Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art

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RR Auction's April Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a great selection of material from renowned artists, including Marc Chagall, Claude Monet, Georges Braque, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Charles Schulz. Other highlights include a manuscript by Wilbur Wright, a fully signed Led Zeppelin II album, an important letter by Albert Einstein anticipating WWII, a handwritten letter by Malcolm X written from prison, and flown Robbins medallions from the collection of Apollo 17 moonwalker Gene Cernan. 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 April 2020.
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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Marquis de Lafayette301 - Marquis de Lafayette
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ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 6.5 x 8.25, July 31, [no year]. Letter concerning a financial arrangement, in part (translated): "...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Marquis de Lafayette302 - Marquis de Lafayette
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ALS signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, April 7, 1828. Letter to a gentleman, in part: "Not knowing at what time this letter may reach y...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Revolutionary War303 - Revolutionary War
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Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 15.5 x 13, March 23, 1776. The Council of the Massachusetts-Bay appoints Noah Whitman as "...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Tallmadge304 - Benjamin Tallmadge
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ALS signed “Benj'n Tallmadge,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 9.75, December 5, 1817. Letter to Congressman John P. Cushman, in part: ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Wade Hampton305 - Wade Hampton
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Civil War–dated ALS, one page, 8 x 9, October 24, 1863. Letter to Governor Milledge Luke Bonham of South Carolina, concerning a special gun to be made
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon306 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed DS, in French, signed “Np,” one page, 13.75 x 19.25, January 11, 1813. Impressive document authorizing the ship Le Felix to sail and tr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon307 - Napoleon
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Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Accorde, Np,” one page, 8.5 x 13, October 27, 1808. Official document for a legion of honor request made by Marshal
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Horatio Nelson308 - Horatio Nelson
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Handwritten note by Horatio Nelson incorporating his name in the third person, "Ld: Nelson," one page, 4.25 x 3.75, no date. Nelson makes ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Enola Gay: Tibbets and Caron309 - Enola Gay: Tibbets and Caron
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Five items signed by the Enola Gay crewmen: a ballpoint signature, "Paul Tibbets," on a white 5 x 3 card; a ballpoint signature, "Geo...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets310 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Limited edition color 17 x 11 print issued by the National Aviation Hall of Fame, numbered 139/500, depicting a profile illustration of the Enola Gay
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Benjamin Lincoln311 - Benjamin Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS, signed “B. Lincoln,” one page, 13 x 8.25, October 14, 1801. As collector of the Port of Boston, Lincoln certifies a ship's ma...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Medal of Honor Recipients312 - Medal of Honor Recipients
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Collection of 20 covers, each signed in ink by a recipient of the Medal of Honor, including: Joe Foss, William L. McGonagle, Vernon McGarity, William
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John J. Pershing313 - John J. Pershing
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 17, 1941. Letter to Mrs. Bird, sent one week after Pearl Harbor. In part: "Since we a...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John J. Pershing314 - John J. Pershing
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9.25, General of the Armies letterhead, September 29, 1924, in part: "I am enclosing herewith my card with my autograph…It i...
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Philippe Pétain315 - Philippe Pétain
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TLS signed “Ph. Petain,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, French Minister of War letterhead, July 3, 1934. Letter to J. L. Faure, in part (translated):
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hyman G. Rickover316 - Hyman G. Rickover
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TLS signed “H. G. Rickover,” one page, 8 x 10.5, USS Sunfish letterhead, November 12, 1968. Letter to California Congressman John E. Ross, in part: ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Duke of Wellington317 - Duke of Wellington
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Manuscript DS, signed “Wellington,” one page, 8.25 x 12, November 25, 1809. Document issued during the Peninsular War, directing Deputy Paymaster Gene
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Duke of Wellington318 - Duke of Wellington
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ALS signed “Wellington,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9.25, September 19, 1813. Letter marked "Confidential," concerning th...
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Joseph Wheeler319 - Joseph Wheeler
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ALS, three pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Hotel Sanz letterhead, December 10, 1904. Wheeler writes to his daughters, in full: "I find I will be here for sev...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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World War II320 - World War II
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the bombing of the Japanese fleet in 1945, signed in various inks by Harry S. Truman, William F. Halsey, Ja
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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