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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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Print427 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Print
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Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled Atomic Warfare Is Born, which shows the Enola Gay flying over Japan, with a large pillar of sm
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Souvenir Typescript428 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Souvenir Typescript
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Souvenir typescript of a USA Today interview with Tibbets about the atomic bomb drop, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip,...
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Robley D. Evans Autograph Letter Signed429 - Robley D. Evans Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed R. D. Evans, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.25, U.S.S. Illinois letterhead, February 21, 1902. Handwritten letter to E. K. May, i
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Armand Louis de Gontaut Autograph Letter Signed430 - Armand Louis de Gontaut Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed Biron, one page, 7.5 x 9.25, no date. Handwritten copy of a letter sent to him by General Valence, containing a fierce attack on
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Iwo Jima: Medal of Honor Recipients (3) Signed Photograph431 - Iwo Jima: Medal of Honor Recipients (3) Signed Photograph
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Iconic satin-finish 12.75 x 10 photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima, signed in black felt tip by three Medal of Honor recipients who participated in
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Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal Signed First Day Cover432 - Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal Signed First Day Cover
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FDC with a cachet honoring battle scenes on Iwo Jima, signed in black felt tip by the famed flag-raising photographer, "Joe Rosenthal." In...
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Mary Custis Lee Signed Photograph433 - Mary Custis Lee Signed Photograph
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Uncommon 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Custis Lee by Boude & Miley of Lexington, Virginia, signed on the mount in ink, "M. C....
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Curtis LeMay and Hoyt Vandenberg Signatures434 - Curtis LeMay and Hoyt Vandenberg Signatures
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Two ink signatures of noted Air Force generals"Curtis E. LeMay," on an off-white 5.5 x 2.75 card with typed collector's notations; and...
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Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé Autograph Letter Signed435 - Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed Louis de Bourbon, one page, 6.75 x 9, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter by Louis, Grand Cond. In fine condition. Accompan
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Douglas MacArthur Signed Photograph436 - Douglas MacArthur Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of the American five-star general, signed nicely in fountain pen, "Best wishes, Douglas...
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Montgomery of Alamein Signed Photograph437 - Montgomery of Alamein Signed Photograph
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Matte-finish 8 x 10 portrait of the decorated field marshal, signed in fountain pen, "Montgomery of Alamein, 1972." Reverse bears a "...
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Jean Victor Marie Moreau Autograph Letter Signed438 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed Moreau, one page, 8.25 x 13.75, April 9, 1795. Untranslated handwritten letter by Moreau. In very good condition, with central v
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Karl Freiherr von Muffling Autograph Note Signed439 - Karl Freiherr von Muffling Autograph Note Signed
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ANS in German, signed Muffling, one page, 5.75 x 4.5, no date. Untranslated handwritten note, signed in the lower left corner by Muffling. In fine con
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Michel Ney Autograph Letter Signed440 - Michel Ney Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed Ney, one page, 7.75 x 12.25, August 9, 1794. Handwritten letter to Jean-Baptiste Kleber, a fellow military commander of the Fren
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Jean-Charles Pichegru Document Signed441 - Jean-Charles Pichegru Document Signed
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Manuscript DS in French, signed J. Pichegru, one page, 7.5 x 11.75, July 8, 1794. Untranslated official document approved at the conclusion by Jean-Ch
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Hyman G. Rickover Typed Letter Signed442 - Hyman G. Rickover Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed H. G. Rickover, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Atomic Energy Commission letterhead, September 23, 1959. Letter to Murry M. Robinson, in
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John Rodgers Letter Signed443 - John Rodgers Letter Signed
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LS signed Jn. Rodgers, one page, 8 x 10, May 29, 1821. Letter to Commodore Alexander Murray in Philadelphia, in part: "Mr. Rich'd Taylor is...
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William S. Rosecrans Signature444 - William S. Rosecrans Signature
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Ink signature, "W. S. Rosecrans, Bvt. Maj'r Gen'l USA, on the reverse of his 3 x 1.25 personal calling card. In very fine condition. O...
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Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria Signed Photograph445 - Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.5 portrait of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, posing in his uniform, signed below in ink. The lower right corner is
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Winfield Scott Schley Autograph Letter Signed446 - Winfield Scott Schley Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed W. S. Schley, one page, 4.5 x 7, January 24, 1910. Handwritten letter referring to his namesake, in part: "Would you mind lending me...
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