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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Titanic175 - Titanic
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Typed document issued by the White Star Line’s law firm Hill Dickinson & Co., eight pages, 8 x 12.75, no date but circa 1912–1920. Packet of thr...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Titanic176 - Titanic
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Letters concerning a claim by one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster, Eleanor Genevieve Cassebeer, consisting of two TLSs by her attorney, a TLS
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Sam Houston177 - Sam Houston
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Signed book: The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. NY: Inskeep & Bradford, 1810. Hardcover, 5.5 x...
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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19th-Century America178 - 19th-Century America
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Pamphlet entitled “British Influence on the Affairs of the United States, Proved and Explained,” 23 pages, 5 x 8, printed in Boston by Young and Minns
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apple: Ronald Wayne179 - Apple: Ronald Wayne
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Co-founder of Apple Computer along with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (born 1934). Laserprint copy of the original logo design for Apple Computer Co.,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Thomas Hart Benton180 - Thomas Hart Benton
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Longtime senator of Missouri (1782—1858) who was a strong advocate of westward expansion of the United States. ALS signed “Thomas H. Benton,” one page
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ronnie Biggs181 - Ronnie Biggs
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English thief (1929–2013) best remembered for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, his escape from prison two years later, and his subsequent
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Businessmen182 - Businessmen
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Collection of nine checks signed by businessmen, including: Charles Edison, the inventor’s son who took over his businesses; Frederick Maytag (2), fou
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John C. Calhoun183 - John C. Calhoun
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. C. Calhoun,” one page, 8 x 9.75, War Department letterhead, December 18, 1821. Confirmation order to Lieutenant John Mon
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henry Clay184 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 10, August 8, 1827. Interesting letter touching upon family and politics. In part: “I returned to this City a week
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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