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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Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney362 - Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets and Bockscar pilot Charles Sweeney shaking hands just before Sweeney's flight to Nagasaki, s...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets363 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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TQS signed "Paul W. Tibbets" on a yellow 8 x 10 sheet headed "General Paul Tibbets Reflections on Hiroshima," which reads, in fu...
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David G. Farragut364 - David G. Farragut
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American admiral (1801–1870) who was a flag officer of the Navy during the Civil War. Desirable twice-signed 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite photo of Farr
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John B. Floyd365 - John B. Floyd
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Confederate general and politician (1806-1863) who served as secretary of war under President Buchanan, the 31st governor of Virginia, and lost the cr
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William B. Franklin366 - William B. Franklin
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United States Army officer (1823–1903) and a Union Army general in the American Civil War who was blamed for the debacle at Fredericksburg. ALS signed
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Gettysburg367 - Gettysburg
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Civil War-related manuscript DS, signed “Corp'l Geo. C. Carson,” one page, 8 x 12.5, no date. A statement of gallantry for Major General Samuel ...
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William Babcock Hazen368 - William Babcock Hazen
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Career United States Army officer (1830–1887) who served in the Indian Wars, as a Union general in the American Civil War, and as Chief Signal Officer
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Iwo Jima: Lindberg and Lowery369 - Iwo Jima: Lindberg and Lowery
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Two photos: a semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Corp. Charles Lindberg tying the US flag to a piece of water pipe on top of Mount Suribachi, with Lt. Harold
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Benjamin Franklin Kelley370 - Benjamin Franklin Kelley
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American soldier (1807–1891)who served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in several m
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John A. Logan371 - John A. Logan
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American military officer and statesman (1826–1886) who fought in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. An activist on behalf of veterans'...
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William Wing Loring372 - William Wing Loring
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Rare Civil War-dated Confederate broadside entitled "To the People of Western Virginia," one page, 6.5 x 13, issued by Major General Willi...
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Douglas MacArthur373 - Douglas MacArthur
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Vintage colorized matte-finish 7.5 x 9.75 photo of General MacArthur posing with his wife, Jean Faircloth, and three other US military officials durin
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August von Mackensen374 - August von Mackensen
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German field marshal (1849–1945) who became one of the German Empire's most prominent military commanders during World War I. Matte-finish 4.25 ...
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George C. Marshall375 - George C. Marshall
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Appealing TQS signed "G. C. Marshall" on an off-white 5 x 3 card, which features his statement made in the wake of Pearl Harbor, delivered...
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Anthony McAuliffe376 - Anthony McAuliffe
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Matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of the four-star US Army general, signed in blue ballpoint, "A. C. McAuliffe." Reverse bears faded Army credi...
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Anson G. McCook377 - Anson G. McCook
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Union General (1835-1917) and member of the illustrious 'Fighting McCooks' family, who participated at Perryville, Stones River, Lookout Mou...
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Nelson A. Miles378 - Nelson A. Miles
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ALS, two pages, 6 x 9.5, Hotel Somerset letterhead, May 29, 1911. Letter to his nephew, in part: "You must have had a very hard time during the...
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John T. Morgan379 - John T. Morgan
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Senator from Alabama and Confederate General (1824-1907) in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. ALS signed “Jno. T. Morgan,” one page, 5 x 6.75
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Green Berry Raum380 - Green Berry Raum
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Brigadier general (1829–1909) in the Union Army during the American Civil War, who later served as the US Commissioner of Internal Revenue, as a US Re
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John H. Reagan381 - John H. Reagan
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Texas politician (1818-1905) who served as Postmaster General of the Confederacy. TLS, two pages, 8 x 11, Railroad Commission of Texas letterhead, Jan
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