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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Aaron Burr124 - Aaron Burr
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ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, August 16, [no year, but circa 1810]. Letter to Thomas Smith, confirming receipt of papers from Smi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Sim Lee125 - Thomas Sim Lee
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American planter and second governor of Maryland (1745—1819) who worked closely with the founding fathers during the nation’s birth, and served as a d
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Colonial Plymouth126 - Colonial Plymouth
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An interesting and important archive of 14 seventeenth-century documents from Plymouth , Massachusetts. Documents range in date from 1669–17
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Estimate : 9,500.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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William Penn127 - William Penn
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English-born Quaker (1644–1718) and founder of the colony that became the state of Pennsylvania. Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one page, 16
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Emma Goldman128 - Emma Goldman
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Anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches (1869-1940). Rare color 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Union Station in Washington D.C.,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Helen Keller129 - Helen Keller
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Wonderful set of four TLSs signed in pencil, each one page, three measure 7.25 x 10.5 and one 6.75 x 11.75, dated between 1938 and 1949. All four lett
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Helen Keller130 - Helen Keller
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Signed book: The Story of My Life. Later printing. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1905. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.25, 441 pages. Signed on the half-title page i...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela131 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom. Limited first edition, numbered 236/425. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Hardcover with sl
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela132 - Nelson Mandela
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Exceptional TLS as president signed “N. Mandela,” three pages, 5.75 x 8.25, personal letterhead, April 29, 1999. Letter to Helen Suzman, in part: “Wit
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela133 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: One Step Behind. First edition. Rivonia, South Africa: Zebra Press, 2000. Paperback, 5.75 x 9, 208 pages. Signed and inscribed on the hal
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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