Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's March Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a host of truly remarkable items. Among the important autographs in the sale are a letter by Karl Marx about the French edition of Das Kapital, a letter by Nikola Tesla about the possibility of extraterrestrial life and his detection of "feeble impulses emanating from Mars," a choice fully signed Beatles Fan Club promo card, and significant handwritten letters by Mohandas Gandhi, Paul Gauguin, and Malcolm X. Top artifacts include American diplomat Ellsworth Bunker's Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, a plate from Thomas Jefferson's White House china service, and a brooch gifted by Jacqueline Kennedy to her secretary. 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 March 2022.
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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King Frederick William IV of Prussia Letter Signed306 - King Frederick William IV of Prussia Letter Signed
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LS in German, one page, 8 x 10.25, August 2, 1849. Untranslated letter signed at the conclusion by Frederick William IV as King of Prussia. In fine co
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King George III Signature307 - King George III Signature
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Large and neat ink signature, "George R, on an off-white 3.5 x 6.25 slip clipped from a document, with affixed seal intact below. Removably cor...
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King George VI and Neville Chamberlain Document Signed308 - King George VI and Neville Chamberlain Document Signed
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DS signed N. Chamberlain, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, 10 Downing Street letterhead, November 15, 1937. Letter of recommendation to King George VI, in part:...
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King Ludwig I of Bavaria Autograph Letter Signed309 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in German, signed Ludwig, Kronprinz, one page, 6.25 x 8.25, August 25, 1813. Untranslated handwritten letter to a lady by Ludwig as Crown Prince.
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John Kirk Autograph Letter Signed310 - John Kirk Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Wavertree letterhead, no date. Handwritten letter to Mr. Smith, in part: "I have got the root...
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Friedrich Alfred Krupp Typed Letter Signed311 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp Typed Letter Signed
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TLS in German, signed Krupp, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, June 23, 1893. Letter to the "Princess of Thurn and Taxis," relay...
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Aylmer Bourke Lambert Autograph Letter Signed312 - Aylmer Bourke Lambert Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed A. B. Lambert, one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.25, no date. Handwritten letter to fellow botanist John Lindley, in part: "I have the p...
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Ray Lankester Autograph Letter Signed313 - Ray Lankester Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed E. Ray Lankester, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.5, University of London, August 9, 1878. Handwritten letter to English botan
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Austen Henry Layard Autograph Letter Signed314 - Austen Henry Layard Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed A. H. Layard, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, April 24, 1860. Handwritten letter sending thanks for "an explanation which you have so ...
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Lee Teng-hui Signed Photograph315 - Lee Teng-hui Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 4 x 6 head-and-shoulders portrait of Lee Teng-hui, signed in black ink in Chinese. In fine condition, with a few small surface crea
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Robert Todd Lincoln Signature316 - Robert Todd Lincoln Signature
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Ink signature, "Robert T. Lincoln, on an off-white 4 x 2.25 card, affixed to a larger page bearing a collector's date notation of March 10,...
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Edward Livingston Autograph Letter Signed317 - Edward Livingston Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed Edw. Livingston, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, no date. Handwritten letter of introduction, in part: "A very particular friend of mine Mr. C...
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Elias Loomis Autograph Letter Signed318 - Elias Loomis Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 4.75 x 8, March 21, 1882. Handwritten letter from "Yale College," in full: "My time is so much occupied that I cannot ...
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Horace Mann Autograph Letter Signed319 - Horace Mann Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, April 26, 1856. Handwritten letter from Antioch College, where he served as president. In part: "I mourn over ...
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Harriet Martineau Autograph Letter Signed320 - Harriet Martineau Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed H. Martineau, one page, 4.5 x 7, May 27, 1856. Handwritten letter concerning the liberal publication The Westminster Review, in part: &qu...
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Hudson Maxim Typed Letter Signed321 - Hudson Maxim Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 6.5, personal letterhead, October 17, 1915. Letter to pioneer electrical engineer and aviator William J. Hammer, in full: "...
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John McCain Signed Book322 - John McCain Signed Book
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Signed book: Why Courage Matters. Limited first edition, numbered 1189/1400. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2004. Leather-bound hardcover, 5.5 x
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Andrew Mellon Signed Photograph323 - Andrew Mellon Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 8 x 6 photo of Andrew Mellon seated at a desk with two large vases of flowers, signed in fountain pen, "A. W. Mellon." In f...
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George W. Melville Autograph Letter Signed324 - George W. Melville Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed Geo. W. Melville, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, one page, 6 x 8.25, November 18, 1903. Handwritten letter, in part: "I am just back from ...
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Mining: James MacKay and James Fair (4) Signed Checks325 - Mining: James MacKay and James Fair (4) Signed Checks
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Four checks signed by members of the so-called 'Bonanza Kings,' famed for their Comstock Lode silver mines, with two signed by John William ...
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