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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Martin Van Buren111 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. V. Buren,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 8, November 16, 1826. Letter to American lawyer and politician John Vernon Henry, in part: &qu...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson112 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, September 5, 1919. President Wilson appoints J. Klahr Huddle of Ohio as a "Consul of Class s...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Hancock113 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.75 x 12.5, October 19, 1792. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Benjamin Wares as "Lieutenant of a ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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George Walton114 - George Walton
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Manuscript DS, signed “Geo. Walton,” one page, 11.75 x 7.25, April 26, 1784. Official document issued in the County of Richmond, Georgia, in part: &...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Arthur Lee115 - Arthur Lee
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American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War (1740–1792) who helped negotiate the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778. Free franked addr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Brown116 - John Brown
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 12.75, December 9, 1851. Letter to Simon Perkins, in full: "John & myself reached here last night after being twice u...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Susan B. Anthony117 - Susan B. Anthony
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AQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3.5 card, in full: "Perfect equality of rights for women—civil & political—is the demand of yours sincerely, Sus...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi118 - Mohandas Gandhi
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ALS in Gujarati, signed “Blessings of Bapu to all of you,” one page both sides, 2 x 4, no date. Letter to Chi Jamna Bahen, in full (translated): &qu...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi119 - Mohandas Gandhi
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ALS signed “M. K. Gandhi,” penned on both sides of a 3.5 x 5.5 India postal card, July 26, 1932. Written while incarcerated at the Yerawada Central Pr
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr120 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Remarkable program in Norwegian for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony held in Oslo for Dr. King on December 10, 1964, 5.25 x 7.5, signed on the front cov
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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