallatin
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Politician and financial genius (1761-1849) responsible for the formation of what is now known as the Ways and Means Committee. LS as secretary of the
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J. Paul Getty263 - J. Paul Getty
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Personal trust check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Getty, "Jean Paul Getty," payable to Thorncrest School for Boys for $10...
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J. Paul Getty264 - J. Paul Getty
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Early partly-printed DS, one page, 11 x 8.25, June 9, 1921. Stock certificate for 100 shares of the Oklahoma Oil Corporation issued to R. M. Monroe, s
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