Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts a wealth of remarkable historic material from the 18th century to the present day: significant letters by Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Paul Cezanne, and Marilyn Monroe; incredible signed photographs of Ernest Hemingway and the Apollo 11 crew; rare mid-century Academy Awards; and marvelous music autographs including the Beatles, the Eagles, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin. To celebrate the Fourth of July, we also have an offering of autographs from patriot luminaries like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and Thomas Paine. 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 July 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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Amos Oz Signed Photograph261 - Amos Oz Signed Photograph
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Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual (1939–2018) who was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli
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James Paget Autograph Letter Signed262 - James Paget Autograph Letter Signed
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Important English surgeon and pathologist (1814-1899). ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, September 30, 1893. Handwritten letter to English
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Signed Photograph263 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Signed Photograph
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The last Shah of Iran (1919-1980) from 1941 until he was overthrown in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Vintage semi-glossy 4 x 5.75 photo of Pahlavi i
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Christabel Pankhurst Signed Photograph264 - Christabel Pankhurst Signed Photograph
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Suffragette (1880–1958) and co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union. Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Pankh...
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Sylvia Pankhurst Signed Photograph265 - Sylvia Pankhurst Signed Photograph
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Suffragette, socialist, and anti-fascist activist (1882–1960) also remembered for her advocacy of an international auxiliary language. Vintag
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Frederic Passy Signature266 - Frederic Passy Signature
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French economist (1822–1912) and a joint winner (together with Henry Dunant) of the first Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1901. Vintage fountain
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George Peabody Signed Photograph267 - George Peabody Signed Photograph
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Pioneering American entrepreneur and philanthropist (1795-1869) who lent his support to such venerable institutions as the Peabody Institute in Baltim
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Tom Pendergast Signed Photograph268 - Tom Pendergast Signed Photograph
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American political boss (1872–1945) who controlled Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, from 1925 to 1939, when he was convicted of inco
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Henri Poincare Autograph Quote Signed269 - Henri Poincare Autograph Quote Signed
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French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher of science (1854-1912) who famously formulated the 'Poincare Conjecture,' which went unsolv...
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Pope Benedict XV Signature270 - Pope Benedict XV Signature
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Pope (1854–1922) who reigned from 1914 until his death. Benedict's pontificate was dominated by World War I, which he termed 'the suic...
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Pope John Paul II Typed Letter Signed271 - Pope John Paul II Typed Letter Signed
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TLS in Polish, signed “Karol card. Wojtyla,” one page, 7.75 x 11.75, Metropolita Krakowski letterhead, Easter 1978. In part (transla
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Pope Leo XIII Letter Signed272 - Pope Leo XIII Letter Signed
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Born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810-1903), he served as pope from 1878 to 1903. LS in Italian, signed “G. Card. Pecci V
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Neil Postman Signed Photograph273 - Neil Postman Signed Photograph
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American media theorist and cultural critic (1931–2005) known for his books on technology and education, including Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Francis Gary Powers Signed Photograph274 - Francis Gary Powers Signed Photograph
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American military pilot (1929–1977) who attained worldwide notoriety in 1960 when the U-2 spy plane he was piloting was shot down over the So
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Dan Quayle Signed Inaugural Cover275 - Dan Quayle Signed Inaugural Cover
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Quayle's inauguration as vice president on January 20, 1989, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine co...
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Yitzhak Rabin Signed Book276 - Yitzhak Rabin Signed Book
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Signed book: The Rabin Memoirs by Yitzhak Rabin. First English language edition. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. Hardcover with dust jack
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Samuel J. Randall Signed Photograph277 - Samuel J. Randall Signed Photograph
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American politician from Pennsylvania (1828–1890) who served as the 29th Speaker of the House of Representatives, remembered as a staunch def
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David Rockefeller Signed Photograph278 - David Rockefeller Signed Photograph
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Cardstock 5 x 7 photo of the investment banker, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, "For Charlie Price, With appreciation for his fine repre...
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Bertrand Russell Signed Photograph279 - Bertrand Russell Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 5 x 6.75 photo of the great intellectual in his study, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "With good wishes to Alfred...
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Martin Ryle Signed Photograph280 - Martin Ryle Signed Photograph
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English radio astronomer (1918–1984) known for developing revolutionary radio telescope systems; he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 197
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