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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Ferdinand and Isabella165 - Ferdinand and Isabella
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Spanish monarchs best known as the sponsors and patrons of Christopher Columbus. Rare DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey” and “Yo la Reyna,” three pages
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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King Edward VIII166 - King Edward VIII
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Enormous matte-finish 18.5 x 28.75 photogravure of the prince of Wales published by Henry Graves & Co., boldly signed in black ink, “Edward P, 1...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King William IV167 - King William IV
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Partly-printed DS, signed “William R.,” one page, 15.5 x 11.5, August 3, 1830. King William appoints George Darby Griffith Esquire as “Captain in our
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Marie de Medici168 - Marie de Medici
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Queen consort of France (1573–1642) as the second wife of King Henry IV of France; she herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medic
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Nicholas I169 - Nicholas I
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Untranslated LS in Cyrillic, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.75 x 14, 1839. In fine condition, with circular seal-related areas of toning. Acco
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Nicholas I170 - Nicholas I
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Czar of Russia (born 1796) who reigned from 1825 until his death in 1855. By crushing the Decembrist Uprising, he confirmed the autocracy of czarist r
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Princess Diana171 - Princess Diana
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Rare extremely early ALS signed “Diana xx,” one page on a 6 x 4 postcard, August 3, 1974. Letter to a friend in Essex, written while on vacation in Co
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles172 - Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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Appealing color semi-glossy 4 x 5.25 portrait of the Royal couple, affixed to its original mount, signed on the mount in black ink, “Charles 1983,” an
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Queen Isabella173 - Queen Isabella
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Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 8.75 x 12.25, October 10, 1499. Queen Isabella issues instructions to her chamberlain, Sanch
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Queen Victoria174 - Queen Victoria
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Manuscript DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 7.5 x 12.5, December 31, 1857. In part: “Most humbly submitted to your majesty, that the Royal Cheshire
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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