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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James Monroe11 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 8.5, March 4, 1819. President Monroe appoints Cadwalader Ringgold as “a Midshipman in the Nav
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams12 - John Quincy Adams
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Bank of the Metropolis check, 6.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Adams, "J. Q. Adams," payable to M. A. Giusta for $474.28, November 2, 1...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams13 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 8.75, August 14, 1811. Letter to Oliver Wolcott, written from St. Petersburg while serving as US minister to Russia.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams14 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS as president signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, January 31, 1826. Marked “Private” along the top, a letter written from Washington and a
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams15 - John Quincy Adams
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Free franked mailing envelope, 5.75 x 3, addressed in another hand to "Wm. E. Johnson, Esq., Utica, New York" and franked in the upper rig...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson16 - Andrew Jackson
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LS as president, one page both sides, 8 x 10, April 12, 1835. Letter to Messrs. Samuel Hart, W. J. Luper, Henry Horn, F. Flower, and T. M. Troutman. I
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson17 - Andrew Jackson
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, January 6, 1819. Letter to Mayor Milo Mason, Deputy Quartermaster General of the Southern Department in Nashville, Tenness
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson18 - Andrew Jackson
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Third-person ALS as president, signed within the text, "The President," one page both sides, 5 x 8, no date but circa early 1831. Letter a...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren19 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, October 21, 1841. Written from Kinderhook, New York, a letter to Thomas W. Gilman, in par
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren20 - Martin Van Buren
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 11 x 14.75, July 23, 1838. Scallop-top ship's pass issued to "the F...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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