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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Thomas Edison171 - Thomas Edison
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DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, May 27, 1918. Document for 'Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Stockholders of ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud172 - Sigmund Freud
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TLS in German, signed “Sigm.,” one page both sides, 6 x 8.5, personal letterhead, December 24, 1923. Letter to his niece Lucy, in full (translated):...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Richard Gatling173 - Richard Gatling
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LS signed “R. J. Gatling,” two pages, 5.75 x 9, February 21, 1898. Written from Cataract, Indiana, a letter to William J. Dornup, in part: "In ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Guillotin174 - Joseph Guillotin
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French physician and politician (1738–1814) whose name became synonymous with the 'humane' instrument of execution whose use he proposed to ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur175 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 24, 1874. Letter to an unidentified dean and colleague, in full (translated): &...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Carl Jung176 - Carl Jung
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TLS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 7.75 x 8.5, personal letterhead, September 16, 1950. Letter to Herr R. Schoch, in full (translated): &...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Moses Mendelssohn177 - Moses Mendelssohn
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Prominent German Jewish philosopher (1729–1826) and grandfather of composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Untranslated ALS in German, one page, 8 x 5.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Reich178 - Wilhelm Reich
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Rare TLS in German, signed “Wilh. Reich,” one page both sides, 9 x 12, Internationales Institut fur Sexual Okonomische Forschung letterhead, August 14
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ludwig Wittgenstein179 - Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Highly influential Austrian-British philosopher (1889–1951) whose greatest contributions were in the fields of logic, philosophy of mathematics, and l
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Pope Clement VII180 - Pope Clement VII
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Born Giulio di Giuliano de Medici in 1478, he served as pope from November 1523 until his death in 1534; the Sack of Rome and English Reformation occu
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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