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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Nathanael Greene305 - Nathanael Greene
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Rare Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “Nath. Greene,” one page, 9 x 15, December 17, 1778. Written from Camp Middle Brook, a letter to Colonel John
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marquis de Lafayette306 - Marquis de Lafayette
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Brilliant golden shoe buckle presented as a gift by Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. The ornate gold-tone buckle measures .75 x .75 and bears
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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William Moultrie307 - William Moultrie
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General in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later governor of South Carolina (1730–1805). Partly-printed DS, signed “Will'...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Revolutionary War–Era Barrel-Type Canteens308 - Revolutionary War–Era Barrel-Type Canteens
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Two Revolutionary War–type canteens: A fairly typical 18th/early 19th century canteen of the type used by farmers and laborers, as well as Revolution
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ambrose E. Burnside309 - Ambrose E. Burnside
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Union general and onetime commander of the Army of the Potomac (1824–1881); the distinctive whiskers he sported gave rise to the word 'sideburns...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ambrose E. Burnside310 - Ambrose E. Burnside
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LS signed “A. E. Burnside,” three pages, 8 x 10, Office of Cincinnati and Martinsville R. R. Co. letterhead, November 15, 1871. Letter to M. E. Ingall
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis311 - Jefferson Davis
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Civil War-dated handwritten letter by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, unsigned, one page, lightly lined, 7.75 x 7.25, July 4, 1864. Written fro
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis312 - Jefferson Davis
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Civil War-dated LS as president of the Confederate States of America, one page, lightly lined, 7.5 x 9, September 22, 1862. Written from Richmond, Vir
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain313 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. L. Chamberlain,” one page, 5 x 7.5, November 15, 1875. Official Bowdoin College document, in full: "Be it known, ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Robert E. Lee314 - Robert E. Lee
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LS signed “R. E. Lee,” one page both sides, lightly lined, 7.75 x 9.75, March 19, 1853. Written as superintendent of West Point, a letter to Adjutant
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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