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 Fenimore Cooper480 - James Fenimore Cooper
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AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 sheet. Cooper pens a quote from chapter 16 of his work The Headsman, in full: “‘Silenus rolled from his ass, to the grea
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens481 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, Tavistock House, January 6, 1854. Brief letter to Sir James Emerson Tennent, in full: “You may rely on me most implicitly.” I
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle482 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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Very desirable ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 4.5 x 7, 12, Tennison Road letterhead, June 3, 1894. Letter to author John Reid, in full: &quo...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot483 - T. S. Eliot
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Faber & Faber letterhead, August 23, 1932. Letter to Terence Holliday, in part: "I assure you that I have every conf...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming484 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, September 11, 1962. Letter to Albert D. Cohen, in full: “Thank you very much inde
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming485 - Ian Fleming
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TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian Fleming,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, March 30, 1950. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Kate Greenaway486 - Kate Greenaway
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British children's author and illustrator (1846-1901) whose distinctively illustrated books were among the most popular 'juvenile' works...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway487 - Ernest Hemingway
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ALS signed "Ernest," three pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, February 7, 1953. Letter to Charles Poore, a New York Times literary c...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Washington Irving488 - Washington Irving
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, December 31, 1836. Letter to Pierre Irving, in part: "I am happy to hear that Theodore is mak...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Joyce489 - James Joyce
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ALS, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, Victoria Place Hotel letterhead, May 3, 1924. Letter to Miss Russell, in full: "Will you please please excuse Lucia...
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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