RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

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RR Auction’s October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a diverse 1,000+ items from all fields of collecting, with a special focus on Civil War and Literature. In addition to an incredible assortment of autograph letters from luminaries like Charles Darwin, Mohandas Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet, and J. R. R. Tolkien, a few highlights are a sketch by Pablo Picasso, hand-drawn survey map by George Washington, signed photograph of Leo Tolstoy, and beautiful portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Top artifacts are an officer’s sword presented to Brig.-Gen. Calvin Pratt, a scarce multi-level amputation kit, bullets fired in ballistic tests used as evidence against Bonnie and Clyde, and an incredible hand-engraved Colt revolver honoring Hollywood’s ‘Monster Legacy,’ just in time for Halloween. 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 October 2018.
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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Remarkable hand-drawn survey map by George Washington, with an eight-line handwritten endorsement on the reverse, one page, 8 x 12.75, June 20, 1771.
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison2 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Fantastic partly-printed DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 22 x 17.25, June 12, 1805. Four-
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe3 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Superb partly-printed DS, signed "James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 15.75 x 12.75, ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams4 - John Quincy Adams
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Handwritten manuscript draft by John Quincy Adams, unsigned, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.75 x 8.5, no date but circa 1842. Adams composes a
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams5 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS, one page, 8 x 9.75, January 1, 1846. Letter to "Francis O. French, Son of Benjamin B. French, Clerk of the House of Representatives of the...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson6 - Andrew Jackson
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Manuscript DS, signed “Andrew Jackson, Major Genl.,” one page, 7.5 x 13, April 23, 1813. Pay order submitted to Edward Mitchell for the transportation
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson7 - Andrew Jackson
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Desirable vellum manuscript DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 12.75, April 10, 1831. Ornate land grant, in part: "In consideration of Military ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor8 - Zachary Taylor
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 15 x 12.75, January 4, 1850. Diplomatic commission in which President Taylor recognizes
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor9 - Zachary Taylor
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Z. Taylor, Col. 1st Infy.,” one page both sides, 11.25 x 17.5, March 26, 1833. Taylor's report for the month of Febru...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Buchanan10 - James Buchanan
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 4, 1856. Letter to James Macmanus, in part: "I return you the enclosed with many thanks for the opportuni...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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