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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Burger Court134 - Burger Court
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Superb color satin-finish 14 x 9 photo of the justice of the Supreme Court affixed to its original 18 x 14 mount, signed on the mount in ink by Warren
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Marshall135 - John Marshall
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ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, April 18, 1798. Letter to James H. Hooe, a prominent Virginia landowner and Washington family acquain
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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J. Paul Getty136 - J. Paul Getty
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ALS signed “Paul,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.75, personal letterhead, August 14, 1911. The 18-year-old Getty writes a letter to his fa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Friedrich Alfred Krupp137 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp
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German steel manufacturer (1854–1902) who took over leadership of the family business in 1887. Untranslated TLS in German, signed “F. A. Krupp,” four
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henry Wells and William Fargo138 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8.5, May 1, 1866. Handsomely engraved certificate for three shares of capit
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell139 - Alexander Graham Bell
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Exceptional ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7.5, black-bordered letterhead, September 22, 1881. Addressed to the Executive Mansion, a letter to J. Stanley Brown
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin140 - Charles Darwin
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Extremely bold ink signature, “Charles Darwin, July 6th 1870,” on an off-white 3.25 x 5.5 sheet of Down, Beckenham, Kent letterhead. In very good to f
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison141 - Thomas Edison
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Superlative matte-finish 10.5 x 15.5 bust-length portrait of Edison in a suit and bow tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To George F. Morriso
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison142 - Thomas Edison
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Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, “Thos. A. Edison,” payable to Jerome Os
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison143 - Thomas Edison
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Classic bold ink signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” on an off-white 3 x 2.25 card. Attractively double-matted and framed to an overall size of 14 x 16. In
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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