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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Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin71 - Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin
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Handwritten address panel accomplished in Benjamin Franklin's hand, "To The honourable Lord Kaims, Edinburgh, per favour of Mr. Shippen,&qu...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin72 - Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin
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Vellum manuscript document, one page, 24 x 16, July 9, 1831. An indenture leasing what was once the property of Benjamin Franklin. In part: "Th...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Pennsylvania: James Wilson73 - Pennsylvania: James Wilson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742-1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constituti
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Delaware: Thomas McKean74 - Delaware: Thomas McKean
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Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “Tho. M:Kean,” one page, 8 x 9.5, July 10, 1780. Letter to "His Excellency Joseph Reed Esquire, President &a...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Delaware: Thomas McKean75 - Delaware: Thomas McKean
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Tho. M:Kean,” one page, 20.5 x 11.75, October 25, 1806. As governor of Pennsylvania, McKean grants William Ogden &...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Maryland: Charles Carroll of Carrollton76 - Maryland: Charles Carroll of Carrollton
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Revolutionary War-era partial ALS signed “Ch. Carroll of Carrollton,” one page, 6.5 x 6.25, no date but circa 1781. Letter to Maryland Governor Thomas
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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South Carolina: Thomas Lynch, Jr77 - South Carolina: Thomas Lynch, Jr
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Rare book from the library of Thomas Lynch, Jr.: Selecta Poemata Italorum Qui Latine Scripserunt: Volume II, by Alexander Pope. London: Printed by J.
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Georgia: [Button Gwinnett]78 - Georgia: [Button Gwinnett]
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Very rare manuscript document, signed “Tho: Bosomworth,” one page, 10.25 x 6.25, March 8, 1773. Payment receipt penned in the lower portion of a parti
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Georgia: Lyman Hall79 - Georgia: Lyman Hall
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia (1724–1790) who went on to serve as governor of the state. Rare Revolutionary War–dated ADS, on
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Georgia: George Walton80 - Georgia: George Walton
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence who, following the Revolution, devoted himself almost entirely to Georgia state politics (1749–1804). Revolu
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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