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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The Ramones692 - The Ramones
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Uncommon 23 x 35 poster for a pair of Ramones concerts at New York's the Ritz on November 6th and 7th [1987], promoted by WLIR and featuring a d...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Ramones693 - The Ramones
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Uncommon 19 x 25 poster for a Ramones concert at Club Metro in Riverside, California, on September 22 [1986], featuring the band as pictured on their
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Ramones694 - The Ramones
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Glossy 8 x 10 Radioactive Records publicity photo of the Ramones posing on a checkered background, signed in black felt tip by Joey, Johnny, CJ, and M
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Ramones695 - The Ramones
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Set of six concert posters for the Ramones, ranging in size from 12.5 x 19.5 to 24.5 x 33.5, with dates including: a show at Porter Hall at Ottawa’s C
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Ramones696 - The Ramones
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Two items: a semi-glossy 7 x 5 French magazine photo of the Ramones during a performance, signed in purple felt tip by Joey, Johnny, Tommy, and Dee De
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sex Pistols and Talking Heads697 - Sex Pistols and Talking Heads
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Two photos: Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Talking Heads, signed in black felt tip by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth. In fine condit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Patti Smith698 - Patti Smith
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Smith during a performance, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Casablanca699 - Casablanca
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Original bamboo-and-wicker chair used as set decoration in Rick's Cafe Americain in the 1942 classic film Casablanca. The bamboo-framed chair me...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Greta Garbo700 - Greta Garbo
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Desirable ALS in pencil signed “M,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, no date but postmarked December 4, 1943, Ritz Tower letterhead. Letter to act
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Clara Bow701 - Clara Bow
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Charming glossy 8 x 10 glamour portrait of Bow with a smoldering gaze, signed and inscribed in blue fountain pen, "To Tommy Grafton, Sincerely,...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Audrey Hepburn702 - Audrey Hepburn
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Paramount Pictures publicity photo of a young Hepburn looking solemnly over a shoulder, nicely signed in blue fountain pen, &q...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Katharine Hepburn703 - Katharine Hepburn
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Hepburn in a contemplative and dreamlike pose, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Frank, Gratefully, K...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alfred Hitchcock704 - Alfred Hitchcock
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 1977. Actor’s Television Motion Picture Day Players contract between Hitchcock and Allyn/Lunney Productions for the f
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Bruce Lee705 - Bruce Lee
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Bruce Lee’s personally-owned and -used Chinese-language ‘Praying Mantis style’ kung fu instructional booklet, 5.25 x 7.25, signed in black felt tip on
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Vivien Leigh706 - Vivien Leigh
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Colorized vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 Colourgraph Series postcard photo of Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, signed in the lower right in f
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carole Lombard707 - Carole Lombard
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Stunning vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait of Lombard in a glamorous three-quarter-length pose, signed and inscribed in white ink, "To the ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Steve McQueen708 - Steve McQueen
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Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.25 half-length photo of McQueen as Buzz Rickson from the 1962 film The War Lover, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Bet
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe709 - Marilyn Monroe
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Choice DS, signed “Marilyn Monroe,” one page, 8.5 x 13.25, November 30, 1953. Advertising release issued by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, gr
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe710 - Marilyn Monroe
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Rare pencil notations written entirely in the hand of Marilyn Monroe, unsigned, one page, lightly lined, 8 x 12.5, no date but circa 1956, seldom-seen
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Marilyn Monroe711 - Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Monroe, payable to Marilyn Monroe for $5000, December 19,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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