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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Queen Victoria182 - Queen Victoria
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Desirable ALS signed “VR,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Balmoral letterhead, November 1, 1873. Letter to Lady Leila Err
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor183 - Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Fabulous matte-finish 8 x 10 full-length portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Harris & Ewing, signed in fountain pen, "Edward, Du...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Titanic184 - Titanic
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Tremendous original 13.75 x 11 matte-finish close-up photo of Titanic Collapsible Lifeboat D floating in the waters of the North Atlantic. The photogr
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Titanic185 - Titanic
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Huge original 13.75 x 11 matte-finish photo of Titanic Emergency Lifeboat No. 1 floating in the waters of the North Atlantic. The photograph, taken by
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Henry M. Stanley186 - Henry M. Stanley
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Author, explorer, and special correspondent for the New York Herald (1841–1904), most famous for his inquiry, ‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume?,’ upon find
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Geronimo187 - Geronimo
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Highly sought-after pencil signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.75 slip affixed within a leatherbound scrapbook containing about thirty affi
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Robert McAlpin Williamson189 - Robert McAlpin Williamson
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Republic of Texas Supreme Court Justice and Texas Ranger (1804–1859). At the age of 15, he contracted tubercular arthritis that caused his right leg t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Francis Gary Powers190 - Francis Gary Powers
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American military pilot (1929–1977) who attained worldwide notoriety in 1960 when the U-2 spy plane he was piloting was shot down over the Soviet Unio
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Bonnie and Clyde Original Vintage Photograph and Bullet Archive191 - Bonnie and Clyde Original Vintage Photograph and Bullet Archive
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Unique and historic archive consisting of five bullets attributed to J. D. Goss’s ballistic tests in the case against Bonnie Parker’s sister, Billie M
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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19th Century Notables192 - 19th Century Notables
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Desirable grouping of six checks from the first half of the 19th century, each signed by a notable early American figure, including: Louis McLane, Sec
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Anheuser-Busch193 - Anheuser-Busch
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Anheuser-Busch letterhead, February 21, 1952. Document submitted to the St. Louis Union Trust Company, in part: "Pursua...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Barrow194 - John Barrow
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British naval administrator and explorer (1764–1848) who mapped the interior of South Africa and promoted the exploration of the Arctic; the Barrow St
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Menachem Begin195 - Menachem Begin
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Glossy 3.5 x 5 head-and-shoulders photo of Begin as prime minister of Israel, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "M. Begin." In...
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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward196 - Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward
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German engineer and designer (1890–1963) who founded the Borgward group, which produced four brands of cars: Borgward, Hansa, Goliath, and Lloyd. The
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Leonid Brezhnev197 - Leonid Brezhnev
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General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. D
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William Jennings Bryan198 - William Jennings Bryan
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Attractive pair of vintage matte-finish portraits of William Jennings Bryan and his wife Mary Baird Bryan, both are matted to an overall size of 10.25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Warren Buffett199 - Warren Buffett
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Ballpoint signature, "Warren E. Buffett,” on a green 5.25 x 5.25 sheet made of recycled money, printed with a portrait of Buffett and the text,...
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Warren Burger200 - Warren Burger
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ALS signed “Warren,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court letterhead, August 5, 1969. Letter to the Hon. George T. Washington
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Vint Cerf201 - Vint Cerf
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American Internet pioneer (born 1943) and one of 'the fathers of the Internet,' who developed TCP/IP technology and the first commercial ema...
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Cesar Chavez202 - Cesar Chavez
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American labor leader and civil rights activist (1927–1993) who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. TLS si
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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