RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Among the highlights of this month’s sale are a document signed by Columbus sponsors Ferdinand and Isabella, an autograph letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, an original Force print of the Declaration of Independence, and a signed handwritten letter by Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. Artifacts offered include Ernest Hemingway’s baseball cap and a Beretta Carcano M1891 Cavalry Carbine commissioned by Prince Amadeo of Savoy. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in August 2016.
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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “G. Washington,” one page, 20 x 13.5, July 8, 1790. A Society of Cincinnati membership certificate issue
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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John Adams2 - John Adams
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Revolutionary War–dated ALS, one page, 7 x 9.5, October 24, 1777. Letter to General James Warren, written from Yorktown. In full: “We have got to a Pa
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson3 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, September 1, 1808. Letter to “The Secretary at War,” Henry Dearborn. In part: “I regret
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Estimate : 18,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson4 - Thomas Jefferson
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Crisp ink signature, “Th: Jefferson,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.75 slip clipped from the conclusion of a letter. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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James Madison5 - James Madison
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ALS, one page, 8 x 13, January 15, 1806. Letter to James Lovell in Boston, who was a member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Articles of
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe6 - James Monroe
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ALS signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, November 10, 1790. Letter to Mr. Browne, in full: “Will Mr. Browne be so obliging as advance
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe7 - James Monroe
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ALS signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7 x 8.75, October 21, 1802. Letter to a gentleman, in full: “Mr. Wilson of Baltimore will have the pleasure of pre
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe8 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, November 13, 1822. President Monroe grants Armstrong Davidson of Ohio a parcel of land “in t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams9 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 8 x 9.75, August 4, 1821. As secretary of state, Adams certifies that “the annexed six pages of wri
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson10 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, two pages, 11 x 14, September 28, 1831. A patent issued to “Benjamin Myers, A Citizen of the United States
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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