Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction’s September Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts an extraordinary selection of over 900 items, with a special focus on Hollywood, classical music, and icons of history. Among the Hollywood rarities represented are horror heroes Edward Van Sloan, Tod Browning, Ed Wood, James Whale, and Rondo Hatton, plus icons like Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, and the Marx Brothers. Perhaps even more remarkable are the exceedingly rare autographs of three great composers—Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Joseph Haydn. The auction is rounded out by unseen photos of Elon Musk, a handwritten letter by 16-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte, and autographs of Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin. 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 September 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 W. Flagler Document Signed203 - Henry W. Flagler Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, signed“H. M. Flagler,” one page, 14.5 x 7.75, September 20, 1893. Stock certificate for eight shares in the Stand
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Francisco Franco Signed Postal Cover204 - Francisco Franco Signed Postal Cover
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Leader of Spain (born 1892) from 1939 until his death in 1975, who came to power after overthrowing the elected government during the Spanish Civil Wa
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Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed205 - Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed
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Lawyer, professor, and jurist (1882–1965) who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; appointed to the seat
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Frederick III of Germany Signed Photograph206 - Frederick III of Germany Signed Photograph
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German Emperor and King of Prussia between March and June 1888, during the 'Year of the Three Emperors.' He assumed the throne upon the deat...
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French Convention 1793 Broadside207 - French Convention 1793 Broadside
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Broadside printing of "(No. 1895) Décret de la Convention Nationale," one page, 12.5 x 16.25, November 17, 1793. A decree of the Fren...
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Milton Friedman and John Kenneth Galbraith (2) Signed Photographs208 - Milton Friedman and John Kenneth Galbraith (2) Signed Photographs
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Two photos signed by the modern leaders of opposing schools of economic thought: a glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Friedman in a thoughtful pose, signed and
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Mikhail Gorbachev Signed Photograph209 - Mikhail Gorbachev Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the front cover of Time magazine from January 4, 1988, depicting Mikhail Gorbachev as their 'Man of the Year,' ...
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Asa Gray Autograph Letter Signed210 - Asa Gray Autograph Letter Signed
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Botanical writer and taxonomist (1810–1888) considered to be the most important American botanist of the 19th century. Darwiniana, a collecti
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Horace Greeley Autograph Quotation Signed211 - Horace Greeley Autograph Quotation Signed
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Desirable AQS on an off-white 4.75 x 7.75 sheet, signed in fountain pen, "Horace Greeley, N. York, Dec. 15, 1863," who above quotes the fi...
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Ernst Haeckel Autograph Letter Signed212 - Ernst Haeckel Autograph Letter Signed
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Influential German evolutionist, morphologist, and developmental biologist (1834–1919) remembered as a supporter and exponent of Charles Darw
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Otto Hahn Signed Souvenir Typescript213 - Otto Hahn Signed Souvenir Typescript
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Souvenir typescript of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty featuring an affixed Albert Einstein postage stamp, one page, 8.5 x 11, postmarked in Princeton on
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Averell Harriman Bill Signing Pen and Document Signed214 - Averell Harriman Bill Signing Pen and Document Signed
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Bill signing pen and DS, one page, 9 x 15, April 24, 1958. Official cork-gripped dipping pen made by the Reliance Pencil Co., used by Governor Harrima
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Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp Autograph Letter Signed215 - Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp Autograph Letter Signed
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Famed diarist, memoirist, and wit (1759–1818) who was Queen of Sweden (1809–1818) and Norway (1814–1818) as the consort of
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Edmund Hillary Signed Print216 - Edmund Hillary Signed Print
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Limited edition color 31 x 25 print entitled 'Hillary Conquers Everest—May 29, 1953,' numbered 715/1953, signed in the lower border in...
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Edmund Hillary Signed Book217 - Edmund Hillary Signed Book
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Signed book: View from the Summit. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 310 pages. Signed on...
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Edmund Hillary Signed Photograph218 - Edmund Hillary Signed Photograph
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Limited edition color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Mount Everest, numbered 27/100, signed in black felt tip, "Ed Hillary." In fine condition. Ac...
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Edmund Hillary Signed Souvenir Typescript219 - Edmund Hillary Signed Souvenir Typescript
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Souvenir typescript of a passage from the book Ascent: Two Lives Explored: The Autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary, one page, 8.5 x 11, si
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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed Commemorative Cover220 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed Commemorative Cover
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Commemorative cover with a cachet and inlaid medallion honoring the 25th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, 8 x 4.5, signed in black ba
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J. Edgar Hoover Signed Photograph221 - J. Edgar Hoover Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 8 photo of Hoover by Autrey of Hollywood, affixed to a 7 x 10 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, &...
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J. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter Signed222 - J. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter Signed
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World War II-dated TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, FBI letterhead, October 25, 1943. Letter to W. W. Galbraith, head of the Eur-African Theater, Division of
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