Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction: Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's December Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts more than 900 lots, highlighted by a multitude of important historical letters and a robust selection of material from popular culture. Highlights of the sale include a signed Abraham Lincoln carte-de-visite, checks from George Washington and Donald Trump, a Charles Dickens autograph quote from A Christmas Carol, rare artifacts recovered from the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor, unique mixed-media artwork by Bob Dylan, a Christmas card from Al Capone, and rare oversized 'outtake' prints from the Beatles' famous Abbey Road shoot. 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 December 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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Rare Bank of Alexandria check, 6.75 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Washington, “Go: Washington,” payable to Abraham Herner for $25, October 6, 1797.
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Estimate : 60,000.00 - 70,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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LS signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, October 10, 1783. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel William Stephens Smith, who had been appoint
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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John Adams3 - John Adams
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Exceptional LS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 20, 1818. Letter addressed to "Le Ray de chaumont Esquire," James Donatien le Ray de Chaum...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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ALS, one page, 7.5 x 9.75, September 25, 1785. Letter to “Mr. Boylston,” written from "Grosvenor Square, Westminster." In part: “I receive...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson5 - Thomas Jefferson
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Exceptional manuscript written in the hand of Thomas Jefferson, unsigned, one page, 7.75 x 10, August 31, 1790. Secretary of State Jefferson inventori
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison6 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed DS, signed "Th: Jefferson" as president and "James Madison" as secretary of state, one page, 12.75 x 15, March 28...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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James Madison7 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.75 x 7.75, October 20, 1815. President Madison grants Joseph Cookson "assignee of James Coo...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Monroe8 - James Monroe
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LS as secretary of state, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page both sides, 8 x 13, July 2, 1816. Letter to the Chevalier de Onis, in full: "I have to...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe9 - James Monroe
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LS as secretary of state, signed "Jas. Monroe," one page, 7.75 x 9, November 13, 1812. Letter authorizing the release of captured sailors....
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe10 - James Monroe
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ALS signed “Ja's Monroe,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, May 13, 1792. Letter to influential political economist Tench Coxe, in full: "A...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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