Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Presidents

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RR Auction's February Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction boasts over 850 rare and remarkable items, and celebrates Presidents' Day with a special section featuring incredible presidential autographs, artifacts, and memorabilia. Among these are a letter signed by Gen. George Washington four days prior to the Treaty of Paris, a handwritten letter by Mary Todd Lincoln implicating Andrew Johnson in her husband's assassination, and important letters and documents signed by John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson. Other highlights in the sale include a scarce Franz Kafka autograph letter, an ultra-rare 1765 Stamp Act blue-gray stamp, and several early and important Disney production drawings by by acclaimed character animator Preston Blair. 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 February 2023.
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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Charles Darwin Signature184 - Charles Darwin Signature
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Bold ink signature, "C. Darwin,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1 slip. Handsomely matted and framed with a color portrait of the pion...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison Autograph Letter Signed185 - Thomas Edison Autograph Letter Signed
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Early ALS signed “Edison,” one page on an 8 x 10 sheet of E. T. Gilliland's personal letterhead, September 2...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison Typed Letter Signed186 - Thomas Edison Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, February 6...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison Typed Letter Signed187 - Thomas Edison Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, November 2...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison Signature188 - Thomas Edison Signature
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Attractive ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on the reverse of a...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison Autograph Note Signed189 - Thomas Edison Autograph Note Signed
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ANS in pencil, signed twice with his initial, “E,” one page, 6 x 8.75, no date. Handwritten note in pencil, addr...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein Signature190 - Albert Einstein Signature
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Vintage ink signature, "A. Einstein,” on a blue 5 x 3.75 album page, which bears a collector's notation that reads: "...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingston: Court Booklet191 - Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingston: Court Booklet
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Landmark Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston Steamboat Monopoly Case. Robert Livingston & Robert Fulton vs. Van Ingen. Justices Kent, Yates and ...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Elie Metchnikoff Signed Photograph192 - Elie Metchnikoff Signed Photograph
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Russian biologist and zoologist (1845-1916) best known for his pioneering research into the immune system for which he, with Paul Ehrlich, was awarded
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J. J. Thomson Autograph Letter Signed193 - J. J. Thomson Autograph Letter Signed
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Important English physicist (1856–1940) who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906 for his discovery and identification of t...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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