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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Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Signed Photograph251 - Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Signed Photograph
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American politician (1891–1967) who served as Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt and played a major role in advancing his
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Akio Morita Signed Photograph252 - Akio Morita Signed Photograph
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Japanese physicist and businessman (1921-1999) who co-founded the Sony Corporation. Glossy 3.5 x 5 portrait of Morita, signed in blue felt tip. In fin
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Mother Teresa Signed Photograph253 - Mother Teresa Signed Photograph
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Scarce semi-glossy 5.75 x 4 postcard photo of Mother Teresa gently holding an infant, signed in black felt tip, "God bless you, M Teresa mc.&qu...
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Benito Mussolini Signature254 - Benito Mussolini Signature
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Fountain pen signature, "Mussolini," on an off-white 3.25 x 5 postcard. Matted and framed with a photo and caption to an overall size of 1...
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John Nash Signature255 - John Nash Signature
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Red ink signature, "John F. Nash, Jr.,” on a white 5 x 3 card. In very fine condition. Encapsulated in a Beckett authentication holder.
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Nguy?n Van Thi?u Signed Commemorative Cover256 - Nguy?n Van Thi?u Signed Commemorative Cover
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President of South Vietnam (1923-2001) who resigned and fled the country only a few days before the fall of Saigon. South Korean commemorative cover w
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Charles Nicolle Autograph Letter Signed257 - Charles Nicolle Autograph Letter Signed
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French bacteriologist (1866–1936) who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typh
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Nobel Prize in Physics (3) Signatures258 - Nobel Prize in Physics (3) Signatures
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Three ink signatures of Nobel Prize-winning physicists—Hideki Yukawa, Yang Chen-Ning, and Tsung-Dao Lee—on individual off-white card
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Nobel Prize in Physics (3) Signatures259 - Nobel Prize in Physics (3) Signatures
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Three ink signatures of Nobel Prize-winning physicists—James Chadwick, Louis de Broglie, and George Paget Thomson—on individual off-
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Nobel Prize in Physics (2) Signatures260 - Nobel Prize in Physics (2) Signatures
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Two ink signatures of Nobel Prize-winning physicists—Manne Siegbahn and Lawrence Bragg—on individual off-white cards, ranging in siz
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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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Bernie Sanders Signed Photograph281 - Bernie Sanders Signed Photograph
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Youthful glossy 5 x 7 photo of Bernie Sanders, neatly signed in blue felt tip by the Vermont icon. In very fine condition.
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Frederick Sanger Signed Photograph282 - Frederick Sanger Signed Photograph
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English biochemist (1918–2013) who twice won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: first in 1958 for his 'work on the structure of proteins, espec...
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Yitzhak Shamir Signed Photograph283 - Yitzhak Shamir Signed Photograph
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Israeli politician (1915–2012) who served two terms as the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, 1983–84 and 1986–1992. Shamir
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B. F. Skinner Signed Photograph284 - B. F. Skinner Signed Photograph
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American psychologist and social philosopher (1904–1990) who was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 unt
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Francis Cardinal Spellman Signed Photograph285 - Francis Cardinal Spellman Signed Photograph
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American bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church (born 1889) who, from 1939 until his death in 1967, served as the sixth Archbishop of New York; he
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Harlan F. Stone Signed Photograph286 - Harlan F. Stone Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 10.5 Underwood & Underwood portrait photo of Justice Stone seated in his chambers, signed and inscribed in the lower...
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Stone Court (9) Signatures287 - Stone Court (9) Signatures
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Nine ink signatures of Supreme Court justices who served on the Stone Court, including five autographs on official Supreme Court of the United States
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Robert Stroud Autograph Letter Signed288 - Robert Stroud Autograph Letter Signed
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Notorious criminal known as The Birdman of Alcatraz (1890–1963) ALS, signed "Robert Stroud" and "Robert Stroud 594," one p...
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Increase Sumner (3) Invitations289 - Increase Sumner (3) Invitations
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Political figure (1746–1799) who served as the first Federalist governor of Massachusetts from 1797 to 1799. Three invitations issued to Incr
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Supreme Court Justices (6) Signatures290 - Supreme Court Justices (6) Signatures
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Six official Supreme Court of the United States cards, each signed in ink by a justice. Includes: Wiley Rutledge (ins), William J. Brennan, Jr., Willi
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George Sutherland Signed Oversized Photograph291 - George Sutherland Signed Oversized Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 11.5 x 16 Harris & Ewing portrait of Sutherland seated in his judicial robe, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fo...
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J. R. D. Tata Signature292 - J. R. D. Tata Signature
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Indian aviator and business tycoon (1904–1993) who headed the massive Tata Group conglomerate. Blue ink signature, "J. R. D. Tata, 16.4.6...
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Edward Teller (3) Signed Items293 - Edward Teller (3) Signed Items
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Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (1908-2003) who worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the
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Margaret Thatcher (5) Signed Commemorative Covers294 - Margaret Thatcher (5) Signed Commemorative Covers
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Group of five commemorative covers honoring various occasions, each signed in blue felt tip by Margaret Thatcher. Includes: one with an inset medallio
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Margaret Thatcher Signed Book295 - Margaret Thatcher Signed Book
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Signed book: The Downing Street Years. First edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 914 pages. Signed on the title p
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Titanic: Millvina Dean Signed Photograph296 - Titanic: Millvina Dean Signed Photograph
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Commemorative 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of the Titanic passing an iceberg in the mid-Atlantic, signed in black ballpoint by the youngest survivor, &q...
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Josip Tito Signed Photograph297 - Josip Tito Signed Photograph
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Longtime leader of Yugoslavia (born 1892) from 1945 until his death in 1980. Humorous vintage glossy 4.75 x 6.5 photo of Tito playfully smoking a ciga
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Wilbur Underhill, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed from Prison298 - Wilbur Underhill, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed from Prison
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American criminal, burglar, bank robber, and Depression-era outlaw (1901–1934). Often called ‘Mad Dog’ or the ‘Tri
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Wilbur Underhill, Jr. and Cookson Hills Gang Wanted Notices and Mug Shots299 - Wilbur Underhill, Jr. and Cookson Hills Gang Wanted Notices and Mug Shots
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Interesting collection of items related to Depression-era outlaw Wilbur Underhill Jr. and his gang of bandits from Cookson Hills, Oklahoma. The collec
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Fred M. Vinson Signed Engraving300 - Fred M. Vinson Signed Engraving
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American lawyer and Democratic politician (1890–1953) remembered for his service in all three branches of the United States government: as a
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