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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William Lloyd Garrison195 - William Lloyd Garrison
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ALS signed “Wm. Lloyd Garrison,” 5 x 8, October 31, 1873. Letter to Louis Sarona, in full: “The American Anti-Slavery Society was formed in Philadelph
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Billy Graham196 - Billy Graham
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TLS signed “Billy,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 4, 1956. Letter to Frank Salisbury at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
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Horace Greeley197 - Horace Greeley
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.75 x 2.75, October 16, 1851. Advertising receipt from the New York Daily Tribune issued for the “Oswego Canal Loan of $
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Hannibal Hamlin198 - Hannibal Hamlin
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ALS signed “H. Hamlin,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 7.25, April 26, 1855. Letter to Senate Secretary Asbury Dickins, in part: “There is a
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J. Edgar Hoover199 - J. Edgar Hoover
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.5, Federal Bureau of Investigation letterhead, August 16, 1968. Letter to Frances H. Mylott, in full: “Thank you for your kind
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James III200 - James III
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Printed broadside, one page, 12.25 x 15.75, October 25, 1715. Jacobite printing of the declaration of James Francis Edward Stuart, the self-styled ‘Ja
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King Franz Joseph I201 - King Franz Joseph I
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Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary (born 1830) from 1848 until his death on November 21, 1916. Manuscript DS in German, one p
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King George IV202 - King George IV
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Manuscript DS, signed “George R.,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12, March 19, 1824. In part: “We being graciously pleased to condescend to the Petition
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Pierre Lacau203 - Pierre Lacau
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Egyptologist and philologist (1873–1963) who served as Egypt's director of antiquities from 1914 until 1936, and oversaw the 1922 discovery of t...
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit204 - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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Indian diplomat and politician (1900–1990), related to Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi. Matte-finish 4 x 6 photo of
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