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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STS-68: Tom Jones348 - STS-68: Tom Jones
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Uncommon 14 x 4.25 embroidered McDonnell Douglas logo patch, signed on the reverse in black felt tip, “Tom Jones, STS–59–68–80–98.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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STS–73: Kathy Thornton349 - STS–73: Kathy Thornton
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Kathy Thornton’s gray Land’s End polo shirt worn during training for STS–73, women’s regular size small, embroidered on the left breast with black thr
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Paul Weitz350 - Paul Weitz
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Two Beta cloth swatches, both approximately 9 x 9 and bearing a 3.5? diameter Skylab I (SL–2) mission insignia in the center, both signed in black fel
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Weitz351 - Paul Weitz
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Flown two-sided checklist page carried on board STS-6, 10.5 x 8.5, signed and flight-certified on one side in blue ballpoint, “Flown on STS–6. From my
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum352 - Gutzon Borglum
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Extraordinary matte-finish 10.25 x 13.5 photo of an early clay model of Mount Rushmore, thoughtfully signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Greetings
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Raoul Dufy353 - Raoul Dufy
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ALS in French, two pages, 5.5 x 7, November 9, no year. Letter to a friend, in part (translated): “I was planning to be at my studio on Monday, which
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gustave Eiffel354 - Gustave Eiffel
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ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, September 5, 1909. Letter to “My dear Captain,” in full (translated
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James Montgomery Flagg355 - James Montgomery Flagg
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Exceptional original pencil and watercolor sketch of an elderly woman admiring her much younger reflection in a department store window on an off-whit
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Keith Haring356 - Keith Haring
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Signed book: Eight Ball. First edition. Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin, 1989. Hardcover, 9 x 12.25, 48 pages. Signed and inscribed on an opening page in bl
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Fernand Khnopff357 - Fernand Khnopff
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Belgian symbolist painter (1858–1921). Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Pencil notation in upper left corner indicates the year
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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