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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Winston Churchill192 - Winston Churchill
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World War I-dated TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 8 x 10, embossed Ministry of Munitions of War letterhead, May 30, 1918. Letter to Henry
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles de Gaulle193 - Charles de Gaulle
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TLS in French, signed “C. de Gaulle,” one page, 7 x 8.75, July 31, 1940. Letter to Helen Smith of the Interval Club, a London-based theatre group. In
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Maximilien Robespierre194 - Maximilien Robespierre
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Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Robespierre,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, August 29, 1793. An extract from the Register of the Decrees of the
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand195 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
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Scarce ALS in French, signed “Le p'ce de Talleyrand duc de dino,” one page, 8 x 12.25, January 1, 1818. Crisply penned letter to King Louis XVII...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand196 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
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Highly skilled and influential diplomat (1754-1838) who served the French government from the reign of Louis XVI through that of Louis-Philippe. ALS i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky197 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS in German, signed "L. Trotsky," one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1931. Letter to a publisher concerning the contract and del...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky198 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 5, 1938. Letter to his editor Max Schachtman, in full: "I received your explanation of the misfortune with my ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky199 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS in German, signed “With best communist regards, Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.75 x 13, November 13, 1932. Letter addressed to "The Leader...
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Leon Trotsky200 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS signed “Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.25 x 8.5, November 25, 1933. Letter to "Comrade Schactman," the German-American Communist publ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Leon Trotsky201 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS in German, signed “With best regards, Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 1, 1931. Letter to Comrade Shachtman, in full (translated): &...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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