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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Napoleon342 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, July 23, 1811. Letter to Minister of the Public Treasury Nicolas Francois, Count Mollien, writte
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Napoleon343 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS in French, signed in the left margin, "Np," one page, 8.75 x 13.5, December 17, 1809. A report from General Antoine-Jean-Aug...
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Horatio Nelson344 - Horatio Nelson
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ALS, one page, 7 x 9, June 1, 1797. Written aboard the HMS Theseus, a letter to James Saumarez, captain of the HMS Orion, in full: "Some of you...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Horatio Nelson345 - Horatio Nelson
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ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9.25, January 26, 1804. Letter to “H. R. H. Duke de Genevois,” written ...
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Horatio Nelson346 - Horatio Nelson
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ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, April 8, 1803. Written from "Piccadilly," a letter to representatives of "Lu...
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Horatio Nelson347 - Horatio Nelson
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ALS signed “Bronte Nelson,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, no date but circa February 1800. An agitated letter to Sir William Hamilton, written shortly after
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Horatio Nelson348 - Horatio Nelson
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Exceptional ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, April 5, 1801. Letter to Sir Thomas Warburton, in fu...
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Horatio Nelson349 - Horatio Nelson
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Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “Lord Nelson,” one page, 7.25 x 7.25, March 27, 1803. Letter regretfully declining a dinner invitation on be
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Charles 'Chinese' Gordon350 - Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
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British general (1833–1885) who, in 1860, crushed the Taiping Rebellion in China, earning the nickname 'Chinese.' ALS signed “C. G. Gordon,”...
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Adam Badeau351 - Adam Badeau
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American author, Union Army officer, and diplomat (1831–1895) remembered for his service on the staff of Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil Wa
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William A. Bartlett: Gettysburg352 - William A. Bartlett: Gettysburg
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Shoemaker from Lynn, Massachusetts who enlisted as a private on August, 8, 1862, and was mustered into Co. H of the Massachusetts 19th Infantry Regime
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P. G. T. Beauregard353 - P. G. T. Beauregard
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Ink signature, "G. T. Beauregard, 1889,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. Double-matted and framed with an image of the Confederate general to an ...
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Henry W. Benham354 - Henry W. Benham
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Union general (1813-1884) who led the engineer brigade at the Army of the Potomac. Civil War-dated ALS signed “H. W. Benham,” four pages on two adjoin
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Montgomery Blair355 - Montgomery Blair
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Politician and lawyer from Maryland (1813–1883) who served in Lincoln's cabinet as postmaster general during the Civil War. Scarce 2.25 x 3.5 ca...
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Franklin Buchanan356 - Franklin Buchanan
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Confederate admiral (1800-1874) who captained the ironclad CSS Virginia during the Civil War. ALS signed “Frank'n Buchanan,” one page, 8 x 10, O...
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Civil War357 - Civil War
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Civil War-dated ALS from Union soldier John W. Free of the 31st Ohio Regiment, signed “J. W. Free,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, M
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Civil War358 - Civil War
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ALS signed “Henry,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, October 27, 1861. Written from Virginia's Camp Howard, a letter from a Uni...
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Schuyler Colfax359 - Schuyler Colfax
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Congressman, speaker of the House, and vice president under U. S. Grant (1823–1885). Superb 2.5 x 4 photo of Colfax in a suit and bow tie, signed in i
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George Crook360 - George Crook
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Career US Army officer (1830–1890) once considered the nation's greatest 'Indian fighter' after successes against the Apache; Crook part...
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Alfred N. Duffie361 - Alfred N. Duffie
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French-American soldier (1833-1880) and diplomat who served in the Crimean War and the American Civil War; he was captured by John S. Mosby's gu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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