RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction featuring Founding Fathers

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Headlined by a robust Revolutionary War section in celebration of Independence Day, RR Auction’s July 2017 Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale boasts over 800 lots of collectibles from an array of genres. Opening with a pair of remarkable Revolutionary War amputation kits used by Dr. John Warren, the first section traces the history of the founding of America from William Penn to George Washington. Key items from other categories include a set of Donald Trump’s personally-owned and -used golf clubs, a rare portrait of Thomas Edison with an inscription about the “electric vehicle,” a chair from Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca, and an incredible autograph letter by Ernest Hemingway. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in July 2017.
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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James K. Polk92 - James K. Polk
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.5, March 3, 1849. President Polk appoints Theodore Talbot as "First Lieutenant in th...
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Millard Fillmore93 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft. Volume III. Later printing. Boston: Little
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Franklin Pierce94 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, November 21, 1854. President Pierce directs the secretary of state to "affix the Seal of the ...
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Abraham Lincoln95 - Abraham Lincoln
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Uncommon color 24.5 x 17.75 lithograph of the Lincoln family gathered around a table, the dome of the Capitol building visible in the background, and
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Andrew Johnson96 - Andrew Johnson
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 9.75, May 22, 1850. Written from the House of Representatives, a letter to William M. Lowry, in full: "Sin...
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Andrew Johnson97 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, December 12, 1868. President Johnson authorizes and directs the secretary of state to “affix the Sea
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Andrew Johnson98 - Andrew Johnson
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Original 4.75 x 3 purple gallery ticket to the US Senate Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson on May 18, 1868. In fine condition. Two days earlier,
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Andrew Johnson99 - Andrew Johnson
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Uncommon Civil War-dated partly-printed DS, one page, 9.5 x 13.5, September 25, 1863. President Johnson appoints Robert S. Ballow as "Judge or ...
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Julia D. Grant100 - Julia D. Grant
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Uncommon ALS in pencil, one page, 5 x 7.75, blindstamped monogram letterhead, May 26, 1876. Letter to "Dear Senator," written from the &qu...
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U. S. Grant101 - U. S. Grant
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Scarce hand-addressed and free-franked Executive Mansion envelope, 6 x 3.5, addressed by Grant to “John Hoey, Esq., Adams Ex. Co., New York City,” and
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